Originally Posted by
LonnyJ1950
There was a time when the rules required scale appearing cars. A manufacturer presenting a body for approval had to supply pictures of the prototype to demonstrate the scaleness of the shell. The TOJ, the Osella, two of the most popular designs were actually quite accurate reproductions. If the rules were to go back to that standard, the cars would look good again, and I think more people would be interested in racing in this class.
That's how we approve bodies for 1/12th over here in Europe. They are submitted to our 1/12th committee with proof that they bear a resemblance to the full size equivalent, if they don't look anything like it they don't get approved which meant not many 1/12th bodies were allowed over here. Protoform only brought out the AMR because none of their bodies would have been legal for racing in Europe when we introduced rules to prevent the likes of the Speed 12 being one step away from a flat wedge with some windows drawn on it.