{"product_id":"porsche-911s-n-63-winner-class-rally-portugal-1977-americo-nunes-mira-amaral-blue","title":"Porsche 911 S No. 63 Nunes Mira Amaral Class Winner Rally Portugal 1977 Trofeu 1:43","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 1:43 scale model of the blue Porsche 911 S No. 63 that took Group 4 honours at the 1977 Rallye de Portugal, a Trofeu die-cast example.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Porsche 911 S that Américo Nunes and Jorge Mira Amaral steered to Group 4 class victory in March 1977 belongs to the G-series generation, built between 1974 and 1977 as a 2+2 fixed-head coupé. Running car No. 63 in blue under the Star Jeans – Savauto Rally Team banner, the Portuguese pairing finished 9th overall across mixed asphalt and gravel competitive stages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"porsche-911-g-series-rally-weapon\"\u003eThe Porsche 911 G-Series as a Group 4 Rally Tool\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe G-series 911 S represented the final evolution of the air-cooled 911 before the wider body SC arrived. The rally-specification car entered at the 1977 Rallye de Portugal ran under Group 4 regulations — a homologation category that permitted significant preparation over the production base. The 911's rear-engine balance and mechanical robustness made it a credible Group 4 competitor against purpose-developed machinery throughout the mid-1970s WRC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"nunes-amaral-portugal-1977\"\u003eAmérico Nunes, Jorge Mira Amaral, and the 11th Rallye de Portugal\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeadquartered at Estoril and run from 1 to 6 March 1977, the 11th Rallye de Portugal – Vinho do Porto was the third round of the 1977 FIA World Rally Championship and the fourth round of the FIA Cup for Rally Drivers. Markku Alén and Ilkka Kivimäki won outright; Nunes and Mira Amaral finished 9th overall but first in Group 4. Américo Nunes, born in Lisbon in 1928, competed almost exclusively in Porsche models across a career spanning 1962 to 1983, making this Group 4 class win on home soil one of the more symbolically loaded results in Portuguese rally history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"trofeu-1-43-die-cast-model\"\u003eThe Trofeu \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e Die-Cast Model\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e scale model is produced by Trofeu, a Portuguese brand with a long-established catalogue of rally subjects in die-cast metal on plastic chassis. The model reproduces No. 63 in its blue competition livery. The combination of a genuine WRC class-winning livery and the Portuguese maker's natural affinity with the subject gives this release a coherent collector rationale beyond simple brand loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TROFEU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60339384549760,"sku":"TRFDSN405","price":117.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-trfdsn405-front34-v2.jpg?v=1794087038","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/products\/porsche-911s-n-63-winner-class-rally-portugal-1977-americo-nunes-mira-amaral-blue","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}