AMT C-600 kits

[fairlane1320]

I'm shopping for a C-600 to build another Ford Drag Team hauler. The Pepsi truck has the correct wheelbase. Does anyone know if these kits are all the same wheelbase?

[Force]

I believe the AMT C600 (they are in fact C800's) kits comes in three different wheel bases and the tractor with the fifth wheel is the shortest, the stake bed has a longer wheel base than the tractor but is shorter than the box truck wich has the longest wheel base.

Edited July 17, 2017 by Force

[leafsprings]

Because this truck kit comes with a 534, this truck is technically a C 900, higher up the GVW food chain than the lowly C 600.. The first issue of the tractor version ( Metro Freight) was labeled correctly as a C 900. Why the change to C 600 in stake and van body kits  is a mystery. The cab door emblem on all kits reads 800, which is another mystery in itself.

Edited July 28, 2017 by leafsprings

[Chuck Most]

Use the kit with the van body if you want to install the race hauler body. 

[Force]

Because this truck kit comes with a 534, this truck is technically a C 900, higher up the GVW food chain than the lowly C 600.. The first issue of the tractor version ( Metro Freight) was labeled correctly as a C 900. Why the change to C 600 in stake and van body kits  is a mystery. The cab door emblem on all kits reads 800, which is another mystery in itself.

Yeah, the chassis of the truck is way too beefy to be a C600.