Rare Sonauto badge
February 20th, 2012
550 finds, 550 originals, 550 wish list :
Last week I watched with interest an original ‘PARIS’ Sonauto badge up for offer on Ebay. The last one I have seen is the one I bought a couple of years ago, so they are very rare to find. The bidding wasn’t very active for the first couple of days with three bidders and a
Zagato Spyder
February 14th, 2012
Back in the 50s and early 60s, Porsche collaborated with Italian car designer Zagato. The collectable Porsche 356 Carrera Abarth is a Franco Scaglione design, built at the time he worked for Zagato. Somehow Zagato’s name was never given to the racing car, but was often thought the cars were built in the Milano atelier.
2 Comments »Show stopper
February 2nd, 2012
Porsche attended the 1955 Paris Auto Show with a small stand consisting of three models of the Porsche 356 and one Porsche 550 Spyder which was aimed at customers who wanted a car to race on weekends then be able to drive it home. Porsche built a Spyder specifically to showcase there with options such
When replicas go wrong
January 31st, 2012
Recently there was a replica 550 for sale in the UK. These sort of cars come up often and depending on the build quality or builder, there are quite a few desirable ‘toys’ you can buy for good value. Unfortunately this is not one of them and although the owner has decided to get creative
4 Comments »Supercharged 550
January 24th, 2012
In June 1955, one of the weekend sports car races took place in Lawrenceville. While searching through a number of random black and white photos of the event, I came across one of a 550 Spyder with the engine bay open and a mechanic making some adjustments to the quad cam engine. Something was very
550 up in flames
January 23rd, 2012
550 drivers, 550 history, 550 originals :
Many Porsche 550s were involved in accidents during the racing days of the 50s, some were minor and a few blows with a hammer usually did the trick, but other crashes destroyed the car beyond repair, sometimes taking their driver with them. As a Porsche sometimes cost more to repair locally or send back to
