Spyder 550 550A

[Steve Heinrichs]

Well, 141 not used so much. If this was the race, he had 0030 we think and was DNS. 0089 had 141 in many races. 141 also 0017 but seems not this.

Steve

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550 on display at NC Museum of Art Raleigh-'Porsche By Design-Seducing Speed' Exibit.
Dick

Frontal View


Left Rear


Left Rear Wheel Detail


Engine Lid Seal

[Type550]

24.6.1961
Player's 200 Mosport
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Herb Swan
Porsche 550
12th

[Porschinelle]

Found on the net (not on tpye550.com) with a comment of Andrew stating that this pic of 550 056 was taken on the Philiip Island race track Australia in 1957
Andrew can you confirm ant tell us more about it

[Porschinelle]

This blue 550 spyder was the star of the Porsche exibition at the Basel Pantheon Museum in 2010/2011
Any idea of the number ?

[Steve Heinrichs]

Nr. 6 is 3-57 there. 0056 with Ern Tagdell.

Steve Heinrichs

[Type550]

Steve is right on with the details. In Oz, we only have a few tracks. The main one was at Fisherman's Bend which is on the edge of the Melbourne CBD where the Australian GP was raced. The current GP is very close by on a road track in Albert Park.

Phillip Island is about 1.5 hours drive from Melbourne along the coast. It is a great track and is used for the GP Bikes, V8 Super cars and a great historic racing weekend every year. I have been down many time and it is world class. The track has been there for over 70 years and is constantly used each year.

550-0056 was the only Spyder that was delivered new in Australia. There was only one Porsche dealer - Hamiltons in Melbourne and Norman Hamilton bought it in and used it for racing (never himself). The car has been owned by about 8 people over the years and Hamilton has owned it 3 times. It is now in the Fox Collection, Lindsay Fox is a self made trucking magnate here and has one of the best car collections in Australia. The car is on display in his car museum in the city of Melbourne along with about 30 of his other cars (he has 100s tucked away). From memory, he has the largest collection of Rolls Royces outside the UK.

Here is another pic...

[Type550]

The blue spyder is 550-0063

[Steve Heinrichs]

Hmmm---I thought originally silver??

Steve Heinrichs

[Type550]

it was...

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[Porschinelle]

Tanks Andrew, tanks Steve for your always interesting commente

Gerard

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