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Mad Mark
, Apr 30 2025 10:50 AM
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Posted 30 April 2025 - 10:50 AM
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Posted 30 April 2025 - 10:54 AM
Umm, looks like a slot car. 
Sorry, no idea but looks very vintage.
Sorry, no idea but looks very vintage.
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Posted 30 April 2025 - 10:54 AM
A.C. Gilbert, under various bodies.
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Posted 30 April 2025 - 11:47 AM
Thanks! Thought I saw a similar looking chassis under a jalopy body.
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Posted 30 April 2025 - 02:39 PM
They mainly did Indy bodies with this chassis (very approximate looking bodies!), but maybe a jalopy too. They started out with jalopies, but with a totally different chassis and AC motors.
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Here's the earlier jalopy; I didn't have any photos on file of cars with this chassis.
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Posted 01 May 2025 - 09:58 AM
There is a name on the brass clip that holds the motor in; I'm reading it as "Marklin", which is German. What does it appear to be to you, Mark?
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Posted 01 May 2025 - 01:45 PM
Marklin still makes wiring & lighting products that are used by train hobbyists for their track layouts. Some of their multi-stranded wire serves as good leadwire for FK powered slot cars. It is/was distributed in the US by a company in the Carolinas.
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