A week of discovery
December 17th, 2011
550 finds, 550 history, 550 originals :
With an average of 150 hits a day on the type550.com website with around 75% of them being new visitors, I am getting a lot of new information sent to me about 550s. A new discovery of a 550 which I don’t have record of is a great find for me and then for the
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December 13th, 2011
I have just added another feature to the type550.com site which is a newsletter that captures all my latest blogs for the week. Just in case you don’t have this site set as your homepage, now you can get the latest blogs emailed to you so you don’t miss out on what is happening in
Sammio moulds and jigs for sale
December 10th, 2011
UK replica builder Sammio Motor Car company has decided to stop producing their budget style Porsche 550 replicas. Not a well known 550 builder, they offer cars for sale at different build stages, whether it is just the fibreglass body or a rolling chassis but at a relatively budget price. The body is based on
Two white 550s at the Zoute GP
December 7th, 2011
The Knokke-Heist Resort in Belgium was host to the 2011 Zoute Grand Prix which is specifically for cars built between 1920 and 1965. The event is run by the Zoute Automobile Club and was held over the 13th – 15th October 2011 with approx 150 participants entered. This year the rally attracted two Porsche 550
Bargain 550 under the hammer
December 5th, 2011
Every now and then, one of these little beauties come up for auction and for something valued at around $13,000, someone definitely got a bargain last week. It was a Celebrity Collectors’ Auction held by Live Auctioneers and the item of interest was a Pennewitz Design 1:2.3 scale model Porsche 550 Spyder. Pennewitz must be
Insist on Dunlop Tires
December 2nd, 2011
The Porsche 550 Spyders came standard with a set of Dunlop racing tires as they left the Porsche factory in 1955. For such a small, lightweight car, it was interesting to see that they were fitted with large 16 inch aluminum rims, with 5 inch wide cross ply tires on the front and 5.25” tires
