
A 1956 RS sold at a 2019 RM Sothebys auction for over 3.5 million. com/news/articles//repro-320-000-porsche-550-spyder-weaves-through-curves FoxNews: foxnews. The 550 Spyders rarity and history make it a multi-million-dollar vehicle. The body was painted blue with white tail darts and a tan interior. 550-0020 was the fourth customer type 550 spyder built by Porsche in Zuffenhausen and completed on the 2nd February 1955, with Type 547 engine number 90006.
#550 SPYDER TV#
Here some TV and Magazine publications about us and our Spyder sold over our distributors. I am gonna do a quick and easy copy paste on some info about this particular car, thanks to Jeffrey for doing the research. We can send you a price and option list for this version after request. from a basic kit up to a fully built turnkey car. For do-it-yourself mechanics: We can build your car to any custom stage. Before you decide to order any car or kit from us please ask for availability and delivery time as we have several projects in progress. We are also accepting visitors anytime for the enthusiast who want to see how our team of high skilled coachbuilders are building our cars. The building process can be followed live over our web-cameras.

Several cars in different stages are being built in our shop in Fort Lauderdale-USA.

Other engine are optional like an original Fuhrman 4-cam engine.
#550 SPYDER INSTALL#
We can install either the 356 or VW components/engines which is included in this offer. Just add gasoline and go for one of the amazing rides. For the Spyder enthusiasts who don’t want to put his hands in assembly and mechanics we offering this “Turnkey Spyder”. Assembled with authentic reproduction parts we are fabricating in house and genuine parts including a 1950's period overhauled 356 engine. More details at our website Alloycarsdotcom What you get: Our all aluminum 550 Spyder is being fabricated with an exact reconstructed chassis and aluminum body. Alloycars is the only firm dedicated to re-create this car in every little detail since 2008. These intricate components (most hidden under the body) make it impossible for even a seasoned expert to tell it apart from an original 550. Each of those components was re-cast and re-created as a mirror image of the original. drawings and hundreds of photos taken from each component of the original dismantled car. Four years of development: In 2008 Alloycars has taken the initiative to handcraft the aluminum 550 Spyder using exact 3-D scan data of an original car as well as over 800 blueprints/sketches. The 550 Spyder is considered one of the most desirable and legendary sport cars of all time. Our cars are built to exact specifications as in 1955. Only a limited quantity of 4-5 units/year will be available for those customers who understand exclusivity and timing. the 550 beat every other vehicle within its own class and could run with much higher-powered (but heavier) machines. With its 135hp engine in such a lightweight. This is one barn find that certainly shouldn’t be overlooked.THE ABSOLUTE ALL ALUMINUM 550 SPYDER: History:Constructed with a curvaceous aluminum body wrapped around a tubular steel ladder chassis that has a 1. Coming to Gooding & Company’s London 2022 auction on September 3rd in “as-found” condition, this represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform a ground-up restoration on one of history’s most significant and best-looking race cars. This 550 Spyder is a true barn find, having been tucked away for almost 35 years.

The paperwork accompanying chassis 550-0079 reveals that the car eventually passed through the hands of Swiss Grand Prix winner and former F1 ace, Jo Siffert, and was later owned by Herbert Kuke, who sold it to the current owner’s family in July 1982. This included a new factory engine, and the updated RS60 bodywork, which this car wears today. The story goes that this 550 Spyder was upgraded in the 1960s with “werks” factory components to bring the Spyder’s performance up to the standard set by Porsche’s contemporary racers.
#550 SPYDER FULL#
If you were planning on a full restoration, you couldn’t hope for a better original paint scheme. The 550 Spyder you see here, chassis 550-0079, was initially painted red with white darts and was first used for promotional imagery outside the Porsche factory. This purpose-built competition car is one the most important racers in Porsche’s history, with 550s clocking important victories at the Nürburgring, Le Mans, Carrera Panamericana, and the Buenos Aires 1000 Km. Der ewige Rebell James Dean gehört zu den großen Helden der Porsche-Geschichte.

We don’t know about you, but we’d probably have a heart attack. Out of curiosity, you peer through the spiderwebs and look inside, and instead of a pile of miscellaneous rubble, you see this 1956 Porsche 550 Spyder. Picture this: you’re trudging through the overgrowth in your local woods, when you stumble across a weathered old barn.
