Ok, first off, sorry, no pix.
Ahem, maybe some of you saw my recent Score yesterday of some Vintage Aurora and Tyco Cars. My question revolves around what I *Believe was a Factory Aurora Carded (Hi-Perf) Top Plate w/Arm.
Ya see, in my score, I had a couple of carded items, and one appears to have been a Top Plate for a normally geared(9T) T-Jet, BUT, Came with a Green Wire/Green Tip (Mean Green) Arm, already installed and carded by the factory !?
I say I *believe this, because the card had the take off old gear plate w/Arm in it, and the NEW Plate, with Mean Green Arm, was installed in a Chassis. I examined this Top Plate, and it was barely run and there are no marks (even under EXTREME Magnification) that would show the Mean Green Arm was installed by the buyer, ie- the pinion gear is perfect, and shows no marks from a clumsy install in 1971 -when I believe this was new, as all the items from my Score were stored in an Attic since 1971 !
So my Question to serious Aurora Collectors, like Bob Beers etc. is, was it a common carded item(in '70-'71?), to have a normal T-Jet Gear plate with a Factory installed Mean Green Arm attached and carded ???