Anyone hear of that line by AHM? How much you think one of the cars would be today?
Asking this because I picked up 9 of them today for $.99 a peice.(Atleast they are not engines!) Once I get some of them fixed up( some have missing parts)I can take a pic if no one has seen them before.
AHM is now IHC - same owner. Those cars are probably out of production.
I know that Jay...but these look like a collectors series as they aer weathered and I guess used in the 1800's and early 1900's
they come weather'd, and depending on the box doesnt matter as the only thing that has changed is there magic mate couplers, which are actully horhooks with uncoupling pins
How do you know they came weathered? Can you show us a photo of the car and the box?
The AHM Golden Car Series date back to the late '70s from what I recall. The cars were delivered with weathering applied, the AHM catalog boasts this as a feature of the series.
Here's a pic of the two unique car styles offered in this series from a late '70s AHM catalog...
(http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r132/tonycook1966/AHM_Golden_Cars.jpg)
I don't have one to confirm it, but I think Con-Cor may currently offer the former AHM Watermellon Car.
A quick check at Walthers shows a number different roads in stock for this car...
#223-520101 Old-Time Ventilated "Water Melon" Box Car -- Denver & Rio Grande Western $9.98
Tony