
Ford Capri RS3100 #5 R. Stommelen / J. Mass Zandvoort ETC 1974 Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ford
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 180748005
- Year
- 1974
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group Racing Historic
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138047433
About the Ford Capri RS3100 #5 R. Stommelen / J. Mass Zandvoort ETC 1974 Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast reproduces the #5 Ford Capri RS3100 that Rolf Stommelen and Jochen Mass campaigned for Ford Köln at the 1974 Zandvoort ETC round, with opening doors, period sponsor livery, and the flared Group 2 bodywork. A detailed pick for touring-car racing collectors.
The Capri RS3100 existed because Ford needed homologation numbers, not because anyone wanted a showroom wide-body Capri. Once approved for Group 2, works examples carried flared arches, a deep front spoiler, and a tall rear wing into the 1974 European Touring Car Championship, where this #5 example ran at Zandvoort.
Minichamps' Livery Accuracy and Cast Detail
Race Number, Sponsor Decals, and Panel Fit
Minichamps carries the #5 livery with sharp register, the sponsor decals sitting flat against the body rather than printed with any visible edge. Door, hood, and trunk seams on this diecast shell run a touch wider than hand-finished resin allows, standard for pressure-cast metal at this tier, but the panel lines stay even and consistent around the car. The flared Group 2 arches, essential to clearing the RS3100's wider racing track, are cast with real depth rather than suggested by a decal, and the front splitter and rear wing hold their angles accurately against reference photos of the works cars.
Opening Doors and the Stripped Cockpit
The doors open on this model, and lifting one reveals the stripped, roll-caged interior a Group 2 racer actually carried, rather than a road-car cabin with a numberplate glued to the dash. That cutaway view is worth the asking price on its own for anyone building a touring-car-specific display. The door hinge carries the slightly looser action typical of diecast construction, settling with a firm stop rather than floating free. Weight in the hand confirms the zinc-alloy build immediately, and the deep-dish racing rims tucked under the flared arches match the works cars' track width closely, a detail easy to get wrong on a widened touring-car body.
The Works Capri in the 1974 European Touring Car Championship
Ford Köln's RS3100 Homologation Special
Ford built the RS3100 in small numbers specifically to homologate the wide-body, big-displacement Capri for Group 2 competition, a 3.1-liter V6 and aerodynamic package that existed on paper mostly to unlock the works racing specification. Ford's Köln competition department prepared the actual race cars campaigned across the 1974 European Touring Car Championship, running against BMW's CSL coupes and other manufacturer-backed entries in one of the era's most competitive touring car grids. That homologation-to-racetrack pipeline is the same story told by the Sierra RS Cosworth a decade later, a recurring theme in Ford's touring car history worth tracing across a themed collection.
Stommelen, Mass, and the Zandvoort Round
This #5 car paired Rolf Stommelen and Jochen Mass, two drivers with substantial sports car and touring car pedigree, at the Zandvoort round of the 1974 championship. Works entries typically ran two or three drivers across longer-distance touring car races, sharing stints the way endurance sports car crews did, and the driver pairing printed on the model's door is part of what a collector is actually buying here: a specific car, at a specific round, with a specific crew.
Positioning Within a Group 2 Touring Car Collection
Alongside this Zandvoort car, Minichamps and other manufacturers have reproduced different liveries from the same 1974 and 1975 RS3100 campaigns, letting a collector assemble a full works-team grid rather than a single car. At 1:18, the widened Group 2 bodywork gives this Capri a stockier stance than a road-going version, worth the slightly larger footprint it claims on a shelf. Buyers hunting Ford Capri RS3100 race liveries will find this Stommelen/Mass Zandvoort car a strong entry point into 1970s touring car collecting, priced in line with other mid-tier Minichamps diecast racing models.















