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Thank you, Dave. You're right. The cars are still beautiful. They have been handled a bit roughly over half a century, so they are kind of natually weathered! But they are surely worth the work, even if only as conversation pieces. Thanks again.[:)][quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by dknelson I am glad you appreciate this find old car enough to want to do this work. If you have a dremel tool it might be possible to use the router or the circular sander to mostly remove the remains of the coupler housing because I think you will find just adding Kadee coupler box will hang down too low, perhaps so low that even the offset coupler won't be the right height. The ideal would be for it to be gone entirely and start over with a new Kadee coupler box. But that may not be practical. Whatever you do I strongly urge you to lightly wrap cloth or thin foam rubber around the car perhaps holding it lightly in place with a bit of tape so that nothing you do with the car causes the metal to be scratched. The car has to be handled with some care to avoid pressing or denting the sides The lithography on those old Varney cars was beautifully done and nothing looks like painted metal better than painted metal. Dave Nelson [/quote]
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