AMT Drag Strip Accessories

[regular guy]

you can get the chassis that's in this

in the Double Dragster set

did notice one Parts Pack ad said

chassis was chrome

in the kit it's just white plastic like the rest

[6bblbird]

The chassis in the AMT Drag Strip Accessories kit that I have is definitely chrome. The chassis in the Double Dragster kit is white styrene.

WF

[regular guy]

6 barrel bird

i have the competition parts pack too

guess i could build a whole car if i wanted too

what do you do with your parts packs?

[Mark]

The parts pack chassis is not the same as the Double Dragster (Fiat coupe) unit. It is plated, and the frame rails are round (same diameter as many parts trees, by the way). It has torsion bar suspension that actually works to an extent. It resembles an oversized Kurtis Midget chassis. It is slightly too big to fit inside the old (large scale) Monogram PC-1 Kurtis body, but might fit if narrowed and shortened slightly.

The Double Dragster's Fiat chassis is mostly unplated, has square frame rails, and has a single leaf spring front suspension (and a solidly mounted rear axle).

The AMT "Hot Rod Shop" (parts pack) T-bucket body is made to fit the DD's Fiat chassis, though.

[regular guy]

mark

it's this kit

almost forgot what i was saying

it has T body and turtledeck

which is very common for dragsters

since you mentioned midgets

i own the Revell Kurtis Kar indy car

[Mark]

All of the items in that pack were issued in the Sixties as parts packs: the T-bucket body, the engines (the Allison by itself, the others in packs of two), and whatever else is in there. The T body is designed to fit the Fiat chassis in the Double Dragster kit; the parts included (roll bar) are made to fit. If the plated frame is included in that pack, it isn't the DD unit (the differences are as I described earlier).