@Roundhouse Bill posted:I actually asked Ryan Kunkle about the speakers. He told me no speakers. Why - because before Reagan used the car there weren't any speakers. I checked photos and that is correct. He said there would be modifications in the car to make it as accurate as possible, but they did not do the artwork for the catalog as they didn't know exactly what the modifications were.
I am excited to get it.
There would have to be quite a few modifications to make it accurate. The roof is an arch roof vs clerestory, windows are in different locations on the Lionel observation, to say nothing of the kitchen door.
And speakers were used before Regan. Here's a picture of President Truman on the car with speakers.
There's enough photo's of the Ferd on the web to determine the changes needed. In other words: It's remove trucks, replace carbody.
And before I hear the discordant "You Scale Guys..." I considered ordering the Ferd and a pair of AM scale trucks for conversion, but have had more important things to deal with this past year.
Rusty
