--- In [email protected], "vito4cal" <vito4...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "pickycat95" <pickycat95@> 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
> >
> ===================================================================
>
> 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
>
John,
It looks like you got the entire range gear towers. Maybe the new spring drive
towers are made to fit the old chassis. That would make some sense, but common
sense doesn't always seem to be the norm.
The evolution of AM motors is a complete mystery to me. All I seem to remember
was that when I purchased my first GP 9/18 directly from AM over 15 years ago
it came with a flat sided motor (I can't recall if it had a flywheel). Then a
couple of years later I picked up a pair of GP35s at a local flea market and
they had the round can motors.
Ben Trousdale
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