Covered Wagon break lever Modern Products

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tjlglass
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Covered Wagon break lever Modern Products

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Anyone ever noticed this before ? Seen a few of these but never noticed the break lever.
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Re: Covered Wagon break lever Modern Products

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It's not a brake lever, it is a whip. There should be a length of piano wire attached. This is from Nick Martin's site:

https://www.diecastvintagetoys.co.uk/mo ... ered-wagon

I have the six-horse version, but the driver and whip have gone missing over the last 60 years, so your model being basically complete is quite a find.
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