AMT kits with Goodyear Rally GT tires?

[Casey]

7 minutes ago, Fat Brian said:

Yeah, the Popper Pinto only has blackwalls in it. The version of the 77 I have is very recent, I think just before the Popper came out.

Is there a production date on the bottom of your '77 Pinto box? The white letter Rally GTs might've been a rolling change, it sounds like.

[Fat Brian]

27 minutes ago, Casey said:

Is there a production date on the bottom of your '77 Pinto box? The white letter Rally GTs might've been a rolling change, it sounds like.

I'll look and see, I'm sure there's the printing on the inside of the body.

[Fat Brian]

6 hours ago, Don Sikora II said:

I looked at my reissue '77 Pinto kit with the green box. My kit doesn't have the tampo-print Rally GT tires, and the only tires in my box are the BF Goodrich tires that I think were originally tooled for the lowrider version of the '70 Monte Carlo. Also have the Coke Pinto Popper, and struck out finding these Rally GTs there too. 

 

3 hours ago, Casey said:

Is there a production date on the bottom of your '77 Pinto box? The white letter Rally GTs might've been a rolling change, it sounds like.

I don't see a date on the bottom of the box but the print inside the body is 3/27/2019.

[Casey]

Just like the 1:1 restorers, now we're getting into date codes. ?

[Don Sikora II]

1 hour ago, Fat Brian said:

 

I don't see a date on the bottom of the box but the print inside the body is 3/27/2019.

My kit is dated 4/24/2019, and it's coded A2 which I believe indicates it is from the second production run of this kit. I'd guess the March 27, 2019 kit is from A1, so maybe only the first production run had the tampo tires.

[Fat Brian]

1 hour ago, Casey said:

Just like the 1:1 restorers, now we're getting into date codes. ?

Just wait, numbers matching model kits will be all the rage on the concours collector circuit.

[1972coronet]

18 minutes ago, Fat Brian said:

Just wait, numbers matching model kits will be all the rage on the concours collector circuit.

Heck, at this point some of those Johan kits may as well bypass eBay and go directly to Sotheby's for champagne , caviar, and hobnobbing socialites !

[Casey]

Some possible options, though the middle 1/25 14" Firestone and 14" right tire appear to not be radials...hard to tell on those two. The 13" Firestone Super Sports tire on the left has tread blocks which appear too heavy to my eyes. ?? I am almost certain they were included with the reissued AMT VW Scirocco kit a few years ago, though.

[Oldcarfan27]

20 hours ago, Casey said:

The 13" Firestone Super Sports tire on the left has tread blocks which appear too heavy to my eyes.

Try sanding down the tread to make it less prominent. Other than that, those tires look pretty good. 

[Casey]

38 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Try sanding down the tread to make it less prominent. Other than that, those tires look pretty good. 

I think it's more the blocks which spill over onto the sidewalls which kill the look for me. The zig-zag groove is huge, too, which doesn't help things.

[Snake45]

On 2/6/2022 at 11:51 AM, 1972coronet said:

Thankfully they're NOT those horrible 'snow tyres' Rallye GT which AMT used as 'custom' tyres for far too many years. Unfortunately, those ugly things are still around;

I happen to need a set of the hideous things. What kits were they in? Y'all could save me a bunch of hunting. 

[Fat Brian]

On 2/12/2022 at 9:58 PM, Snake45 said:

I happen to need a set of the hideous things. What kits were they in? Y'all could save me a bunch of hunting. 

One set that comes to mind was MPCs attempt at BF Goodrich Radial TAs. They're in MPC and AMT versions of the 88 Mustang GT, MPC Fieros, and probably MPC Camaros and Firebirds from the mid 80s as well.

[Casey]

On 2/12/2022 at 8:58 PM, Snake45 said:

I happen to need a set of the hideous things. What kits were they in? Y'all could save me a bunch of hunting. 

Depends upon the year of issue more than the subject, as Round2 has wisely never include them in any kits, so you'd have to consider pre-2006 AMT/Ertl kits (and especially pre-'90s kits) -- '33 Willys Coupe, '53 Vette, '29 Ford Woody, '32 Ford Roadster, '32 Vicky, etc.

[Fat Brian]

9 hours ago, Casey said:

Depends upon the year of issue more than the subject, as Round2 has wisely never include them in any kits, so you'd have to consider pre-2006 AMT/Ertl kits (and especially pre-'90s kits) -- '33 Willys Coupe, '53 Vette, '29 Ford Woody, '32 Ford Roadster, '32 Vicky, etc.

Those tires are so disappointing, they're the perfect sizes for so many things but look absolutely terrible.

[Casey]

Looks like the AMT Cheverra custom Camaro snap kit included the Goodyear GT Radial tires, too:

https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/3112-coming-off-the-shelf-cheverra-its-a-snap/

[64Comet404]

On 2/14/2022 at 12:32 AM, Fat Brian said:

One set that comes to mind was MPCs attempt at BF Goodrich Radial TAs. They're in MPC and AMT versions of the 88 Mustang GT, MPC Fieros, and probably MPC Camaros and Firebirds from the mid 80s as well.

Does anyone offer the BFG tires in resin? The original MPC tires are, IMHO, some of the worst for causing tire burn on parts (not as bad as vintage Revell tires, but close!) 

[Fat Brian]

1 hour ago, 64Comet404 said:

Does anyone offer the BFG tires in resin? The original MPC tires are, IMHO, some of the worst for causing tire burn on parts (not as bad as vintage Revell tires, but close!) 

Fireball Modelworks has BFGs, they're some kind of soft rubber now.