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Porsche 917/10 #7 Rinzler Motor Racing Cola G. Follmer Winner Road Atlanta Can-Am 1973 Minichamps 1:18

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Porsche 917/10 #7 Rinzler Motor Racing Cola G. Follmer Winner Road Atlanta Can-Am 1973 Minichamps 1:18 153736516 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 917/10 reproduces the #7 Rinzler Motor Racing entry driven by George Follmer to victory at Road Atlanta in the 1973 Can-Am championship. A landmark American open sports car win for prototype collectors.
Porsche 917/10 #7 Rinzler Motor Racing Cola G. Follmer Winner Road Atlanta Can-Am 1973 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Porsche
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
153736516
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About the Porsche 917/10 #7 Rinzler Motor Racing Cola G. Follmer Winner Road Atlanta Can-Am 1973 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 917/10 #7 reproduces George Follmer's Rinzler Motor Racing car, winner at Road Atlanta in the 1973 Can-Am championship. This turbocharged prototype represented Porsche's dominant push into North American open sports car racing.

George Follmer's Road Atlanta win marked one of the moments Porsche's turbocharged 917/10 truly announced itself to American racing audiences.

Diecast Craft on an American Racing Livery

Rinzler Motor Racing's Cola-sponsored scheme carries bold branding across the 917/10's long, open bodywork, and Minichamps' tampo printing keeps that sponsor graphic legible across the car's low, wide contours. The prototype's exposed suspension and period-correct wing mounting are cast with the mechanical honesty that defines this generation of open sports racers, a stark contrast to the enclosed GT bodies more common on today's grids. Diecast construction gives the model appropriate heft, matching a car whose real counterpart carried a turbocharged flat-12 capable of genuinely intimidating power for its era. The cockpit opening exposes a period-correct, spartan interior, appropriately basic for a car built purely around outright pace.

A Winning Run in North American Can-Am Competition

Can-Am gave manufacturers and privateers alike an almost unrestricted rulebook, and Porsche's turbocharged 917/10 exploited that freedom to become one of the series' most feared competitors during the mid-1970s. George Follmer, an experienced American road racer, took this Rinzler Motor Racing entry to victory at Road Atlanta in 1973, part of a run of results that helped cement the 917/10's reputation on this side of the Atlantic as thoroughly as it had already been established in European Interserie competition. That win represents genuine documented success rather than just a participation livery.

A Race-Winning Anchor for a Can-Am Collection

This 917/10 belongs at the center of any Can-Am or American open sports car display, a genuine race winner rather than a generic period-correct filler piece.

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