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The 1954 550 1500 RS Spyder pre-dates the Abarth, and it picked up where the first 356 developmental prototype left off by placing the engine in the middle, a Porsche production first.

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The Porsche 505 RS Spyder won one of the most important races of its racing history when the company is known as Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart entered the Targa Florio in Sicily with a 1956 Porsche 505. Umberto Maglioli, an Italian driver, drove the Porsche 505 to victory.

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1955 Porsche 550/1500 RS Spyder 550-0077 - sold for $3,750,000 From The Peter and Cheryl Dunkel Collection. Four-Cam Type 547 Engine No. 90089, 3rd and final engine installed by Porsche factory. Original Blue interior color combination. Featured by Porsche as the Brussels Salon Auto Show Car in February 1956.

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The factory and customers race the 550 Spyder with great success. In 1956, the 550 Spyder on display here is sold to the USA where it contests many races in the hands of customers. Today, the Spyder is a head-turner at historic car events. Gallery Porsche 550 Spyder Download all images. Download ZIP | 31.35 MB Download Porsche 550 Spyder

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The 1956 Porsche 550 RS Spyder in question was delivered directly to a neighbor in the north, the Ecurie Nationale Belge. The Belgian national racing team promptly took its yellow-by-design 550.

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Model: 550 Porsche 550 Spyder, chassis number 550-0077. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Since its introduction in 1953, the Porsche 550 Spyder has become one of the most iconic cars in all of motorsports.

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The Porsche 550 Spyder was introduced in 1953 and sold until 156, with just 90 examples produced in total. Values have been climbing steadily in recent years, a 1958 550A sold for $5.17 million dollars in 2018. Unlike the Porsche 356, the Porsche 550 is mid-engined, with the engine in the rear but in front of the rear axle line.

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The 550A was based on Porsche's first purpose-built racing car, the mid-engined RS 550 Spyder. Appearing at the end of 1956, the 550A differed from its predecessor by use of a full tube spaceframe with several rear supportive cross-members, rather than the heavier welded-up sheet steel internal structure of the 550. The rear swing axles of the 550 were replaced by a new low-pivot arrangement.

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Porsche Type 550 Spyder From paddock to passion… Type550.com has evolved from a passion to document the first race car produced by Porsche, which could ultimately be driven to the track, raced and driven home. The grass-root racing of the 1950s saw the Porsche 550 dominate both endurance and short course racing around the world.

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The RS Spyder (Type 9R6) is a racing car designed by Porsche in conjunction with Penske to compete in Le Mans Prototype Class 2 (LMP2) racing. [2] The car takes its name from the legendary Porsche 550 Spyder of the 1950s (combined with Porsche's common "RennSport" (lit.: racing sports) designation).

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Nope, the real fuss surrounded the Porsche 550 RS Spyder entered by the 22-year-old German-born driver-slash-engineer Michael May and his brother Pierre or, more specifically, the comically large inverted aerofoil shadowing the car's open cockpit. See, in qualifying, May's Porsche with its unusual contraption lapped the technical 14.2-mile.

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The Porsche 550 is a racing sports car produced by Porsche from 1953 until 1956. In that time only 90 Porsche 550s were produced, and they quickly established dominance in the 1.1- and 1.5- liter classes.

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The 550 Spyder was the first sports car specially designed by Porsche with racing in mind, and its successes through the years provided a foundation on which the frame of the Porsche marque spread around the world. Porsche 550 RS Spyder Interior

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09/23/2018 Magazine In This Article Category: Magazine In March, when Jerry Seinfeld's 1955 Porsche RS 550 Spyder sold for $5,335,000 at Gooding's Amelia Island sale, it set a world record price at auction for the model.

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Porsche 550 RS Spyder Specifications Starting with Chassis 550-03 (the third Porsche 550 prototype), Porsche gave the 550 the latest Ernst Fuhrmann's designed type 547 quad cam engine installed - 547-01, with duel overhead cams, duel distributors, twin plug ignition and a complicated, multi-section Hirth roller bearing crank. Engine