odd looking 550 Spyder?

The rear fender profile and tail is different but the carb bulges and flat fan kind of look like a 904 Bergspyder.

Given the extremely low production numbers on these, it wouldn’t surprise me if every one was different. And many modified by their owners.

@dlearl476 posted:

The rear fender profile and tail is different but the carb bulges and flat fan kind of look like a 904 Bergspyder.
Given the extremely low production numbers on these, it wouldn’t surprise me if every one was different. And many modified by their owners.

Cool ! Thanks. I didn't know anything about this car.

I like the Dash and Doors...





For 1965 racing season Porsche built five 904 Spyders for its own use – chassis 906-003, -004, -007, -008 and -009. All 904 spyders had 8-cylinder 2-litre engines.

There were two body variants, the 003, 004 and 009 cars had natural Spyder look as you would expect from a Porsche of that era, while the 007 and 008 had not so pleasing design.

To increase cornering capability in hillclimbing, the overhangs were shortened. While the spyder-version of the 904 has often been called as a Bergspyder, it was not just used for hillclimbing.

The spyders also got nicknamed as ‘kangaroo’ because of the roadholding – the lightweight cars with stiff suspensions jumped on bad roads.
https://www.stuttcars.com/porsche-904-bergspyder/





a 904 Bergspyder looks crude, like an odd dune buggy compared to the developed design of a 904 GTS Carrera in the background.
But . . .
The headlamps of the 904 Spyder could be popped out when needed – a feature that would be seen 12 years later on a Porsche 928.

I've never seen a Bergspyder before, and I don't need to see one again.

Butt ugly kit car look.

I can’t find the picture of Jack’s friend Ernie’s flat fan 550 AutoXing BITD without its clamshell, but I wonder if this isn’t what the tail end looked like originally  

Here’s a flat fan 547 in an Elva Porsche.  

In the early 1960’s, Porsche made 4, 6, and 8 cylinder 2L flat fan motors. I’d always assumed that the 4s were more of a cut down 6 like a polo motor or Chuck’s prototype. But maybe they were 547’s.

The text AmericanWorkMule posted says the Bergspyders were all 8s, but I found a picture of one that had a six, but 8 don’t know if it wasn’t a more recent 911 engine transplant. Seems like a flat 8 would be even more unobtainable than a 547.

Porsche Museum:
This Porsche 910/8 Bergspyder has remained unchanged for 55 years. The rust-red front bonnet, where the now-weathered paint once shone in primary colours; the worn seats, on which the faintest traces of flocking remain; and the toothless timing belt, now stretched ineffectively over the drive of the injection pump. It is all being preserved this way for the sake of authenticity. It's no everyday project, marking the first time that the Porsche Museum has conserved a classic after its active life.

@dlearl476

That IS BADASS!

Badass. Went back through my 2015 Lime Rock pics looking for something similar. Ah yes... Similar, not quite the same:

I have it marked as a Porsche 718 WRS, 2 liter Flat 8, 240 hp.

@edsnova posted:

Badass. Went back through my 2015 Lime Rock pics looking for something similar. Ah yes... Similar, not quite the same:

I have it marked as a Porsche 718 WRS, 2 liter Flat 8, 240 hp.

Still really cool.

@edsnova posted:

Badass. Went back through my 2015 Lime Rock pics looking for something similar. Ah yes... Similar, not quite the same:

I have it marked as a Porsche 718 WRS, 2 liter Flat 8, 240 hp.

Although the flat-8 Type 771 engines were developed for F1 racing, they crossed over into the sports racers in around 1962 (which would include the 718 W-RS).  However the pictured car #14 is actually a 718 RS-60 that is apparently retrofitted with a Type 771 2 liter (or Type 773 2.2 liter).