Ed Are you absolutely certain that those green autos are from the old Madison Hardware ( MH ) ? Some time ago I became interested in these autos and there are a few threads about them on this forum. I spoke with a number of folks who use to go to the MH store and who are knowledgeable about Lionel. All firmly believe from observations at the store that the only Lionel autos made by MH were in the four traditional 6414 colors-blue, red, yellow, white. Clearly Lionel had some green and brown cars-I believe that these were never done by Madison-nor were any of the other colors which show up on ebay ( like tan, black, etc.) Apparently before MH was sold, the owners sold their 6414 auto mold to another train store and they continue to make the cars in various colors and since they are using the MH mold, they advertise the cars as original MH cars. At least that is how I have come to understand the later production of these automobiles. turtle 7
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