--- In [email protected], "pickycat95" <pickyca...@...> wrote:
>
> I have a GP9/18 that came from the factory with the flat can motor.
>
> My question is that the geeps have the newest gear tower. Do these fit the
> old chassis or did that get re-tooled?
> Ben Trousdale
>
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Ben:
5674 & 5681 was a three engine project - I built and detailed three GP9s at the
same time. The third GP9, number 5717, was traded away.
These three engines were undecorated versions that I purchased on eBay over a
period of a few years. IIRC they came in two boxes - yellow and beige. I also
seem to recall that while the frames of each engine were the same, each had a
different type of motor and one had rubber hoses (or were they springs) in
place of universals. I also recall that the wheels had different bearings -
one engine had "D" bearings, another had circular, and I think there was a
third. Finally, I recall that the gear towers all looked the same but some had
bearing springs and different colored gears - some red, some white, and black.
I am pretty sure I had an early production model and late (or current)
production model in my collection so I saw the range of stuff AM used, but I do
not recall a different frame or different gear towers.
Of course it was over three years ago when I dissassembled the engines so my
recollection could very well be wrong. Also, since I am an S scale rookie,
there are much more qualified people on this list who could tell you the
production history of these models.
BTW, I was under the impression that the 395 motor is relatively new addition
to the American Models line.
Cheers,
John Gibson
Rocklin, CA
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