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Porsche 917/10 #2 W. Kauhsen Farewell In The Snow Nurburgring 1973 Minichamps 1:43

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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Porsche 917/10 reproduces Willi Kauhsen's #2 car from a snow-covered farewell exhibition run for the 917 at the Nürburgring in 1973. The sealed one-piece body carries the spyder's open-cockpit lines and period livery in tight, consistent registration. A niche pick for collectors chasing the full breadth of Porsche's 917 story beyond its most famous victories.
Porsche 917/10 #2 W. Kauhsen Farewell In The Snow Nurburgring 1973 Minichamps 1:43
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Porsche
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Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
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437736592
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About the Porsche 917/10 #2 W. Kauhsen Farewell In The Snow Nurburgring 1973 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Porsche 917/10 reproduces Willi Kauhsen's #2 car from a documented snow-covered farewell exhibition run for the 917 at the Nürburgring in 1973. The sealed one-piece body carries the spyder's open-cockpit lines and period livery, a niche entry for collectors chasing the 917's full story beyond its famous wins.

Not every notable 917 moment happened on a championship-deciding lap. This particular Nürburgring outing, run in snow as a kind of send-off for the model, sits closer to motorsport folklore than official record books, the sort of subject a completist collection exists to preserve. Minichamps renders Willi Kauhsen's #2 car at 1:43.

The Kauhsen 917/10 Cast in 1:43 Diecast

A Sealed Body Capturing the Spyder's Open Cockpit

The 917/10's low, open-cockpit shape is cast as a single sealed piece, with no doors or engine cover that open, letting the nose taper and wide rear haunches read as one uninterrupted surface. That construction suits the subject well, since a farewell exhibition run is really a story told through the car's silhouette and livery rather than any mechanical detail a hinged panel might reveal. Panel lines around the cockpit surround stay tight and even, and the casting holds the correct wide rear track the 917 family needed to manage its turbocharged flat-twelve's power, a detail worth checking on any small-scale 917 casting regardless of livery.

Number Panel and Wing Detail at Small Scale

The #2 livery's number panels sit correctly sized on the nose and flanks, and the rear wing carries the period-correct profile the 917/10 wore late in its competitive life, mounted for a balance of drag and downforce rather than pure top speed. Wheels carry the correct proportion and center-lock hubs, sitting low in the arches to match the real car's ground-hugging stance. Because this particular subject is a documented exhibition run rather than a marquee championship result, the casting's value leans more heavily on getting these small, checkable details right.

Willi Kauhsen and the 917's Farewell Run

A Privateer Team Built Around a Factory Legend

Willi Kauhsen drove for Porsche's factory-supported program in the early 1970s before forming his own racing operation, one of several teams that kept 917-based machinery competitive in European events well after the model's headline international career had ended. That transition, from factory driver to independent team owner running the same underlying engineering, was common among Porsche's competition alumni during this period, and it kept genuinely significant prototypes on European grids long after their factory retirement. Kauhsen's team running a 917/10 in the mid-1970s represents exactly that kind of second life for machinery that had already proven itself at the very highest level of competition.

A Snow-Covered Send-Off at the Nürburgring

The details of this particular Nürburgring outing sit closer to period motorsport lore than official results, remembered as a snow-covered farewell run rather than a documented championship event. That kind of story, half legend and half genuine occasion, is common around cars as significant as the 917, whose retirement from top-level competition was treated by those close to the program as an event worth marking on its own terms. For a collector building a 917 shelf around the model's full lifespan rather than just its most famous victories, an entry like this one fills in a quieter chapter of the car's long story.

A Niche Pick for 917 Completists

This is not the 917 casting to lead a collection with; it is the one that rewards someone who already owns the Le Mans winners and the Can-Am champions and wants the fuller picture. At 1:43, it sits easily alongside those more famous liveries, its snow-run story providing a quieter, human-scale counterpoint to championship trophies and record-breaking lap times. Willi Kauhsen's name may not carry the same recognition as Porsche's works drivers, but his team's continued use of 917-based machinery says something real about how far the car's competitive life actually extended past its most celebrated seasons.

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