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Porsche 917/10 #2 W. Kauhsen Farewell in the Snow Nurburgring 1973 Minichamps 1:18

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Porsche 917/10 #2 W. Kauhsen Farewell in the Snow Nurburgring 1973 Minichamps 1:18 155736592 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 917/10 #2 reproduces Willi Kauhsen's 1973 Nürburgring farewell run in the snow, a striking special-event livery for one of Porsche's most powerful Can-Am racers. Opening doors and detailed bodywork suit a Porsche special-events display.
Porsche 917/10 #2 W. Kauhsen Farewell in the Snow Nurburgring 1973 Minichamps 1:18
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Brand
Porsche
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155736592
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About the Porsche 917/10 #2 W. Kauhsen Farewell in the Snow Nurburgring 1973 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 917/10 #2 recreates Willi Kauhsen's 1973 farewell run at the Nürburgring, staged in the snow as a send-off for one of Porsche's most powerful Can-Am machines. It documents a special event rather than a championship round, in accurate diecast.

Not every Porsche 917 subject comes from a championship weekend, and Kauhsen's snow-covered farewell lap at the Nürburgring in 1973 is exactly the kind of special-event livery that separates a specialist Porsche display from a generic one.

The 917/10 and a Snowy Send-Off

The 917/10 grew out of Porsche's 917 sports prototype program, reworked with a turbocharged flat-12 to compete in the Can-Am series, where American V8 power had ruled largely unchallenged before Porsche's turbo engines arrived. That kind of power, delivered through a chassis built for smooth circuits rather than winter conditions, makes Willi Kauhsen's decision to run the car through snow at the Nürburgring in 1973 a deliberately theatrical farewell rather than a competitive outing. Staging a car this serious in conditions it was never designed for turns the event into pure spectacle, the kind of moment that period photographs and motorsport folklore remember long after any specific championship result fades. Kauhsen himself built a career across sports car and Can-Am racing, and this send-off marked a symbolic close to his time with one of Porsche's most extreme machines rather than a race result to log.

Minichamps' Diecast Reproduction of a Special Livery

Reproducing a one-off special-event livery like this means Minichamps had to get the 917/10's distinctive wide-bodied Can-Am proportions right without a full championship season of reference liveries to draw on. The diecast body carries genuine heft, and the doors open to reveal the sparse, purpose-built cockpit a Can-Am car actually ran, stripped of anything not needed for outright speed. Sponsor and number graphics are tampo-printed onto the bodywork, holding sharp edges at 1:18 scale. Panel fit runs slightly looser than a sealed resin casting could achieve, the usual cost of functional opening doors, though the wide rear bodywork and prominent spoiler translate well at this scale regardless.

A Conversation Piece for a Porsche Display

This 917/10 works best as a conversation piece in a Porsche or Can-Am-themed display, valued for the story behind the livery as much as the car's outright performance pedigree. It rewards a collector who already knows the 917's history rather than a casual browser.

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