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Title: 248 no door handles??
Post by: romiin on September 22, 2021, 03:15:15 PM

 Is this a rare car. I noticed no door handles.

Title: Re: 248 no door handles??
Post by: Brian Miller on September 22, 2021, 04:26:24 PM

Looks like it has been modified with a "block" of some kind between the frame and the shell.

Title: Re: 248 no door handles??
Post by: romiin on September 22, 2021, 06:31:55 PM

 What's your take on no door handles, I don't even see hole that the handles would fit in

Title: Re: 248 no door handles??
Post by: starfire700 on September 23, 2021, 12:47:14 PM

The 248 electric with no handrails at the sides of the doors is an Ives body that Lionel is using from stock. These bodies were Lionel Irvington production made in the early 1930's. This body only seems to show-up on terra cotta 248's.
The black wood block is a modification, not factory, possibly to raise the body so an E-unit reverse will fit????

Title: Re: 248 no door handles??
Post by: romiin on September 24, 2021, 10:12:13 AM

 thanks for clarifying that.

Title: Re: 248 no door handles??
Post by: starfire700 on September 25, 2021, 04:00:08 AM

Any time, glad to help.