One of the lost spyders, 0028 was first owned by Hans Stanek and known as the 'Swiss' Spyder due to its red and white body colour scheme. The car was crashed and rebuilt by Wendler. I have a long list of owners, but unknown where it resides today but it is belived to be still in Zurich.
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and on to 550-0028...
One of the lost spyders, 0028 was first owned by Hans Stanek and known as the 'Swiss' Spyder due to its red and white body colour scheme. The car was crashed and rebuilt by Wendler. I have a long list of owners, but unknown where it resides today but it is belived to be still in Zurich.
Driving the road to discovery - www.type550.com
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I think we see a lot of the same ones in the media, but there are still many squirrelled away in collections and parked containers...
550-0029 is no exception - destination unknown, but originally owned and raced by Troy McHenry on the West coast under #56. I have 3 owners since him, but do not know its current location.
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Correct Justin. McHenry was a Beverley Hills surgeon and bought the front and rear suspension parts of 550-0055 off his friend Dr William Eschrich who also salvaged the quad cam engine and transaxle. Joe Playan also got some of the remaining panels to repair his own race damaged 550.
On 26 Oct 1956 McHenry crashed into a tree at Pomona killing himself due to a malfunctioning steering arm - it is unknown if the suspension parts were fitted to his car at that point.Driving the road to discovery - www.type550.com
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Originally posted by Porschinelle" post=23368Joseph Jeser attended this same Hyeres 12 hours race with another 550 with Annie Bousquet as co pilot
They were DNF (brakes failure)
The race car #2 is highly likely to be 0027 as there were not many early customer build French blue spydersDriving the road to discovery - www.type550.com
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