?Trucks to fit an old wooden Westbrook boxcar and cattle car?

[Boyd]

I got these 2 O scale cars from a huge 2 rail layout I took out of a house about 5 years ago. They have body mounted couplers and I'm wondering if I can mount different trucks that are Lionel compatible without irreversably altering these beautiful cars. Are these cars worth anything to 2 rail collectors? One is marked 1949 and the other 1950.

[Boyd]

Anyone,,,anyone? Anyone else heard of a Westbrook car? I tried some older Weaver plastic trucks with solid couplers and metal wheels but they don't clear the box for the fixed couplers. Maybe I can find trucks for these two cars at the train show in St.Paul this weekend.

[Anonymous]

I've seen Westbrook listed on Ebay several times and advertised in Model Railroader. That's the extent of my exposure. One possible solution might be to run the car between a Kline, Atlas or other car equiped with one scale and one tinplate coupler. Similar to the mixed coupler fixes in other scales. Hopefully you'll find a better remedy.
Best of luck. -Dave