Porsche 550-001

Thanks for posting this Jim. I found it to be very interesting.

@Jimmy V. posted:

Thanks for posting this Jim. I found it to be very interesting.

Guess you and I are the only folks interested in this plastic Porsche.

Must be a Jim Thing LOL..

My hand is up - I read it.

Me too! Very interesting. I like that you say what the car is right off the bat. Nice work, Jim.

Me three, er, five, er...

Anyone know if the Panamerica Historica Rally down the Baja Peninsula is going to happen again in the future ?                Bruce

Lovely little booklet. Nicely done!

In discussing recent sales and formerly fiberglass-bodied "real 550 Spyders" don't sleep on this one.

550-0082 sold in February 2019 for over 3 million Euros. It raced at LeMans in 1957 and... "According to a series of letters in the car’s history file, it was rebodied as a coupe by APAL and fitted with a 2.0-litre Carrera engine after being purchased by Edmond Pery from Ecurie Francorchamps around 1965 and subsequently sold to Belgian racing driver Pierre Bonvoisin. In APAL guise it continued to race in Belgium through 1967. Sold to a Mr Michaelis of Embourg, Belgium, in September of 1970, at this time the car had a S-90 engine. Sometime thereafter in his ownership, the car was taken off the road and it remained in storage for roughly two decades."...

Again, I repeat: this high-rail, real LeMans participant legitimate 1-of-90 Porsche 550 Spyder was used as a donor for a body kit made by a dune buggy manufacturer.

There was at least one other fiberglass-converted 550: #50

Really cool, Jim. Thanks for sharing the booklet.

@edsnova posted:

Lovely little booklet. Nicely done!

In discussing recent sales and formerly fiberglass-bodied "real 550 Spyders" don't sleep on this one.

550-0082 sold in February 2019 for over 3 million Euros. It raced at LeMans in 1957 and... "According to a series of letters in the car’s history file, it was rebodied as a coupe by APAL and fitted with a 2.0-litre Carrera engine after being purchased by Edmond Pery from Ecurie Francorchamps around 1965 and subsequently sold to Belgian racing driver Pierre Bonvoisin. In APAL guise it continued to race in Belgium through 1967. Sold to a Mr Michaelis of Embourg, Belgium, in September of 1970, at this time the car had a S-90 engine. Sometime thereafter in his ownership, the car was taken off the road and it remained in storage for roughly two decades."...

Again, I repeat: this high-rail, real LeMans participant legitimate 1-of-90 Porsche 550 Spyder was used as a donor for a body kit made by a dune buggy manufacturer.

There was at least one other fiberglass-converted 550: #50

It became a "kit car", or a "bespoke built racer" or...........?

I was thinking it, but didn't say it...

Interesting stuff, guys; thanks for taking the time to post.  Al