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BMW 2000 Ti #17 J. Ickx / C. van Ophem Winners 24 Hours of Spa 1966 Minichamps 1:43

BMW 2000 Ti #17 J. Ickx / C. van Ophem Winners 24 Hours of Spa 1966 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
BMW
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
400662517
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About the BMW 2000 Ti #17 J. Ickx / C. van Ophem Winners 24 Hours of Spa 1966 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: This Minichamps 1:43 diecast reproduces the winning #17 BMW 2000 Ti of Jacky Ickx and Hubert van Ophem from the 1966 24 Hours of Spa. The sealed body carries this historic touring car victory faithfully at a small, collectable scale.

Jacky Ickx's early career included this outright Spa win before he became one of the great sportscar and Formula 1 drivers of his generation, making the 2000 Ti's victory a genuine piece of motorsport history rather than a footnote.

Minichamps' Diecast Treatment of the 1960s BMW 2000 Ti

The zinc-alloy body carries real weight for its size, and Minichamps casts the shell as a fixed one-piece body, so the 2000 Ti's upright, boxy sedan proportions and period rally-style number roundels sit as one continuous casting rather than assembled parts. That sealed construction fits a 1960s touring car well, since the appeal here is the classic, upright silhouette and the historically accurate livery rather than any opening bonnet or boot. The #17 graphics are tampo-printed onto the metal, holding crisp, period-correct colour separation that reads well even at this compact scale.

A Genuinely Historic Win for a Classic Shelf

An outright win at Spa by a driver who went on to genuine motorsport greatness gives this small-scale diecast far more weight than its size suggests, and it sits naturally at the head of a display built around 1960s touring car racing. Grouped with later BMW touring cars from the following decades, it traces the marque's long involvement in the category from its earliest competitive years. At 1:43, this piece takes minimal shelf space while carrying a genuinely significant piece of BMW's motorsport history.

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