Vehicle Description
UP FOR SALE IS A ANOTHER CONVERTIBLE SPORTS CAR FROM DS|MOTORS...
THIS ONE IS AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS 1954 PORSCHE 550 SPYDER REPLICA!
WITH A STUNNING BLACK METALLIC EXTERIOR PAINT OVER RED LEATHER
INTERIOR. A STUNNING COLOR COMBINATION FOR THIS MODEL. IT IS
MOUNTED ON FIBERGLASS BODY PANELS OVER A TUBULAR STEEL FRAME
CHASSI. POWER UNIT COMES FROM A 1.6L CC TYPE BOXER 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. COMES WITH A
GOOD 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!