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The 356 was created by Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche (son of Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the German company), who founded the Austrian company with his sister, Louise.Like its cousin, the Volkswagen Beetle (which Ferdinand Porsche Sr. had designed), the 356 is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car with unitized pan and body construction.
It was based around a 2.0-litre Porsche 914 with a five-speed gearbox. McRae had imported a Porsche 356 Speedster from Vintage Speedsters of California to make the moulds for his production kits. [31] Being a technical perfectionist, McRae's Spyder is an accurate replica of original built by Porsche in 1954 and 1955. [32]
The Porsche 550 is a mid-engine car with an air-cooled four-cylinder engine, following the precedent of the 1948 Porsche 356/1 prototype designed by Ferry Porsche. The mid-engine racing design was further developed with Porsche's 718 model; its advantages led to it becoming the dominant design for top-level racing cars by the mid-1960s.
Following on from the Super 90 cabriolet was the Speedster, also produced from 1985, based on a Porsche sports model derived from the 356, launched in 1952. The Speedster had the same mechanics as the Super 90. From this period no less than 2500 vehicles, stamped Chamonix, were produced. The Spyder 550 and Speedster 356 were the main models ...
RCH (Replicar Hellas, formerly Beetlekitcars) was founded in 2007 in Katerini, Greece, by Elias Gaganelis, and produces high-quality replicas, mostly of older Porsche models. [1] [2] [3] These include a variety of types based on the 356 Speedster, as well as the 550 Spyder, while models based on the Volkswagen Beetle have also been produced.
The Banham 130 Spyder was based on the rear-engine Škoda Estelle and Rapid platform, and was a replica of the Porsche 550 of James Dean fame. The model proved to be one of Banham's most popular, as these two Skoda models were very cheap and easy to find at the time.
The comic car lover sold the purported 1958 Porsche 356 A 1500 GS/GT Carrera Speedster at a March 11, 2016 auction on Amelia Island, Fla. dedicated to the “Jerry Seinfeld Collection” of cars.
The Fiberfab Speedster 356 was a re-badged version of the CMC Classic Speedster, while the Californian was the fender-flared CMC Speedster C. The body was inspired by the Speedster variant of the Porsche 356. CMC acquired the design when they bought the rights to the Intermeccanica Speedster. [14] These were built from the mid to late 1980s. [47]