Which one is the replica? In the early 1990's, brothers Tony and Bill Slivka contacted PM Plastics to inquire about some of the old tooling used to create Product Miniature toys. They were able to buy the molds for the 1956 S-100 series just days before they were scheduled to be scrapped. Their efforts resulted in a line of trucks that are truly accurate and beautiful scale models. They were marketed out of Des Plaines, Illinois under the name of Triple Diamond Replicas .
This second example shows better paint control. Notice that the red example above and this truck both have headlight rims painted body color. There is very slight warpage on the truck bed.
This is the replica. It is excellently detailed. Not only is the color separation perfect, but they've added a little extra silver trim (including headlight rims, parking lights, door handles and badging). The door decal is slightly changed and an "International" decal has been added to the tailgate. Note black runningboards and nifty side-mounted spare tire! Just a beautiful truck.
