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So my latest long-term project is a model of a local interurban that ran for only 6 months before being destroyed in a fire.  Commonly called a "Dracar", it was produced by the Chicago based(?) Drake Railway Automotrice Company, as a gas-electric hybrid.

I was able to acquire a drawn up set of blueprints for the car, and slowly have started making a body shell and extra parts for later resin printing and finishing.

HOWEVER!

I do not want it to be conventional.  Ideally I want to cannibalize an existing MTH Protosound 3.0 unit/car and retrofit the base to fit with the Dracar shell, then install a 'close enough' trolley file set.

My current line of thinking was to use a Semi-convertable Brill trolley but the Dracar had a scale length of 11.5" with wheel base centering distance of 6.5".  The Brill is 10.5", with a centering of 4.5" (short enough to look funny).  RDCs, doodlebugs, and upgraded K-line interurbans clock at 18" roughly (with a wheel base to match).

I really do not want to build my own base so I was hoping to ask what the distance would be between truck centers on a MTH PCC trolley would be? (the total length is comparable to the Dracar).

Apparently the interior was a dark oak panel finish with plush green seats.  No information on the outside coloring.

Further information on Dracars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracar

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Added some couplers and 'close-enough' trucks for my mock-up (wont be printed, sourced elsewhere) and its practically done!  Just some work to make sure it fits on the donor PCC streetcar frame/electronics.  Most small parts to be printed separately (for easy production). 

There was not a coupler on the back of it (not sure why as it one some occasions pulled a small flatcar) but will probably add one anyway as it looks pretty bare around the rear end. 

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