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  2. Porsche 550 - Wikipedia

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    The Porsche 550 has a solid racing history; it won the Nürburgring Eifel Race in May 1953, the first race it entered. The 550 Spyder usually finished in the top three in its class. Each Spyder was designed and customized to be raced. A 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder sold at auction in 2018 by Bonhams for $5,170,000 (£4,115,763); it was the highest ...

  3. List of Porsche engines - Wikipedia

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    1.4 Porsche 550. 1.5 Porsche 718 / Porsche 787. ... 1954–1955 Type 546/2 air-cooled, four-stroke, OHV boxer flat-four (1500) ... 918 Spyder engine deck. 2013–2015 ...

  4. Coolest, Most Iconic Cars of the '50s

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    1955 Porsche 550 Spyder. Introduced: 1953. ... The 3.0-liter, 6-cylinder engine was rated for 215 horsepower and could reach up to 138 mph. Flickr. 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air. Introduced: 1950.

  5. Porsche type numbers - Wikipedia

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    Porsche two cylinder industrial engine 597: 1954–1955: Porsche Jagdwagen, four-wheel-drive military/utility vehicle ... Porsche 550 RS Spyder 692: 1958: Improved ...

  6. Flat-four engine - Wikipedia

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    1955 Porsche 550 Spyder air-cooled engine The 1936 Tatra T97 pioneered the rear-engined, air-cooled flat-four, backbone chassis layout (later used by the Volkswagen Beetle ), and at the same time, though unrelated, came the Steyr 50 from Austria, sporting a front boxer 4 engine with rear wheel drive.

  7. 1955 1000 km Buenos Aires - Wikipedia

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    The 1955 1000 km Buenos Aires took place on 23 January, ... Porsche 550 Spyder: 56: 5th 14 S3.0 ... Abarth 207A Spyder Sport: Engine DNF 54 Mod. T

  8. James Dean made his last stop at this lonely gas station ...

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    On Sept. 30, 1955, Dean — described by The Times as "one of Hollywood's brightest new motion-picture stars" — sped through rural Kern County in a silver Porsche 550 Spyder nicknamed Little ...

  9. 1955 12 Hours of Sebring - Wikipedia

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    Porsche 500 Spyder: DNS 29T S3.0 Sterling Edwards: Chester Flynn: Manfredo Lippmann Ferrari 250 Monza: Engine DNS 41 S3.0 Sandy McPherson Harley Watts: Robert Fergus: Robt. H. Fergus Austin-Healey 100S: Accident in practice DNS 62 S1.5 Ed Crawford: John Urbas: Ed. W. Crawford Porsche 550 Spyder: DISQ S2.0 James Carson: Dan Hastings: Howard ...