Model Train Journal

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel-GP38-PO ... 4964207866

Now, I have no problem repainting stuff. Oddly enough, they left the checkered flag on the short nose.

The price, $133, with a truck-mounted can motor is an issue, when you can buy the whole "COLLECTIBLE!" NaSCar set for 180, not repainted:

https://www.ebay.com/p/1400671121

$63 at Milepost38 in Westminster, not repainted:

https://picclick.com/Lionel-Nascar-GP38 ... 31026.html

Dealers blew the sets out dirt cheap. Nobody wanted them.

Ahhhh but here's a prototype.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel-Prototy ... SwY3tc5a4n

I am speechless.

Not even close to the same power trucks.

Those rollers are about cut in half.

Not even traction tire wheels.

I suppose there is some proof of the extreme rarity and desirability of this piece of.....anyway.

You did notice that even though the shell is loose (and lifted) at one end, no shots of what is actually inside were posted.
Nice bent handrails and missing front steps, too.