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Nice. They do look better with more normal tires on them. *NM*
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Olds 88 Modified, the last build completed for quite a while
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Am I the only one who enjoys the AMT Modified Stockers?
I have bought each one and they are pretty cool. Seems silly to complain about a modified tool that was done 30 years ago. As for tires just change them if you don’t like them. I have heard some cars used ones like those but easy enough to fix. *NM*
I built one. --- *PIC*
Enjoyed the kits when I was young and enjoy them again as an adult. Fun to not do a perfect paint job and test your damage skills. *NM*
Here's mine *PIX* and *LINK*
Yes, I like them! Even with the huge supermodified tires! I'll bet you some track someplace had a division that looked like them. **PICS**
I like them a lot, esp the Galaxie and Fairlane *NM*
I like ‘em a lot! While the tires do look large I have seen pics of local short track cars with similar tires around 1970-ish. I think they later changed the rules to keep costs down (my local track had a street tire rule so more people could afford to run cars each week) *NM*
Here's one of the pics I was thinking of. Maybe the tires aren't as large as the Modified Stockers, but not too far off. *PIC*
Don't have a favorite--have all of them except the '65 GTO. Got the reissued Skylark and the Farilane when AMT reissued them a few years ago.
Olds 88 Modified, the last build completed for quite a while
Nice. They do look better with more normal tires on them. *NM*
Nice looking build. I used the same tires on my Skylark build as well. Also lowered it a little, raised the cage, added a few cage bars... *PICS*
Never liked them knowing the kits were forever butchered from stock. *NM*
If thats the case wouldn’t every annual fall into the same category as most were modified to where they cant reissue certain kits. *NM*
If thats the case wouldn’t every annual fall into the same category as most were modified to where they cant reissue certain kits. *NM*
But in those other cases, at least the final year still exists in stock form. Most of the Modified Stocker kits hadn't sold well in the reissues just prior, but nobody remembers that now *NM*
I'm thinking they were a better option than the tools being sold for scrap because the stock version wasn't considered profitable enough to reissue. Don't know if that would have happened or not, but the ones considered viable were returned to stock or stock-ish eventually.
The issues just prior didn't sell that well. I remember buying prior issue Fairlane and Olds 88 kits at closeout prices AFTER the Modified Stockers hit store shelves *NM*
That makes sense as the Fairlane and 88 would have just been considered used cars at the time, like trying to sell a model of a 2014 Camry or Malibu today… *NM*
Those are clean builds! What's everyone's favorite of the AMT Modified Series? *NM*
I like the 64 Ford *NM*
