Spyder 550 550A

[Type550]

The fitti Porsche was rebodied from 550A-0143 in South America. It was originally imported in by Heins (most people get it confused with 550-05 and think it was the same car as Heins raced both)

[356]

Andrew, this was a rebodied 550?

[Type550]

Yours now or were yours Joris?? Found them on the Samba site - do you have a photo of the one I am seeking??

Andrew

[Carrera_The_Kid]

Funny, those are my distributors

[Type550]

One for the quad cam experts - I am after a photo of the oval Bosch part number tag on an original right side distributor of a 547 engine? The tag should read VES4R2.

This is one supposedly of the left side which is different

[Type550]

You are right Henk, it is 550-0067 at Le Mans in July 1956. #28 appeared on well over a dozen 550s - it was a very popular race number!



Also 550-0121 did race in the 2017 Tour Auto - no models this time!

[Henk Vasmel]

I have this number on 2 550's. Three times on 0067 and once on 0032.
However only one of them has the starting number (2 and that is Le Mans 1956.
Here I have 0067 with 0032 as alternative (found in a maybe less reliable source).
Entrant was Gonzague Olivier. Drivers Storez and Polensky. Original entries Olivier and Veuillet. Retired in the race.

[Porschinelle]

Found this color pic of a 550 registred in 1954 in the Paris area
certainly a Sonauto car
Any idea of the chassis number ?

[Porschinelle]

Two questions for Andrew
550-0121 raced also the 2017 Tour Auto (without the nice girl)
Right ?

Found a colot pic of this 500 with a French Paris arza

[Type550]

it was definitely the chick magnet!

[Carrera_The_Kid]

Man, I would not mind being the navigator in 550A-0121

[Type550]

The Spyders of this year's Mille Miglia...

550-0016



550-0031



550-0057



550-0068



550-0076



550A-0113



550A-0121

[356]

As always Andrew, Thanks.
~Vance

One hell of a restoration job.

[Type550]

Bill, the Mille Miglia race was May 1956 - before the release of the 718...

[Type550]

Vance, the photo with the speedster is Solitude in July 1956. #9 is driven by Wolfgang von Trips who finished 2nd and #25 is Harald von Saucken who finished 16th