She's my Little Deuce Coupe - you don't know what I got.....

well we certainly know now.....perfect captures

Awesome pictures!

The details on this model are out of site especially the engine. +1 to what Jack said.

Another great set of photos by Tony.  As always thanks for sharing.  This is another fine example of these early hot rods produced by DM. 

Not long after DM sent me the model for review and photos, it got many posts and views. It also sold very well for Danbury. I mentioned a little about the car's history and the man who took such pain and pride in building it, Chili Catallo. I posted some additional info on the car and a website where it was discussed. 

During the week it debuted, I got a nice email from the current owner of the car, Chili's son, Curt Catallo and his email actually came on my birthday, 5/26. I really appreciated that. I copy his email here:

"Thanks for taking the time to take such stunning photography and to write such a concise review of the Danbury Mint version of my dad's car. As excited as he would be to have his car so painstakingly recreated, he'd have been as thrilled as I was to see his car captured on your site. While the Danbury crew didn't have the car for "a couple of years", they definitely made the most of the time they had with her. It's fair to say that they know as much about the car as I do by this point. They created it as it was on the day of the album cover shoot (and the June '61 "Hot Rod" cover shoot), and were kind enough to make a couple of changes to the model that I haven't had time to perform on the car itself (the tailpipes, namely). As you may have gathered, I'm glad to see that you were as impressed with the work as our family is.”

Thanks much,

curt catallo

Thats great Tony.

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THANKS Chav!   

Found a form, here, of the original review:  https://diecast.org/model-details/?pdb=9320