[PRCo] Re: Mod Desire

[Boris Cefer]

True. The mod scheme cars seemed to show maintenance. The non-rebuilt 16s
were piles of rust with almost no paint on them in early 70s.

Boris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:24 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Mod Desire


> Boris and all
> Prior to my leaving Pgh in March 1976, body damage if any
> was always repaired.  No dents then.  And the car was
> repainted several times due to paint problems.  PAT was
> proud of this car and the other mod trolleys.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
>
> Boris Cefer wrote:
>
> >Does the custom painted model have authentical dents? :->
> >
> >Boris
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
> >
> >
> >>  A friend of mine who does custom paint jobs on the Corgi PCC cars
> >>just informed me that Corgi will be coming out with the PAT Mod Desire
> >>PCC soon.
> >>  I know Corgis are nothing even close to the St. Pete models but
> >>they are much cheaper for those who can't afford to spend $300+ for
> >>the St. Pete models. With the cheaper price comes less detail.
> >>  I have 6 St. Pete cars and the whole collection of Corgis. Add to
> >>this the 7 that Bryan custom painted for me. I started collecting the
> >>Corgis before I even knew about the St. Pete cars, so I just continued
> >>doing so.
> >>  Quite a while back, I sent the head honcho(can't remember his name)
> >>of Corgi a link to a website and asked him to look into the Mod Desire.
> >>I guess he listened.
> >>
> >>                        Mark
> >>
> >>
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