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Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 #53 R. Patrese / E. Cheever 6 Hours of Silverstone 1980 MCG 1:18

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Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 #53 R. Patrese / E. Cheever 6 Hours of Silverstone 1980 MCG 1:18 MCG18814R Diecast
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MCG's 1:18 diecast Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 reproduces the #53 Riccardo Patrese and Eddie Cheever entry from the 6 Hours of Silverstone 1980. Sealed zinc-alloy body, factory-finished livery. New model, new packaging, a Group 5 endurance racing subject.
Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 #53 R. Patrese / E. Cheever 6 Hours of Silverstone 1980 MCG 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Lancia
Manufacturer
MCG
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
MCG18814R
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About the Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 #53 R. Patrese / E. Cheever 6 Hours of Silverstone 1980 MCG 1:18

TL;DR: MCG's 1:18 diecast Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 reproduces the #53 Patrese and Cheever car from the 6 Hours of Silverstone 1980. The sealed zinc-alloy body carries factory livery and sponsor graphics. New model, new packaging, a Group 5 silhouette racing subject.

Lancia's Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 competed in the wild silhouette racing era, when regulations allowed dramatic flared bodywork over largely stock chassis, and this particular car ran at Silverstone with two genuinely notable names in the cockpit.

Diecast Construction on the MCG Beta Montecarlo

Group 5 cars carried enormous box-flared arches and vented bonnets, exactly the kind of angular, structural bodywork that zinc-alloy diecast handles well, giving the model genuine heft that suits its racing subject. The sealed body keeps those dramatic flares as continuous cast bodywork, with the period livery and sponsor decals printed cleanly across the doors and rear deck. Panel gaps run a touch wider than a resin equivalent, an honest diecast trade-off, but the metal construction gives the model the kind of durability that suits handling and repositioning on a shelf over years of ownership.

Patrese and Cheever at Silverstone 1980

Riccardo Patrese went on to a long Formula 1 career, and Eddie Cheever built his own notable open-wheel and endurance résumé, making this pairing genuinely significant to collectors who track driver lineups rather than just liveries. At 1:18, the Montecarlo's wide, flared silhouette stands out dramatically next to more conventional road-car-based racers, and Group 5's short-lived but visually extreme era makes any surviving replica a specialist find. Displayed beside other Silverstone-era endurance subjects, this fills a specific slot: a genuinely obscure category rendered with driver-accurate livery detail.

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