Had some fun recently with Ives trains. I had bought a 132 observation and 130 Buffet for really short money. One side of each looked pretty good but the other side was dreadful. So they sat on a shelf with the good side facing out. 
Lo and behold I found on Ebay 3 Ives cars -- 132, 129, and 130. The 130 had one good side and one not so good and by some miracle the 130 good side was just the one I needed to replace the dreadful one. I soon learned the sides of the Ives cars could be taken apart separately. To make a long story short, I now have 3 cars with nice sides and two cars with poor sides. And to top it off, the good cars have repainted brown roofs that look quite nice. So here are the photos showing the Ives Express passing a similar American Flyer passenger train.
