[PRCo] Re: Check out my website!1

[Schneider Fred]

So?   So what?   Green paint and leather seats are also history.
Screw the fans who think everything should be retro to the day it  
should be built.   This makes a great example of in between 5326 and  
a PCC.

The pretty woodwork and wood seats, according to Harold Cox, was done  
because Mitten wanted a car that could be cleaned out with a garden  
hose.   Cox claims that Mitten was paranoid after the influenza  
epidemic as perhaps many people were with a disease that killed three  
times as many people as World War I.     We can show that with  
5326.   We don't need two cars for that purpose.    It is equally  
important that we have a vehicle to show how PTC attempted to make  
the public think some of their old hulks were modern in the late  
1930s.   Leather seats, shiny paint, wings around the headlights ...  
and don't forget the pay-enter / pay leave sign the needs to hang in  
the right front window.   I may have one of those if you do not.


http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/

I also do not have a problem with 1138 in 1950s dress unless you know  
someone who wants to buy all that special seat fabric that they had  
originally and then provide an endowment to keep it clean.



On Jul 28, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Bruce Wells wrote:

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> Down at the Blimp, Linda Kirkpatrick was able to get a day off to  
> join the boys for a day of fun at the farm.  At my request she has  
> re-applying the ugly green interior paint and doing a very nice  
> job.  Whether you agree or not this is necessary to have an  
> accurate 80 hundred from the 1953 era.  Cherry wood fans everywhere  
> are no doubt screaming but history is history and we have to pay  
> attention to that every now and then...  If you want to see one of  
> these cars with the pretty woodwork you’ll just have to go to  
> Scranton or just look at 5326 which is back dated about 90%.