What do you want in life! Or at least in a kit

[1972coronet]

I enjoy simplicity in the proper areas. Fiddly parts drive me insane because of arthritis and compromised vision -- no fifty-piece front suspensions nor itty-bitty interior parts, thank you.

Conversely, it's the lack of under hood items which irritate me: no brake master cylinder (or, a lump of plastic which resembles the 1966 & earlier brake master) bothers me; tiny radiators; moulded-in washer bottles & overflow tanks, etc., etc.

Separate frames/subframes (Chrysler C-bodies, G.M. 'X' and 'F' bodies) are awesome (Moebius Chevy II series has it right). I'm not keen on moulded-in exhaust, rear springs/differentials; I'm good with fuel tanks being moulded-in. 

I like separate door cards, seats, consoles; steering columns with turn signal stalks and shifters (shift quadrants are nice, too); and, two-piece dashboards (main frame with a separate dash pad) typically offer defogger vents. 

Matching console-to-transmission is another biggie (MPC's 1971-1976 Duster-Demon-Dart Sport for an instance: 4-speed, with an automatic's console). 

Separate glass which actually fits properly (AMT's 1990s kits have subsized windscreen and backlights; Revell's got it right).

Final Words: The AMT 1963 Nova Wagon is just about perfect. Everything fits perfectly; but the moulded-in front bench seat required some 'trick' painting to get shading looking right. It'll be interesting to see if the Moebius Chevy II's chassis / sub frame, etc., fit the AMT Nova wagon.

[NYRich72]

On 3/21/2022 at 12:30 PM, drodg said:

I would like the kits to come with a wired distributor with the heads prepared to accept the wiring.   

The only wired distributors that I've ever seen are made by Gofer but I don't find them very realistic. I do use their regular wire with boots that work pretty well on the spark plug end but not so much on the distributor side Drilling out the heads (I use a #73 bit) is simple enough once you determine the plug locations. There are so many pictures showing spark plug locations on the internet that it shouldn't be a problem. That said, I wouldn't mind a niche manufacturer who makes pre-wired distributors that actually look like distributors with decent looking boots at the distributor terminals.

[drodg]

2 hours ago, NYRich72 said:

The only wired distributors that I've ever seen are made by Gofer but I don't find them very realistic. I do use their regular wire with boots that work pretty well on the spark plug end but not so much on the distributor side Drilling out the heads (I use a #73 bit) is simple enough once you determine the plug locations. There are so many pictures showing spark plug locations on the internet that it shouldn't be a problem. That said, I wouldn't mind a niche manufacturer who makes pre-wired distributors that actually look like distributors with decent looking boots at the distributor terminals.

I so agree

[ZTony8]

2 hours ago, drodg said:

I so agree

You need to get some Morgan Auto Detail wired distributors, There's a  choice of cap color and wire color combinations and he's got magnetos, too.

[conchan]

Thanks Luc & 1972  for the detailed explanations. I appreciate the effort you took.