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Re: Last run of the R30 |
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Posted by Train Dude on Fri Jun 7 18:46:30 2013, in response to Re: Last run of the R30, posted by Joe V on Fri Jun 7 13:59:38 2013. we are not talking cosmetics here. Half of the R-16 fleet was designed so that the motor generator cooled the main motor grids. If the motor generator failed, the car burned. The entire propulsion system needed replacement @ roughly $50,000 per car plus another $8k - $10K for a converter to replace the motor generator and about the same for a reliable compressor to replace the old belt driven 2CY. So after nearly investing $70,000 plus labor,(into a car that cost less than $122,000) you still would have had a non-air conditioned vehicle with protruding door operator swing panels and a carbon steel body that had already seen 2/3 of it's usable life. Probably not the best investment. |
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