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360-361 SANTE FE CHROME PLATED DIESEL UNIT VERY RARE:
$325.00
I ACQUIRED THIS SET IN WRAPPERS. THIS IS WHAT I GOT. I TRIED CLEANING (DUSTING) THE UNITS AND THE CHROME STARTED TO FLAKE OFF. I STOPPED. THESE ENGINES WERE PART OF A NEW PROCESS CALLED VACUFORMING. THE SHELLS WERE PLACED INSIDE A CONTAINER, THE AIR WAS SUCKED OUT AND THEN A FINE CHROME POWDER WAS INJECTED INTO THE CONTAINER. THE CHROME WAS SUPPOSE TO STICK TO THE PLASTIC. IT DIDN\'T WORK VERY WELL. AND IT DIDN\'T LAST VERY WELL. THERE WERE MAJOR PROBLEMS FROM THE GET GO. GILBERT TRIED A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT THEN GAVE UP. THIS IS THE \"NO HANDRAIL\" VERSION. THERE IS ANOTHER VERSION THAT ADDED HANDRAILS WHERE THE BLACK LINES ARE. I HAVE ONLY SEEN ONE SET OF THOSE AND THEY WERE IN A FRIENDS COLLECTION. I\'VE NEVER SEE THE CHROME WAR BONNET 360-361 VERSION. IT DOES EXISTS AS A 360-364 SET. IT ALSO EXISTS AS A SILVER PAINTED SET WITH THE WAR BONNET. I GOT A SET FOR CHRISTMAS ALONG WITH THE THREE ALUMINUM CARS (1951).I DON\'\'T ADVISE TRYING TO CLEAN THESE UNITS. THE CHROME WILL FLAKE OFF. I TESTED THE MOTORS.. ONE ACTUALLY RAN, THE OTHER DID NOT. THE B UNIT HAS A HORN. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE PICTURES. THE REVERSE IS IN THE A UNIT. THIS IS A VERY RARE SET OF ENGINES.
