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Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL #30 B. Pon / C. Godin de Beaufort 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Minichamps 1:18

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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL reproduces car #30 from the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by Ben Pon and Carel Godin de Beaufort, with registered race livery over a zinc alloy body. Built to the lightweight Abarth-bodied GTL specification with Porsche's four-cam Carrera engine, this is a genuine endurance racing subject rather than a road car. A focused pick for a Porsche or Le Mans-themed racing display.
Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL #30 B. Pon / C. Godin de Beaufort 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Minichamps 1:18
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Car Brand
Porsche
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
107626830
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About the Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL #30 B. Pon / C. Godin de Beaufort 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 356B Carrera GTL reproduces car #30 from the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by Ben Pon and Carel Godin de Beaufort, with registered race livery over a zinc alloy body. Built to the lightweight Abarth-bodied GTL specification with Porsche's four-cam engine, it anchors a genuine endurance racing display.

Some diecast subjects are chosen for glamour. This one is chosen for a specific weekend on a specific circuit, and car #30 raced at Le Mans in 1962 for two Dutch drivers with deep Porsche connections.

Minichamps' Diecast Recreation of Car #30

Livery Precision and Race Number 30

The number 30 sits correctly placed on the doors, matched against period-accurate class and event markings rather than a generic racing scheme. Getting a livery like this right is less about broad brushwork than about registration, ensuring the numerals, borders and sponsor detail all align cleanly across the body without drifting off the panel lines they were painted against on the original car.

Aluminium-Bodied Lightness, Reproduced in Zinc Alloy

The Carrera GTL's original bodywork was built for lightness, hand-formed in aluminium by an Italian coachbuilder rather than pressed steel, and it wore a narrower, more purposeful shape than a standard road-going 356. Minichamps reproduces those proportions in zinc alloy, which naturally can't replicate the original's featherweight construction but does capture the flatter glasshouse and tucked-in fenders that mark this out as a genuine competition variant rather than a road car with numbers stuck on.

The Carrera GTL and Porsche's Le Mans GT Effort

A Four-Cam Engine in a Lightweight Body

The 1600 GS Carrera designation points to Porsche's four-cam engine, a far more sophisticated unit than the standard 356's, and pairing it with an Abarth-built lightweight body created a genuine GT class contender for endurance events in the early 1960s. That combination of specialised engine and purpose-built bodywork is exactly why the GTL still holds a distinct place in Porsche's competition history, separate from the far more numerous road-going 356s.

Ben Pon, Carel Godin de Beaufort, and the 1962 Entry

Ben Pon came from the family whose dealership first imported Volkswagen and Porsche into the Netherlands, giving him close factory ties, while Carel Godin de Beaufort was a Dutch privateer known for campaigning Porsches in both endurance racing and Formula 1 during this period. Pairing the two for a Le Mans entry gave this particular 356 a genuine competition pedigree beyond simply wearing a race number.

Anchoring a Porsche Endurance Racing Display

This is a subject for a Le Mans GT class theme rather than a general Porsche shelf, and it rewards collectors who already know roughly where a 356 Carrera GTL sits within the marque's early competition history. At standard 1:18 dimensions it pairs naturally with other period endurance racers rather than road cars, and as diecast rather than sealed resin, it offers opening doors and bonnet in exchange for slightly less razor-sharp panel lines than a resin equivalent would carry. For a focused racing collection, it's a precise, well-researched addition rather than a generic Porsche.

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