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Need Help w/ Replacing Old Mantua Hook and Loop Couplers

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Need Help w/ Replacing Old Mantua Hook and Loop Couplers
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 7, 2004 6:08 PM
Hi all,

Brand new to these forums and I am hoping somebody may have run across this issue. I am just getting into model railroading and have several very old Mantua cars with old brass Hook and Loop couplers. I want to replace these with the knuckle couplers. I tried a #5 Kadee but can not find a way to use it on these cars without some heavy duty modification.

Has anyone successfully modified any old Mantua cars with new style Kadee couplers?

Thanks for the help,

MW
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 7, 2004 7:50 PM
First off, just before Mantua got out of the train business they came out
with their own knuckle coupler. The train business has been absored
by www.modelpower.com

Visit the www.kadee.com/conv/list.htm for coupler conversions.
and scroll down to Mantua.

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