![]() The official Porsche license, which is from 2001, makes this children’s car a real collectors item. These machines were awe inspiring to some performers in their day and today still represent great handling and speed. The Spyder race cars won at such famous tracks such as Le Mans, Monza, Reims and Nrburgring, including dominant 1-2-3-4 victories. These cars used to be tailor-made for the buyer in their desired color and style. The 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder is a legendary sports car with a great racing history. ![]() The polyester body is well laminated and the spraying is excellent. Completely built by hand in a small workshop in Germany, every detail of the original car was perfectly recreated on the junior cars. Only 108 Spyder 550 junior cars were made. A 12volt battery powers the lights and the soundbox with a proper Porsche 550 sound. The 24volt electromotor is controlled digitally by gearing. With the light weight of a body in aluminium and. The children’s car is an exact copy of the original car. Porsche 550 Spyder The Porsche 550 is a rare sportscar produced by Porsche during the years 1953 1956. The chassis is made of aluminum and steel, which make it surprisingly stiff. In 1955 James Dean became a tragic part of the Spyder story when he was killed in an accident while driving a 550 Spyder. The pictured junior car with a 1:2.3 scale is powered by a 24V electromotor. Specs datasheet with technical data and performance data plus an analysis of the direct market competition of Porsche 550/1500 RS Spyder in 1955, the model with 2-door barchetta roadster body and Boxer-4 1498 cm3 / 91.7 cui, 81 kW / 110 PS / 109 hp (DIN) of power, 129.5 Nm / 96 lb-ft of torque, 4-speed manual powertrain offered up to mid-year 1955 for Europe racing/rallye. The 550 Spyder is not just famous for its excellent performances but also for being a favorite of the famous Hollywood star James Dean, who eventually died when he crashed the car in 1955. The car was equipped with a 4-cylinder engine, 1500CC with ca. In the end, only 90 of these cars were built. It’s Porche’s first racecar, which was in production until ca. ![]() Today during restoration of these spyders, the original colour combinations are not always followed which is a pity as the factory delivered colour schemes accentuated the lines of the car’s design.The Porsche Spyder 550, also known as 550 Spyder, is perhaps the most discussed (race)car in history. Chassis No.550-0054 Engine No.KD P90048 Documents: US Registration. Colours available included red, black, blue and beige which also came in a basketweave pattern. The seats and the trims were finished in a hard wearing vinyl with a barber pole ribbed pattern. The rear tail light assembly cover was often painted silver, especially with the French blue body. Over the years many owners customised the colour of their car to either reflect a team’s livery or as a personalised individual choice, including stripes down the centre of the body.Īll the frames were delivered black, but at the factory, depending on the colour of the body, the tubing section within the cockpit area would be painted to match to the body colour, except for silver where it was painted silver or remained black. There were two spyders that wore a white front bonnet on the red painted body which was for the Swiss racing team – 550-0028 and 550-0079. When it came to the Werks racing team, it was always silver with the painted tail darts distinguishing the main different between each driver’s car, with red, blue, green and yellow, along with the individual race numbers. Some of the prototype 550s explored metallic blues and greens including 550-05, 550-06 and 550-07. We should remember the 550 Spyder as Porsches first pure racecar, godfather to the likes of the 917, 956, 962, GT1.right up to the 2013 hybrid 918 Spyder. There is 1 Spyder for sale across all model years and no 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder Replica right now. I had been looking for some time and came. Because of their limited production, the legendary Porsche 550 Spyder race-purpose cars fetch multi-million dollar prices today. The 550 was very low to the ground, in order to be efficient for racing. Brief background on this special car: I purchased it from theoriginal owner who resided in California during the 2nd half of 2015. The model Porsche 550 Spyder was introduced at the 1953 Paris Auto Show. Unique opportunity- unused 2001 car that was just completed at Beck/Special edition a few months ago. 550-0080 originally came in a brownish green coloured body with white hood and darts, but was later painted to red with the white hood similar to the Swiss racing team livery. Just completed 2001 Beck replica of legendary 1955 Porsche Spyder 550. Primarily, the choice was German racing silver, French blue, white, red or a special yellow requested for the Belgium racing team and only delivered on 550-0082. The Porsche 550 spyder was given a limited colour palette when it came to paint combinations.
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