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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #3 B. Waldegard / F. Gallagher Winner Safari Rally 1990 Kyosho 1:18

Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #3 B. Waldegard / F. Gallagher Winner Safari Rally 1990 Kyosho 1:18 08961A Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 reproduces car #3, driven by Bjorn Waldegard and Fred Gallagher to victory on the brutal 1990 Safari Rally. Cast in zinc alloy with reinforced-looking bodywork and works livery, it honours a driver who built his later career specifically around Africa's toughest event. A rally-hardened subject with genuine motorsport weight behind it.
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #3 B. Waldegard / F. Gallagher Winner Safari Rally 1990 Kyosho 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Toyota
Model Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
08961A
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About the Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #3 B. Waldegard / F. Gallagher Winner Safari Rally 1990 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #3 reproduces Bjorn Waldegard and Fred Gallagher's win on the 1990 Safari Rally, cast in zinc alloy with correct works livery and reinforced bodywork detailing. A subject tied to one of rallying's most punishing events and one of its most experienced drivers.

Some rallies destroy cars before they finish, let alone win. Safari was that event, and this Celica's number 3 livery marks a genuine survival as much as a victory.

Waldegard and the Safari Rally's Reputation

A Champion Who Specialised in Africa

Bjorn Waldegard had already claimed the first-ever World Rally Championship drivers' title back in the late 1970s, but by 1990 he had carved out a second, distinct reputation as one of the sport's foremost specialists in African endurance events, Safari chief among them. Alongside British co-driver Fred Gallagher, Waldegard brought the patience and mechanical sympathy that African rallying rewarded over the outright speed that mattered more on European gravel and tarmac stages.

Why Safari Demanded a Different Kind of Car

The Safari Rally covered vast distances across Kenyan terrain in extreme heat and dust, with conditions that broke suspension components and cooling systems long before drivers had any chance to push for outright pace. Surviving Safari, let alone winning it, required a car and crew built around reliability first, which makes a Safari-winning livery a genuinely different kind of collecting story than a European tarmac or gravel win.

Kyosho's ST165 Cast for a Punishing Rally

Reinforced Bodywork and Livery Detail

The ST165 was Toyota's first turbocharged four-wheel-drive Celica in Group A competition, and Kyosho's diecast reproduces its boxy, purposeful bodywork with correct wide arches and the raised bonnet scoop that fed its intercooler. The number 3 livery and sponsor decals sit flat with clean edges, and light-catching brush guards and additional lamp pods, visual signatures of a car built to survive African terrain, are represented rather than smoothed away for a cleaner but less accurate finish.

A Standard Finish for a Genuinely Tough Subject

The zinc alloy body carries real weight, and panel gaps stay consistent around the bonnet and doors despite the additional surface detailing a Safari-spec car demands. This sits at a standard mid-tier diecast finish, correct livery and honest panel work rather than ultra-premium hand-finishing, which is a fair trade for a subject collected more for its story than for showroom paint depth.

A Different Kind of Rally Victory on a Shelf

At roughly 24cm long, this Celica shares its footprint with other 1:18 Group A rally cars, but its Safari-specific detailing sets it visually apart from the European gravel and tarmac liveries most collections lean toward. Placed alongside a European-event Celica or a title-winning European Delta, it broadens a WRC display beyond the championship's more familiar European rounds and brings a genuinely different, harder-won story to the shelf.

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