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Ford Escort Mk1 TC #17 Stewart / C. Craft RAC Tourist Trophy Silverstone 1970 Minichamps 1:18

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Minichamps' 1:18 Ford Escort Mk1 TC carries the number 17 livery Jackie Stewart and Chris Craft raced at the 1970 RAC Tourist Trophy at Silverstone, doors hinged open over the twin cam engine bay. A diecast reminder that Formula One's biggest names once shared British touring car grids with full-time specialists.
Ford Escort Mk1 TC #17 Stewart / C. Craft RAC Tourist Trophy Silverstone 1970 Minichamps 1:18
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Ford
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
100708117
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About the Ford Escort Mk1 TC #17 Stewart / C. Craft RAC Tourist Trophy Silverstone 1970 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 Ford Escort Mk1 TC reproduces the number 17 car Jackie Stewart and Chris Craft shared at the 1970 RAC Tourist Trophy at Silverstone, doors hinged open over the twin cam engine. A diecast record of a Grand Prix champion's occasional touring car outings.

Jackie Stewart's name belongs on Grand Prix cars first, which is what makes a Ford Escort carrying his number worth pausing on. Minichamps casts the Tourist Trophy livery in diecast, doors hinged open over a Twin Cam engine bay, a reminder that Britain's top single-seater talent still turned up on touring car grids.

Minichamps' #17 Escort TC from the RAC Tourist Trophy

Silverstone Livery Detail

The number 17 scheme carries the white base and contrasting roof and bonnet markings typical of a 1970 touring car entry, with sponsor decals kept sharp against the body color rather than smudged at the edges. Chrome trim around the windows and bumpers stays bright, correct for a circuit racer rather than a rally-prepped car with protective taping. The compact Escort stance sits low and planted, consistent with the suspension setup touring car teams of the period favored for Silverstone's faster corners.

Doors, Bonnet, and the Twin Cam Engine Bay

Both the doors and the bonnet open on working hinges, and lifting the bonnet reveals the Lotus-derived twin cam engine that powered the TC variant before the later Cosworth BDA update arrived. Carburetor and valve cover detail reward a close inspection, and the doors swing to expose a stripped, roll-caged interior appropriate for a circuit-racing touring car rather than the road-trimmed cabin of a standard Escort. Panel gaps stay consistent even with the added hinge mechanisms, a sign of careful tooling on a model built around opening features.

Jackie Stewart's Touring Car Outing

A Grand Prix Name on a Touring Car Entry

By 1970 Jackie Stewart was already an established Grand Prix winner working toward his first World Championship, yet drivers of his caliber regularly appeared in national touring car events when schedules allowed. Sharing the car with Chris Craft, a dedicated touring and sports car racer, reflects how these entries typically worked: a marquee name drawing attention, paired with a specialist who knew the car and the series intimately.

The Tourist Trophy's Place in British Racing

The RAC Tourist Trophy carried decades of history by 1970, one of Britain's oldest motor races and a fixture that touring car and sports car manufacturers took seriously for the prestige it carried. Running it at Silverstone placed the Escort on a circuit that already hosted Grand Prix racing, reinforcing how closely British motorsport's different disciplines overlapped during this period. A model built around this specific entry captures that overlap directly rather than through a generalized period livery.

A Crossover Piece for F1 and Touring Car Collectors

This Escort appeals to two different collecting audiences at once: touring car specialists who track Escort TC liveries generation by generation, and Formula One collectors drawn to any model carrying Jackie Stewart's name regardless of category. That dual appeal is worth factoring into how it gets displayed, since it works equally well beside other Escort touring cars or alongside a Stewart-focused single-seater grouping. At 1:18 the model holds its own on a standard shelf without demanding special accommodation. Buyers should treat this as a narrower-interest piece whose value lies specifically in the Stewart connection rather than in broader Escort TC production numbers.

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