Lancia LC2 Konrad Motorsport No. 18 Konrad Frey 500km Kyalami 1987 Spark Model 1:43

By 1987, the Lancia LC2 had moved into semi-privateer hands, its factory days largely behind it. Austrian racing driver Franz Konrad was among the operators keeping the chassis active in the World Sportscar Championship that season, fielding car No. 18 alongside Swiss co-driver Jean-Pierre Frey at the Kyalami 500km in South Africa. This 1:43 resin piece from Spark Model is one of the few scale representations to document that specific entry.

Lancia LC2: Dallara Chassis, Ferrari Power

The LC2 was built by Lancia/Abarth in collaboration with Dallara and featured an aluminium monocoque chassis with composite bodywork. At its heart sat a twin-turbocharged 2.65-litre V8 derived from the Ferrari 308 block, capable of more than 900 hp in qualifying configuration and approximately 700 hp in race trim. The car competed in the World Sportscar Championship from 1983 through 1988, making it one of Italy's most sustained Group C efforts of the era.

Kyalami 1987: A Privateer Entry at the Southern Tip

The Kyalami 500km was one of the most geographically distinctive rounds on the 1987 World Sportscar Championship calendar. Konrad Motorsport presented car No. 18 in a predominantly white livery — a deliberate contrast to the Martini-striped factory LC2s of earlier seasons. Franz Konrad, an Austrian privateer and team owner, ran the LC2 in multiple WSC rounds that year with Jean-Pierre Frey sharing duties at Kyalami. The plain white presentation of this specific car gives it a visually distinct identity within any LC2 collection.

Spark Model: Resin Construction at 1:43

Spark Model is a French manufacturer with a reputation for covering race entries that other producers overlook. This replica of the Konrad/Frey LC2 No. 18 is rendered in resin at 1:43 scale, a material that allows precise surface detail without the tooling constraints of diecast. Resin construction means the bodywork is a sealed, single-piece unit; surface accuracy is concentrated on the aerodynamic forms of the LC2's bodywork, including the characteristic Group C proportions and the specific white livery of car No. 18.

In the Display Cabinet

At 1:43 scale, the model measures approximately 10.9 cm in length — manageable for a standard collector shelf but detailed enough to reward close inspection. It sits naturally alongside other Group C machinery of the mid-to-late 1980s and complements any broader Lancia competition collection. For collectors building a complete LC2 narrative, the Konrad/Frey Kyalami entry represents the final competitive phase of the programme, running in 1987 as the car approached the end of its WSC life.