Ride height

[horsepower]

Yep there are many kits with this problem, and I think it's quite annoying. It's an easy fix, but anyway it should be right. I rarely use all chassis parts from the kit without any modifications or scratchbuilding, though, so luckily that's not a very big deal for me.

The tires are a bigger problem. I have no problem with tires having no sidewall detail. I can always add tire text decals if I want to. That already makes a difference. A bigger problem is tire size. Many kits have way too small tires that look like Lowrider tires to me. For example AMT '67 Impala has this problem that needs to be fixed.

If anyone has noticed, the current trend in high end customs & street rods is buffing all of the lettering off of the sidewalls on the tires, Revell isn't wrong, it's just taking the rest of the world awhile to catch up. lol

[Jantrix]

I was told by former AMT employee from back in the day, that the ride heights were often raised a bit inadvertantly due to their attempts at giving us posable steering. The AMT '53 Stude was the model in question at the time.

[cartpix]

Here's a picture of a Boss 429 to be auctioned by Mecum. I would think, that if it was any lower, the front tires would rub the fenders, when turning.