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The 550 Spyder usually finished in the top three in its class. Each Spyder was designed and customized to be raced. A 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder sold at auction in 2018 by Bonhams for $5,170,000 (£4,115,763); it was the highest price for a 550 at auction. [1]
The Banham 130 Spyder was based on the rear-engine Škoda Estelle and Rapid platform, and was a replica of the Porsche 550 of James Dean fame. The model proved to be one of Banham's most popular, as these two Skoda models were very cheap and easy to find at the time.
Following on from the Super 90 cabriolet was the Speedster, also produced from 1985, based on a Porsche sports model derived from the 356, launched in 1952. The Speedster had the same mechanics as the Super 90. From this period no less than 2500 vehicles, stamped Chamonix, were produced. The Spyder 550 and Speedster 356 were the main models ...
Replica of Porsche 550 Spyder made from a kit. Kit cars have been around since the earliest days of the automobile. In England in 1896, Thomas Hyler-White developed a design for a car that could be assembled at home. Technical designs were published in a magazine called The English Mechanic. [1]
In early 1954 Rometsch manufactured a light alloy body for a racing car, following the shape of Porsche 550 Spyder, again utilising the Beetle chassis. The gearbox and the 1.1-litre, 68 PS (50 kW) engine which were made by Porsche, gave a topspeed of 190 to 200 km/h (118 to 124 mph).
This kit was designed by a moonlighting Larry Shinoda. [22] The final product looked somewhat like the nose of the mid-engined Ford Mustang I prototype. An estimated fifty E/T Mustang kits were produced by Fiberfab. One was installed on an original Shelby Mustang. [23] Similar kits were later produced by a company called VFN Fiberglass. [24]
The RS Spyder (Type 9R6) is a racing car designed by Porsche in conjunction with Penske to compete in Le Mans Prototype Class 2 (LMP2) racing. [2] The car takes its name from the legendary Porsche 550 Spyder of the 1950s (combined with Porsche's common "RennSport" (lit.: racing sports) designation).
Power comes from a 3.8 litre flat-6 engine from the Porsche 997 911 which has been supercharged in both models (the RK stands for Ruf Kompressor), with the RK Spyder rated at 313 kW (420 hp) and 450 N⋅m (332 lbf⋅ft) of torque and the RK Coupe rated at 324 kW (434 hp) at 7,000 rpm and 470 N⋅m (347 lb⋅ft) of torque at 5,500 rpm.