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Pontiac Catalina Super Duty Super Stock #655 Blue 1962 Auto World 1:18

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Pontiac Catalina Super Duty Super Stock #655 Blue 1962 Auto World 1:18 AW201/06 Diecast
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Auto World's 1:18 diecast Pontiac Catalina Super Duty #655 in blue captures the 1962 factory drag and stock racer built before GM's racing ban. Entry-tier diecast construction brings a genuine slice of Super Stock history to a themed race-car shelf.
Pontiac Catalina Super Duty Super Stock #655 Blue 1962 Auto World 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Pontiac
Manufacturer
Auto World
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
AW201/06
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About the Pontiac Catalina Super Duty Super Stock #655 Blue 1962 Auto World 1:18

TL;DR: Auto World's 1:18 diecast reproduces the 1962 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty Super Stock #655 in blue, one of GM's factory-backed drag and oval competitors from the brief Super Duty program. Mass-market diecast construction makes this Super Stock racer an affordable anchor for a vintage American racing display.

Before General Motors pulled out of factory-backed racing in 1963, Pontiac ran one of the era's most aggressive programs, and the Catalina Super Duty was its sharpest tool.

The Super Duty Program Behind Car #655

Pontiac's Super Duty package stuffed the full-size Catalina with a 421-cubic-inch V8 built specifically for drag strips and stock car ovals, lightweight body panels, and gearing meant to embarrass much smaller cars off the line. GM's corporate ban on factory racing support arrived the following year and shut the program down almost as quickly as it started, which is part of why Super Duty Catalinas hold such a specific place in American racing lore. The #655 livery on this diecast reflects the numbered, sponsor-marked look these cars actually raced in rather than a generic street trim, giving the piece real competition context rather than a manufactured racing theme.

Auto World's Diecast Build for a Race-Liveried Full-Size

Auto World renders the Catalina's long, full-size body in diecast metal, giving the model believable heft for a car this large at 1:18 and keeping the blue livery and race graphics as the visual focus rather than interior detail. Entry-tier diecast construction means the emphasis sits on outward accuracy and affordable pricing rather than hand-finished panel work, and that trade-off suits a subject collected mainly for its racing identity rather than its cabin trim. Buyers should expect a solid, honestly built shelf piece rather than a boutique recreation, which is exactly what a Super Stock subject at this price point should deliver.

Anchoring a Super Stock or Pontiac Display

This Catalina reads best next to other early-1960s factory drag and stock cars, where its numbered livery and full-size stance provide contrast to smaller intermediate and pony-car racers that followed later in the decade. For a Pontiac-specific shelf, it stands as an early, aggressive chapter before the GTO era took over the brand's performance story.

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