Spyder 550 550A

[Type550]

Wendler did 550-08 and then got the contract to build all the customer Spyders starting at 550-0016

[55Speedster]

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[Steve Heinrichs]

Sorry ... despite a little marketing thing by Porsche, Wendler did not make 550-08. This is part of confusion.

Steve

[Type550]

From Porsche Legends By Randy Leffingwell

[55Speedster]

[55Speedster]

[Steve Heinrichs]

It is important to note that all of the early 550 prototype history is very difficult. Many, many attempts have been made to sort it out.

While I cannot go through it all here (buy the book for detail)----there are many difficult issues. Most people have tried to solve problems by focusing on one car at a time and using photos to "prove" their conclusions.

Simply put, this does not work. Sone early cars---particularly 550-07---we reconfigured more than once.

It is essential to solve the whole puzzle---that is---list all the races and appearances. And fit the cars in. Some things then do not work so easily. For example---yes---it looks like 05 came back perhaps and was one car Annie drove. But it did not come back. It has a story of its own. And, 550-07 was first a bucklewagen, then reconfigured, then wrecked, then fixed then wrecked, then fixed, then burned. Along the way--changed and got a new frame. 07was Annie's and I also have the list showing it being picked up for the fatal race, and photos of the frame and earlier "service" records. There is absolutely no doubt.

And, Ihave the invoices of Wiedenhausen re the early cars and the dates and timing...and Linge's daily diaries. ALL of this must be and now is coordinated and it fits.

I do hope that when the race history comes out, that some issues will be resolved. No doubt there will be errors and problems as we are certainly not sure of everything. I spent 3 years thinking that -09 was really the 1100ccm LM car, but it was not. It really was -13.

And -06 never went to Mexico. I know which car Segura sold and it was -13.

Lots of issues.


Steve Heinrichs

[JTR70]

Great series of photos Chad! First time seeing a few of those. Thank you!

You guys Blow me away! I can fully appreciate all the time and resources that have been spent, researching, interviewing and hypothesizing about this very early interwoven 550 history which sadly is being lost to time. Thank god for passionate enthusiast's like yourselves who are tirelessly working to preserve it! Great stuff!
Justin

[Gearz]

[Type550]

This is 550-11 on fire - it might make a miraculous reincarnation soon...

[Type550]

2014 Mille Miglia starts in 3 days - sweet!

[Porschinelle]

To come back to Andrew previous post about the 2014 Mille Miglia edition to be held from 15th to 18th May
Porsche cars elligible to this edition (must be built before 195

[Porschinelle]

[Porschinelle]

At to day's date 451 cars have entered
Amongst the 21 off Porsches some will be driven by very famous pilots

Wolfgang Porsche (Ferry's son 71 years old) will drive a 1955 1500 speedster with

his son Ferdinand 21 years old

[Porschinelle]

6 times winner of the Le Mans 24 hours race, Jacky Icks will be at the wheel of one of the 3 550 spyders