Bowser HO power truck

[Frederick J Sauerburger MD]

>Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 20:24:19 -0400
>To: trolley at railspot.com,traction at onelist.com
>From: Frederick J Sauerburger MD <fjsmd at mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: Bowser HO power truck
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>In-Reply-To: <370FCBB8.20EB at mail.execpc.com>
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> Mike Bauers wrote:
>
>>I need a bunch of mew mechs to get me over the hump
>>until the new can-motored Bowser mechs finally hit the shelves. The new
>>bodies will increase the fleet.
>
>Yo Mike et al,
>Just checked the Bowser web site and info is pretty thin on this new truck.
>Any idea on specs?  Motor location;  Minimum radius; Will they offer all
the current truck sizes?
>
>I saw a Bowser re-motor job by Jack Spedden of Delaware at a recent East
Penn mini-meet.  He removed the truck-mounted motor, installed a vertical
shaft with the original worm, then ran a horizontal shaft (via Grandt-line
90-degree bevel gears and universals) to a flywheeled can motor mounted
horizontally in mid-car.  The thing ran like an eel in oil!  Where is
Bowser putting the motor?
>I've got an Email post to them asking the above, but since I seem to be
under a rock when these things get announced, I figure one of "you'nz guys"
...as we say in Pgh, would already have drawings or pre-production models.
I have some Pgh Rys 1700-series PCC bodies (resin by Imperial) that need
power.
>
>Have another day,
>
>Fred
-Fred
fjsmd at mindspring.com