Originally Posted by UniRacer

It seems to me that Pan car chassis do have suspension. It is the foam tires that are adequate to spring the weight of the live rear axle. Maybe this is fair enough for chassis designs that are similar to slot cars. Also the cars are very light weight, so that allows them to work with the style of foam tires. Back in the 80's I used to run a AYK 12th scale pan car.

I apologise the language that was probably unnecessarily strong. I deny being a troll, because I think there is a point here that is worth discussing.