Here are the two cars I built / restored. In researching the Ives 122 tank car on the Ives Society website, I learned an early version of the 122 had blank plates. So mine is modeled after that. I have the decals for the AF tank car but haven’t got them on yet. I had to use some artistic license on the 3210. Making it look exactly like the original would have cost me ten times what this did.
I also ended up with this bonus car. I had to put a Marx wheel-set on it.
I have these parts leftover.
I removed a lot of rust from these trains. The donor Lionel 815 was in OK condition, but it only cost me $16.
George