Greg Myers

and check out that "Kick Up"

I like that , well done.

Thank you for sharing that with us Richard. I feel that really puts a face on this, yours as well as Daves. Thank you again.

another great thread talking about more than tube frames, http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/90119-best-t-bucket-chassis-kit-in-125th-scale/

There are two parts pack kits with tube frames as well

I have used a few of these to build sixties style roadsters. These much maligned kits can give you some nice chassis if not their weird bodies.

As mentioned in Bob Grainger's "Odds & Ends 2018 " thread, http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/134175-odds-ends-july-2018/ there are quit a few kits with good donor tube frames. I didn't list all that I could think of and certainly there are some I missed so, here's what I have so far with a few examples ( all from the interweb)

That should be quite stunning Ben. Be sure to do an "In Progress" Thread.

a straight shot to the good stuff, http://www.angelfire.com/in4/blu4/p4.html

http://www.angelfire.com/in4/blu4/index.html Another random on line find

These are the kits the motors originally came in. I believe the Parma kits are actually motorized as well, a small plus.

The Double Dragster engines I spoke of originally are from Parma, an R/C supplier. Here are some examples of the Double V-8 kit mislabeled Chevy. They also did a copy of the Garlits HEMI, same kit.

Probably the best right here, too bade these are all gone.

How do the scales match up. the HEMI being rather large at 1/4th scale ?

AMT Custom & Competition Parts Pack kit also had a tubular chassis.

The Revell Orange Crate has a nice tubular chassis.

Let's do it

Box art 1960's Drag Racing !

and there in lies the problem, most others don't either.

Still hoping for this one to show up.

There are also a plethora of 1/6th scale die cast kits from the likes of Liberty, Revell, Hawk and Testors.

There are, of course all the "Parts Pac" kits. https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/partspacks.htm There are also some other kits. A few taken from existing full kits, the engines from Lindbergs Double Dragster in 1/8th scale, for example. I believe these were marketed for the R/C crowd. There were A few others, MPC did some in 1/10 scale. And of course all of the see through kits,https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/visible-engines.htm starting with Monograms "Customizing Auto Engine and the ubiquitous Visible V-8.

Overkill always had good stuff right in the middle.

Same money spent here https://www.google.com/search?q=rat+rods&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAjpqenYPcAhVDjlQKHZ_pAz4Q_AUICigB&biw=1455&bih=697