Product Title: Lione Postwarl 6801 Flat Car w/Boat O SCALE
Manufacturer: Lionel
Scale: O
Condition: Item Condition: C-7, Box Condition P-7
Operational Status:
TCA Condition/Grading Standards: C-7: Excellent—All Original: minute scratches and paint nicks; no rust and no missing parts; no distortion of component parts.
TCA Box Grading Standards: P-7: Excellent: Complete and all original. Handling indentations, minute edge wear, small creases.
Listing Notes: in nice shape. see photos.
Photos: see pics
Manufacturer Information:
The Boat Flat Car No. 6801 was produced on a RED flat car chassis between 1957 and 1960. Early issues came with bar-end trucks that have tabbed couplers and the number to the right of the serif "LIONEL" lettering on the sides. Subsequent variations would have the heat-stamped number to the left.
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The boat was secured to the car with a No. 6418-9 elastic band. The early issues of this boat are not marked, but later Lionel would inscribed these boats "NO. 6801-60 BOAT / MADE IN U.S. OF AMERICA" to the right side of the motor box and "THE LIONEL CORPORATION / NEW YORK, N.Y." to the left of the motor box.
No. 6801 Orange Picture Box End
The boats were issued in several colors. The first issue of the boat has a WHITE hull and a BROWN deck and was available for separate sale in a late classic box numbered 6801-60 as is shown to the right. Due to the lack of the Lionel inscription on this version it is the most difficult to tell apart from the reproductions that were produced after the end of the Post War Period. The best way to distinguish a reproduction boat is to compare the height of the seat backs and the motor housing to a known original issue.
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Later issues of these boats would have a YELLOW or BLUE colored hull. The cars with YELLOW boats came in box No. 6801-50 and the BLUE boats came in box No. 6801-75. There is a TEAL colored boat that many collectors attribute to the natural fading of the BLUE colored boat. However, many of this colored load have been found on other issues that date from this period. Any of these colored boats that do not have the Lionel inscription are reproductions. There are three variations:
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