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Thanks Justin - it is getting a lot of media exposure, so hopefully it will flush out a buyer. Found this cool photo of 550A-0121 at the Roskilde Ring - love the track! This is a parade lap - you can also see 550-0045, the Swedish car on the right
Driving the road to discovery - www.type550.com
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Interesting photo of a 550A which is supposedly at the Nurburgring in 1956 (but would be too early) - maybe von Trips as pilot. Can't find any record of the car or race. Usually the T in the number is for 'training' or practice car. The licence plate could be a Porsche Werks number. The same number is on 550A-0120 at the Ring in 1958, but it doesn't look like the same car - any help appreciated!
Driving the road to discovery - www.type550.com
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Whilst searching through instagram I came across this photo of a Spyder inside a house. By the looks of it, it is 550-13. I have never seen this car in a current collection - if I could only find out where and who??!!
Driving the road to discovery - www.type550.com
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Hi Andrew,
how come that you believe this is 550-013?
Is it only because of two additional lights?
If it's the same car, it must have underwent some bigger operations.
For example:
The front hood in the first photo is way smaller than in the next photo
-about 10cm in width and length.
The additional lights are sitting not on but in the body.
Different filler neck and mirror housing e.c.
Do you have other photos of a repaired or modified 013?
It might be the same car but those are things that I see on the first view, probably cause it's my job to do sheet metal work every day...www.breuer.shop
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You are right - the front hood is very narrow!
At this point I have put it down to a process of elimination. That style spyder was one of the LeMans Werks cars, so either 550-10, 550-11, 550-12 or 550-13 (550-14 was a special design Spyder)
Here is 550-10
550-11 was burnt to the ground - the only thing that survived is the door which I have
550-12 is in the Porsche collection
So that only leaves 550-13, but as I have never seen the number restored, this might not be an original!Driving the road to discovery - www.type550.com
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