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Porsche 917/10 Kauhsen Racing #2 W. Kauhsen Nurburgring Interserie 1974 Minichamps 1:18

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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 917/10 reproduces Willi Kauhsen's own #2 entry from the 1974 Nurburgring Interserie round. A big-winged, flat-12 prototype in privateer colours, built for collectors of European sports car racing history.
Porsche 917/10 Kauhsen Racing #2 W. Kauhsen Nurburgring Interserie 1974 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Porsche
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155746502
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About the Porsche 917/10 Kauhsen Racing #2 W. Kauhsen Nurburgring Interserie 1974 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 917/10 reproduces the #2 Kauhsen Racing entry driven by Willi Kauhsen at the 1974 Nurburgring round of the Interserie championship. A flat-12 prototype shape carried through in period privateer livery.

The 917/10 grew out of Porsche's Can-Am programme, and by 1974 examples like this one had migrated into Europe's own big-banger sports car series, run by teams rather than the factory itself.

Reproducing a Wide-Bodied Prototype in Diecast

The 917/10's flared rear bodywork and tall rear wing give this casting real width for a 1:18 sports prototype, and Minichamps captures that stance with a low, wide diecast shell that reads as purposeful rather than delicate. The metal body's weight suits a subject built around brute power and aerodynamic downforce rather than fine road-car detailing. Opening features are modest on a prototype like this, since the real car's bodywork was largely non-structural cladding over a tube frame, so the model's strength lies in getting the proportions and wing geometry right rather than in elaborate opening panels.

Kauhsen Racing and the Interserie Grid

Willi Kauhsen ran his own team and drove his own cars through much of the 1970s, and an Interserie round at the Nurburgring put his 917/10 against a genuinely varied field of big-engined prototypes rather than a single-marque grid. That variety is part of what makes Interserie subjects interesting for a collector: fewer factory liveries, more distinct team colours and privateer character than a strictly regulated championship offers.

Positioning on a Sports Prototype Shelf

At 1:18 the 917/10's width makes it a shelf-space consideration next to narrower touring cars, so it works best grouped with other big-winged prototypes of the same era rather than squeezed between road-going saloons. As a self-driven entry, it also carries a personal-team story that differs from a works-backed grid car.

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