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Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL Abarth #42 H. Herrmann / H. Linge Targa Florio 1962 Minichamps 1:18

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Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL Abarth #42 H. Herrmann / H. Linge Targa Florio 1962 Minichamps 1:18 107626842 Resin
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Minichamps' 1:18 resin Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL Abarth recreates the #42 entry driven by Hans Herrmann and Herbert Linge at the 1962 Targa Florio. A sealed-body replica of one of Porsche's rarer lightweight racers.
Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL Abarth #42 H. Herrmann / H. Linge Targa Florio 1962 Minichamps 1:18
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Brand
Porsche
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Resin
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
107626842
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About the Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL Abarth #42 H. Herrmann / H. Linge Targa Florio 1962 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 resin Porsche 356B 1600 GS Carrera GTL Abarth reproduces the #42 car Hans Herrmann and Herbert Linge drove at the 1962 Targa Florio. Sealed resin holds the lightweight Abarth body's compound curves, suiting collectors of early Porsche competition history.

Very few 356s wore Abarth's lightweight aluminum body, and this Targa Florio livery is one of the more recognizable liveries to carry it.

Abarth's Lightweight Body on a Porsche Chassis

Porsche sent 356B chassis to Carlo Abarth's Turin workshop for a run of aluminum-bodied GTL coupes, built specifically to shave weight for competition use rather than road driving. That collaboration produced a shape noticeably slimmer and more rounded than the standard 356B, and Minichamps' resin construction serves that shape well: the compound curves along the roofline and rear deck hold consistent, sharp lines that a diecast body with opening panels would struggle to match on such a compact form. There are no working doors here, a trade familiar to resin buyers who prioritize surface precision over interior access, and the livery's race number and stripe work are applied directly onto the shell to keep proportions faithful to period photographs of the actual GTL entries.

Herrmann, Linge, and the Targa Florio's Sicilian Roads

The Targa Florio ran on public roads through Sicily's mountains, a circuit that rewarded light weight and driver skill over brute power, exactly the terms on which the Abarth-bodied 356 was built to compete. Hans Herrmann and Herbert Linge were established factory-connected Porsche drivers of the era, and their pairing on this entry reflects how seriously Porsche treated the event as a proving ground. For a collector assembling an early Porsche motorsport display, this GTL sits naturally alongside 911s and 550 Spyders from the same period, marking a distinct chapter of Porsche's road-racing history before the 911 took over competition duties.

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