by waaytoomuchintothis » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:14 pm
Save the body, toss everything else, after playing around with it. Some of the best slot cars guys in the world have labored to make that flimsy junk work, and after all their excellent work, it still bends out of shape. The one I reviewed actually twisted in a couple of laps with hard turns. The motors range from DOA to adequate, the gears are not always well-matched, etc. They stopped using Delrin nylon wheels and started using turned aluminum, which was a huge improvement, but they kept the soft metal chassis which is shaped like the good rigid chassis from the days when AMT was made by AMT, not this imitation. They usually can be found at Ollie's for a couple of bucks. Its worth doing one, not just for the body, but to see the shape of what was a very advanced kit in 1966 when they were some of the best kits in that scale. But as I say, the repopped bodies appear to be good quality and definitely worth having. I have the Nova, the Pontiac Catalina, and the 1970 Camaro, and all 3 bodies are very good scale, and easily adapted to a scratchbuilt chassis.