The following are problems and issues I found with the AMT 1956 Ford Thunderbird (T-Bird) and how I fixed them or modified the kit. All-in-all, this kit had very few issues and the issues I'm listing are very small. The kit went together really well.

1. The front struts had 'fake' mounting holes that really served no purpose. The addition of these mounting holes made the struts too long and the bottom half of the front suspension did not fit properly. See my photo build journal, photo 015 through 018 for details.
2. The engine assembly should have steps 2 and 3 reversed on the instruction sheet. The instructions show that the valve covers should be installed before the intake manifold; however, if that is done, the intake manifold sets on top of the valve covers. Simply reverse the steps. Install the intake manifold first, then install the valve covers. See my photo build journal, photo 022
3. When dry fitting the engine to the frame, everything looked good. The instructions would have the engine mounted and then the radiator with fan shroud installed. That's not possible. If the engine is installed there is not enough room to place the radiator into the mounting grooves and clear the fan. The radiator, fan shroud and engine need to be installed together. When everything was in place, the radiator was tilted forward; see my photo build journal, photos 23 through 25. The radiator could not be straightened because, first, the upper radiator hose is too long. That would not be a problem because it can be trimmed shorter. But even with that, when trying to straighten the radiator, it bumped up against the fan. The engine was in its correct location; however, the radiator could not be straighted. Before deciding what to do about it I put the body in place and saw that the slanted radiator could not be seen, therefore, I left it tilted forward.
   
   The way I might have fixed it is to scratch build a new radiator mounting bracket for where the radiator attaches to the frame. But... again, since it can't be seen, I left it alone.
4. The chrome air scoop on the hood is too short to fit properly across the hood scoop. I didn't do anything to fix this.
5. Some of the decals are very, very small. They are easy to put on; however, they don't stay on. I sometimes use clear finger nail polish to keep decals in place, but with the red body and interior, the nail polish could have easily been seen. I left the very small decals off.

This was a fun build. There really wasn't anything that cause an issue. It went together fairly clean and I would recommend it for beginners or seasoned builders.