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I think it was/is kitBASHED with emphasis on the bash part.     It looks like the body shell is one of the "modern" extruded passenger cars made by a number of builders including MAC shops and LIonel.    It looks like it was shortened.     The front looks to be the Walthers front for a Gas-electric.    They made a kit for this and I am almost sure offered the fronts and rears separately.     The body is not quite right for a gas-electric.    The section behind the cab would have the motor-generator set and be 10-12 feet long maybe (2-3 inches).    It would be closed off without windows and may have vents.    The roof should have some exhaust stacks.    As you say, it is hard to find a prototype with ribbed sides.    All the photos I have seem have flat sides like heavy weight passenger cars - some rivet lines.

Looks for some photos of what the Sunset or NJCB gas electric models have.    To me they look like AAR diesel trucks.    An interesting note, many of these cars had shorter trucks in the rear than in the front, probably because they only had the front truc powered.    To power the model with a vintge truck, an old Thomas truck or the one used by All Nation in their early single power NW2s would be used.    Another option is some sort of streetcar/interurban truck model which would have been easy to find in those days.

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