'66 Pontiac GTO, but....

These are stunning models, as you say. The detail is sharp as a razor blade and looks so real. As per photography, as far as I can tell it is as good as ever. I look at your pictures and feel as if I'm walking into the garage and looking at the cars.

nice set, @chris.  I really like that turquoise one.  I have the Montero Red over light interior.  I think H61 did a fantastic job on these.

These images look fine ! This is such a superb and detailed Highway 81 diecast from them and in turquoise, yellow (and red, too) is is a real beauty as both a 1:1 and 1/18 model.

@gavin YEAH! Now those are FANTASTIC pics Gavin, thank you!  Yes, if/when I buy a real '66 or '67 (one car I've never owned ) it will be red/red!

I had the torquoise one, but it got sacrificed to create my Don Gay AWB funny car.  I used it because I thought the fidelity of scale was superb!  I need to buy another because the '66 GTO is my favorite of all years.  

Lovely models. My favorite is the yellow with the black vinyl roof. My first new car was a 1966 Buick Skylark GS 400 in green with a black vinyl roof, black interior and A/C.

@marty-johnson Yep! You've hacked-up  a fair amount of quality diecast (worth a small fortune today  😬) as I recall.  You certainly chopped up this HW61 but what choice did you have, and the result is spectacular!  I'd say there's a happy ending to this story. 🙂

And well suprise, I think in the third pic I see a tire inflation valve... Am I wrong or am I right I want to give them so much kudos for adding that !!!!

Posted by: @100ford2003

in the third pic I see a tire inflation valve...

All or at least 95% or better of HW61 1/18 cars have valve stems.  The original, first run cars, also featured opening glove boxes, fold-down sun visors, working suspensions, sliding front seats, working antennas, opening filler doors, and fully working drivelines....rotate the rear wheels and the driveshaft and fan blade would spin!  All for $39.95!

Too bad those days are way, way gone now.  😞

@chris - One of the hardest parts of doing the Don Gay Infinity GTO wasn't hacking up a very superb model.  The thing I struggled with most was the punctuation error on the Dickenson, Texas script.  The original funny car had a space between "Dickenson" and the comma.  Of course, that's incorrect, as there should NOT have been a space separating Dickerson and the comma.  Although it went against the grain of my "Grammar police" mentality, I elected to copy the original car as it was actually presented.  

Another issue I struggled with was the missing door handle.  The original car removed the handle and left an open hole.  Should I fill in the hole or mount the door handle?  Again, trying to be cosmetically true to the 1:1 car, I left the open hole where the door handle would have been. 

@marty-johnson Hmm...  I'm a bit surprised you struggled with those issues. I will duplicate graphics best I can regardless of grammatical errors, that's history. "Holes"  are great! Anytime I can get by with less bodywork, is cause for celebration. Honestly, every time I look at your AWB Pontiac, that missing door handle makes me smile. It's a VERY cool & accurate detail! 😎