PC: Re: (erielack) HO autos

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To me these Tyco look better than the Eko, some of them are crude and a
little oversize, plus the dies are getting to be 40 years old now.   Plus
the Eko cars with US prototypes are primarily 1960-1964 era cars, where the
Tyco's will bring you up to 1967-68.

Anyone ever seen a couple of out-of-production Eko's?  I'd like to find the
58 Edsel convertible and maybe the '61 Caddy limo they did - I know the
Edsel was imported into the 70's by AHM but the limo had opening doors and
could be it's not been made in 35 years.

Bill Kisselstein

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> From: The Jordans <pamela -AT- blast.net>
> To: Bill K. <pontiac -AT- dreamscape.com>; penn-central@smellycat.com
> Cc: erielack <erielack -AT- internexus.net>
> Subject: Re: (erielack) HO autos
> Date: Saturday, April 03, 1999 5:50 PM
> 
> Bill K.-
> 
> EKO cars are still available from Walthers or your local hobby shops at
> $1.99 each.  It's cheaper than anything else out there if you looking for
> load fills.
> 
> -Joe Jordan
> 
> At 04:19 PM 4/3/99 -0500, Bill K. wrote:
> >
> >On one of these lists a few months ago I recall a lament about HO cars,
> >particularly for filling those new Accurail open-side auto racks.  The
> >other day while looking at a couple of new IHC house kits I noticed the
> >picture included on one, the old Tyco '68 Camaro, and on the other one,
the
> >old Tyco '68 AMX.  Box labeling indicates they come with the one car. 
> >While it would make no sense to go buy 25 house kits to fill your auto
rack
> >at $8, perhaps if enough people wrote IHC and asked them to sell a
25-pack
> >of those cars for $10-$15, maybe we'd have affordable loads.   These
cars
> >are ideal for that if anyone doesn't remember, they're a one-pc body
with
> >snap on axles and windows and very realistic in appearance.  About the
only
> >problem is there's only the two kinds of car -
> >
> >Bill K.
> >
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> >
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