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| bdstone914 |
 Aug 19 2011, 07:08 AM
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bdstone914  Group: Members Posts: 4,545 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319  |
We picked up this neat print of an early Porsche car that looks like a precursor to a 550 Spyder. The print is about 16 x 20. It is going to be a new piece of shop art.
Note the covered passenger area and the drivers windscreen. The gut we got if from said he got it in 1965 and that only 12 car were built like this. The print is titled Porsche Spyder with four overhead camshafts. Anyone seen a car like it or know any history of them? Bruce Attached thumbnail(s)  
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| kerensky |
Aug 19 2011, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 1-February 06 From: Norman, OK Member No.: 5,508 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Not a precursor, that is a 550 Spyder. The cover and single windscreen was the racing setup. Back then, race cars were just road cars with extra bits thrown out to lighten them a bit. As for 'only 12' maybe he meant the print. Or maybe only 12 550s came from the factory with the racing setup. Or maybe he's just blowing smoke. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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| Dave_Darling |
Aug 19 2011, 09:34 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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The picture looks like a cross between a 550 (especially the back) and the Glockler Spyders that were the predecessors of the 550.
The Wikipedia page on Walter Glockler doesn't say anything about him making the cars, sadly. I don't think the Glockler cars used the four-cam motor. So it might be a regular 550 with a slightly odd-looking nose. Some pics of some of the Glockler Spyders: http://delayedepartures.tumblr.com/post/14...spyder-s-father (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/28.media.tumblr.com-121-1313768049.1.jpg) http://6vmemorylane.blogspot.com/2007/11/g...che-spyder.html (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/4.bp.blogspot.com-121-1313768049.2.jpg) --DD |
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| zambezi |
Aug 19 2011, 09:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 711 Joined: 14-April 08 From: Lafayette, LA Member No.: 8,920 Region Association: South East States |
Yes that is the 550 spyder about 12 made before they evolved into the 550A
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| Tom_T |
Aug 19 2011, 10:59 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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The 4 OHC motor would've been their Carrera motor H-4
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| JmuRiz |
Aug 19 2011, 12:00 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,435 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Looks like an early 550 to me, kind of like this one (similar front)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/autoeclub.com-50-1313776852.1.jpg) |
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| r_towle |
Aug 19 2011, 01:34 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,594 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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of the 12 that were made, only one was painted red, all the rest were silver. We found the body a few years back and re-united the body with the chassis in Germany....now under restoration.
Cool pic... Rich |
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