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
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
