Spyder 550 550A

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In 9th position we find Richard von Frankenberg on 550 race number 98
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At the 8th place we find the Austrian pilot Ernst Vogele with car race number 105 on this pic queuing for the start behind Heini Walter 104

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In addition to these 3 off Factory RSK 8 off 550 compete
Out off these 8 I have identified 7
only one, race number 101 is missing

From these 8 550, the best performance was achieved by the Swiss pilot Heini Walter with 550 race number 104 who was 6th overall
Indeed I made a mistake as the 3rd Borgward driven nby the Italain pilot Giulio Cabianca finish 7 overall and not 6 as I said before

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Jean Behra with RSK race number 112

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Edgar Barth with RSK race number 115

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To start with Wolfgang von Trips with his RSK race number 114

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So even if some of the pics I you are going to discover now were already posted 4 years ago, I really think you will enjoy

To complete what Andrew wrote 4 years ago the exact classification of the 14th first competitors out of the 140 starters is


As you may see the competition was ferous in between the 3 off bright new factory RSK driven by Wolfgang von Trips, Edgar Barth and the french pilot Jean Behra who achieved a 1-4-5 and the 3 off Borgward of Hans Hermann and Joachim Bonnier and an Italian pilot who did 2-3 and 6

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I then realized that one of the 550 pilot Heini Walter was the hero of my first post 3 years ago in the X....Porsche topic




I also found that that race was discussed 4 years ago in this 550 topic in between Andrew and the regretted Steve H

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Doing some search on the net about Huschke vonn HansteinI found that pic of him at the wheel of a 356 Carrera GT taken by August 15th 1958 during the Gaisberg hill climb race in Austria near Saltzburg

and on from that find I discover that this hill climb was quite fabulous because :
It is beautifully documented in pictures
3 off 718 RSK + 8 off 550 took part at this race + a large number (I did not count them all but certainly more than 15 off) of Porsche 356 of all types

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Hi Michael

I am afraid not
Marshall Motors based in Brooksville still exist to day
Why not contact them, may be somebody still remember
What surprise me is that Bob Holbert has always entered his Porsches under his own name except for this race
For the Sebring 12 Hours 1958 he was sharing the wheel with Charles Wallace and Skip Hudson
May be Marshall Motors was their sponsor

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Hello Gerard,

Do you have more information on Marshall Motors in Florida? They seemed to be very much involved with the Porsche Werkes team at Sebring in 1957-58 .. maybe longer.

Michael Doyle

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Based on the main difference, the longer front nose section, it's a 550A.

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Based on the position of the indicator lights and the new driving lights, I believe it is a different 550A - not sure which one though. Photos of races soon after have the original front again with Holbert racing

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Question for Andrew

Bob Holbert drove a 550 RS in 1957 and 1958

At the 1958 Sebring 12 Hours March 12th 1958 he shared the Marshall Motors 550 below with race number 46


with Charles Wallace and Skip Hudson
They finish at a mere 25th place when a bright new 718 RSK driven by Harry Schell/Wolfgang Seidel (race number 41) finish 3rd overall


Question : Was this nearly out of date 550, 0123 or another one ?

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Robert Holbert driving 550A-0123 on 5 July 1957 at GP Watkins Glen finishing 1st