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Maserati Tipo 61 #98 C. Shelby Times Mirror Grand Prix Riverside 1960 Minichamps 1:43

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Maserati Tipo 61 #98 C. Shelby Times Mirror Grand Prix Riverside 1960 Minichamps 1:43 400601298 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Maserati Tipo 61 "Birdcage" reproduces the #98 car driven by Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Times Mirror Grand Prix, Riverside. This used model has a sealed body, and the box shows traces of storage from time in a collection.
Maserati Tipo 61 #98 C. Shelby Times Mirror Grand Prix Riverside 1960 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
Maserati
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
400601298
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About the Maserati Tipo 61 #98 C. Shelby Times Mirror Grand Prix Riverside 1960 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Maserati Tipo 61 carries Carroll Shelby's #98 livery from the 1960 Times Mirror Grand Prix at Riverside. The sealed body captures the Tipo 61's open-wheel racing form. This is a used model, its box showing traces of storage.

The Tipo 61's tubular "Birdcage" chassis made it one of the most distinctive sports racers of its period, and this Shelby-liveried replica gives that engineering story a place on a compact motorsport shelf.

A Sealed Casting of an Open Racer

The Tipo 61's slender, open-wheel bodywork suits a sealed one-piece casting, since the shape's exposed suspension and narrow cockpit read most clearly as a single continuous form rather than an assembly with moving panels. Minichamps holds the number roundel and racing stripe registration cleanly at this small scale, and the exposed engine intakes ahead of the cockpit are cast with real depth rather than moulded flat. Zinc alloy gives the piece a dense, reassuring weight given its slim profile, and the wire wheels carry individually defined spokes, a detail that matters on a car whose visual identity depends so heavily on its open, mechanical look.

Carroll Shelby and the Birdcage Maserati

The Maserati Tipo 61 earned its "Birdcage" nickname from its complex tubular space-frame chassis, an engineering approach that made the car exceptionally light for its era. Carroll Shelby, before his own Cobra and Ford GT40 programmes made him a household name, raced Maseratis including the Tipo 61 in American sports car competition, and his 1960 Riverside entry captures that earlier phase of his career as a driver rather than a constructor.

This is a used piece, and its box shows the traces of storage typical of a model held in a private collection; the casting itself is unaffected. Displayed alongside other early 1960s sports racers or a Shelby-themed grouping, it works as a compact record of a formative period in American road racing history.

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