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Porsche 908/02 Spyder #266 G. Mitter / G. Schuetz Targa Florio 1969 Minichamps 1:18

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Porsche 908/02 Spyder #266 G. Mitter / G. Schuetz Targa Florio 1969 Minichamps 1:18 107692266 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast reproduces the Porsche 908/02 Spyder #266 driven by Gerhard Mitter and Georg Schuetz at the 1969 Targa Florio, part of Porsche's works sports-prototype campaign that led toward the 917. The open Spyder body, purpose-built for the Sicilian road circuit, carries period sponsor decals and the correct 1969 works livery. A serious piece for an endurance-racing collection.
Porsche 908/02 Spyder #266 G. Mitter / G. Schuetz Targa Florio 1969 Minichamps 1:18
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Car Brand
Porsche
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
107692266
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About the Porsche 908/02 Spyder #266 G. Mitter / G. Schuetz Targa Florio 1969 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast reproduces the Porsche 908/02 Spyder #266, entered by the works team at the 1969 Targa Florio for Gerhard Mitter and Georg Schuetz. The open-top body, built specifically for mountain road racing, carries period livery and sponsor detail from Porsche's late-1960s sports-prototype programme.

The Targa Florio was unlike any other round of the World Sportscar Championship, a closed public road course through Sicily's mountains rather than a purpose-built circuit, and Porsche built the 908/02 Spyder specifically with that kind of event in mind.

An Open Spyder Built for a Road Circuit

Where the closed 908 coupe suited high-speed circuits like Le Mans, the 908/02 dropped the roof entirely, cutting weight and improving visibility through the Targa Florio's tight, blind mountain corners. Minichamps' casting reflects that open cockpit faithfully, with the low, purposeful windscreen and exposed roll hoop that defined the works Spyders of this era. Cast in zinc alloy, the body carries the correct proportions of a car built around function rather than aerodynamic elegance, short overhangs, a wide rear engine cover, and bodywork kept as light and minimal as period regulations allowed. The panel gaps around the removable body sections are tight, consistent with a mid-tier diecast rather than a museum-grade resin build, but entirely legible at arm's length.

Livery, Number 266, and the Works Drivers

Car #266 carries the correct 1969 works livery, and the decal work reproduces period sponsor placement without smearing or misregistration across the bodywork's curves, an easy place for a lower-tier casting to fall short. Gerhard Mitter and Georg Schuetz shared the car at the 1969 Targa Florio, both established works drivers within Porsche's sports-prototype programme during a period when the marque was campaigning the 908 family across the World Sportscar Championship while developing the 917 in parallel. Mitter, a driver as comfortable in hillclimbs as endurance racing, died later that same year testing a 917 during practice at the Nürburgring, a sobering reminder of how dangerous the era's motorsport remained even for its most experienced competitors.

A Considered Choice for an Endurance-Racing Shelf

At roughly 20 centimetres, the 908/02's compact open body takes up less shelf depth than a closed coupe of the same era, useful for collectors building a dense grid of 1960s prototypes rather than a handful of hero pieces. Diecast suits a subject like this reasonably well, since the opening bodywork sections let a collector see the mid-mounted engine detail beneath, though a specialist resin builder would typically render the exposed mechanical surfaces with sharper definition. Positioned alongside other 908 and early 917 subjects, this piece captures a specific, transitional moment in Porsche's works programme, one season before the 917 took over the marque's outright ambitions entirely.

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