3. National 18-inch hand brake wheels.
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of intricate brake wheel designs were offered by brake wheel
makers. Since welding a damaged brake wheel was prohibited,
shop foremen sometimes recycled undamaged wheels from cars
headed for the salvage yard. As a result, it was not uncommon
to see an odd brake wheel on a string of otherwise similar cars.
Unless it was damaged, a brake wheels tended to remain on a
car through the end of the car’s useful life. The following infor-
mation will help modelers identify specific brake wheels.
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4. Dayton’s “Perfect” brake wheel circa
early teens.
