Vehicle Description
UP FOR SALE IS A SUPER RARE CONVERTIBLE SPORTS CAR FROM
DS|MOTORS... THIS ONE IS AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS 1955 PORSCHE 550
SPYDER REPLICA! WITH A STUNNING WHITE EXTERIOR OVER BURGUNDY
LEATHER INTERIOR. A RARE COLOR COMBINATION FOR THIS MODEL. IT IS
MOUNTED WITH FIBERGLASS BODY PANELS OVER A TUBULAR STEEL FRAME
CHASSI. POWER UNIT COMES FROM A CC TYPE FLAT FOUR ENGINE, PAIRED
WITH A 4 SPEED MANUAL TRANSXLE, WHICH IS PLENTY OF POWER TO MOVE
THIS LIGHT WEIGHT RACER. VEHICLE IS FINISHED WITH WOOD STEERING
WHEEL, LEATHER BONNET STRAPS, PORSCHE BADGES AND ROLLOVER BARS.
VEHICLE COMES WITH A CLEAN FL TITLE. TITLE SHOWS: YEAR: 1979 -
MAKE: MON - MODEL: PROTOTIPO COMES WITH A NEW SET OF TIRES MOUNTED
ON FACTORY STYLE 15" CHROME WHEELS. BY 1953, PORSCHE HAD BEEN
SUCCESSFUL RACING ITS 356, BUT UNDERSTOOD IT WOULD NEED A TRUE
PURPOSE-BUILT RACE CAR TO COMPETE AT MOTORSPORT'S HIGHEST LEVELS.
THE RESULTING DESIGNS, THE 550 SPYDER, AND ITS SUCCESSORS THE 550A
AND 718, BECAME SOME OF HISTORY'S MOST IMPORTANT RACE CARS, SCORING
NOT ONLY CLASS VICTORIES BUT SIGNIFICANT OVERALL WINS. AT JUST OVER
1,200 POUNDS, THE 550 SPYDER WAS INCREDIBLY AGILE AND ITS ADVANCED
FOUR-CAM ENGINE MEANT IT WAS QUITE POWERFUL RELATIVE TO ITS WEIGHT.
THE DESIGN'S BRILLIANCE WAS APPARENT FROM 550-001'S VERY FIRST
RACE, WHEN HELMUT GL�CKLER PROVED VICTORIOUS AFTER FIGHTING
UNRELENTING RAIN IN HIS METHANOL-FUELED SPYDER AT N�RBURGRING IN
1953- THAT SAME YEAR, 550-001 AND O02 TOOK SIGNIFICANT CLASS
VICTORIES AT LE MANS, THE CARRERA PANAMERICANA, AND THE BUENOS
AIRES 1000 KM. ""COME SEE THIS ONE WITH YOUR OWN EYES"". FOR A MORE
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION CALL DS|MOTORS AT (561) 866-4419 OR (954)
818-1143. 2460 NW 1st AVE #2, BOCA RATON, FL 33431. YOU MAY ALSO
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT DSMOTORSFLORIDA.COM IF SHIPPING IS NECESSARY,
WE ARE MORE THAN GLAD TO ASSIST!