
Ford Capri Mk1 RS 2600 #9 K. Fritzinger / H. Heyer Team Europa Möbel 6 Hours of Nürburgring ETCC 1973 Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ford
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 155738509
- Year
- 1973
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group Racing Historic
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138133235
About the Ford Capri Mk1 RS 2600 #9 K. Fritzinger / H. Heyer Team Europa Möbel 6 Hours of Nürburgring ETCC 1973 Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Ford Capri Mk1 RS2600 reproduces the #9 Team Europa Möbel entry driven by Kurt Fritzinger and Hans Heyer at the 1973 6 Hours of Nürburgring, part of that year's European Touring Car Championship.
Ford's Capri fought for touring car honors across Europe through the early 1970s, and the RS2600 was the version built to win. Minichamps' diecast captures one specific privateer entry from a genuine ETCC round.
Reproducing a Privateer ETCC Livery
This Capri wears the Team Europa Möbel sponsorship scheme and #9 race number correctly positioned across the doors and roof, the kind of livery accuracy that separates a genuine race-history replica from a generic street-Capri diecast. Minichamps' construction gives the compact fastback body real weight in hand, with opening doors revealing a period-correct roll cage and stripped interior rather than a full street cabin. The wide-arch bodywork the RS2600 wore for touring car competition, flared beyond the standard Capri's fenders to cover wider racing rubber, comes through with accurate proportion, and the panel lines around those flares stay consistent with the brand's current tooling standard.
A Genuine ETCC Round at the Nürburgring
The 6 Hours of Nürburgring was a fixture on the European Touring Car Championship calendar in the early 1970s, and Kurt Fritzinger and Hans Heyer campaigned this Capri RS2600 there in 1973, a period when the Capri and its rivals fought hard for touring car supremacy on Europe's toughest circuits.
A Specific Entry for a Touring Car Collection
For collectors building an ETCC-era shelf, this documented Nürburgring entry adds genuine specificity beyond a standard road-going Capri replica.















