[PRCo] Re: 1700--series Fan Monitor

[Kenneth Josephson]

I wonder if PAT would have rejected 1630 if a roof cowl from a scrapped 1200 or
1400 had been installed (when the factory cowl was removed) instead of the
1000/1100 style it received?  Ken J.

Jim Holland wrote:

> HI!
>         The photos on pgs.245-247 of Young and Provenzo's  *St.-Louis Car
> Company*  show the covering over the screen vents to shield it from the
> weather, rain in particular.
>
>         We had noted that 1700--herself arrived in the Burgh without a
> covering.
>
>         So had 1600 and 1630 but probably because of experience with these two
> cars, plus the fact that the screen vent was at more of an angle on the
> 1700s, the rest of the 1700s arrived with the vent shield and 1700,
> 1600, and 1630 were retrofitted with such!
>
> --
> James B. Holland