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February 3, 2022 at 10:01 pm #6584

Robert Stewart
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I don’t know if anyone has seen the announcement for Mopac Jenks Blue GP18’s. They are high hood versions. I thought most all were chopped with low hoods pretty early in their lives. The road numbers are 512,516 and 527. This seems like a small window for these before their short hoods. Anyone have any dates that these would have run with their high hoods or when changed?
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February 4, 2022 at 12:29 am #10439

peggyrothschild
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Steve
Nate Obermeyer was the MPHS lead working with Athearn. They did not want to do low nose versions as the tooling for the run was only high nose GP-18’s. He and others did the research and these units are the ones never changed.

February 4, 2022 at 2:29 pm #10440

Robert Stewart
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Thanks Charlie,
I did find a pix of 512 in the late sixties. I will be ordering a couple of these. They will look good with the Genesis Gp7’s I have and the new F’s when they come out.
Steve B

March 3, 2022 at 1:44 am #10463

madonnasuffolk30
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Steve,

Athearn didn’t want to do any new tooling so the GP18s are accurate from circa 1962/4ish to 1967/70ish depending on which road number. These all received low noses and 2000 gallon fuel tanks when modified.

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