quote:The doors are silver instead of black, which I suppose is plausible as a pre-production prototype or paint/decoration sample; seller claims to have bought it from a former Lionel employee. Don't know if it's legit or not but find it passively interesting.
The doors aren't mounted. I would not be surprised to learn that the doors were put with the car later on. But it is unlikely that we will ever know.
Here is the auction.
Thank you for the link to the article.
