{"id":7706,"date":"2020-01-09T08:06:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=7706"},"modified":"2021-06-11T18:53:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:53:26","slug":"porsche-550a-rs-spyder-60-minichamps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-550a-rs-spyder-60-minichamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 550A RS Spyder #60 &#8211; Minichamps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_550a_60_01.jpg\" alt=\"550A\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1956 Porsche 550A RS Spyder<\/strong>\nPilots: C. Dubois, G. Hacquin\nTeam: <em>Equipe Nationale Belge<\/em>\nRace: DNF (S 1.5) at Le Mans in 1957\nMinichamps - 430576660 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\">Published 01\/09\/20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The 550 RS was Porsche\u2019s first model specifically designed for competition. Inspired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-356-coupe-(pre-a)-spark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"356 (opens in a new tab)\">356<\/a>, it was&nbsp; called 550 because it only weighed 550 kg. Small and light, because of the very good Typ 547 engine (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/e5\/41\/ab\/e541abd0c696c1c850678e15b89f79a7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFurhmann engine\u201d<\/a>), it earned the reputation of being a giant killer. The engine was an air-cooled flat-4 with 1490 cm\u00b3 and DOHC, that delivered 110 hp. It was such a well-balanced racer that it won its first race at the N\u00fcrburgring Eifel Race of 1953. And in the same year took class wins at Le Mans and the Carrera Panamericana. All in all 90 models left the factory at Zuffenhausen, from 1953 to 1956.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_550a_60_02.jpg\" alt=\"550A\"\/><figcaption>The wining race car formula: light and fast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is chassis #550-0082, bought brand new by Equipe Nationale Belge in 1956. The car\u2019s first race was the La Roche Hill Climb in France on the 25th of March, 1956, finishing first overall. The following year the team went to Le Mans with two cars, a big Jaguar D-Type and this 550A RS #60. Piloted by Claude Dubois and Georges Hacquin, their race only lasted 70 laps. An illegal oil fill got the car disqualified and that was the end for the small <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/lemans-history.com\/imagens\/1957\/57_le_mans_60_porsche_550a4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Porsche<\/a>. Conversely, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/lemans-history.com\/imagens\/1957\/1957_16(3).jpg\" target=\"_blank\">D-Type<\/a> finished in fourth. This 550A still exists today, but unfortunately not in its original war paint. In spite of that, it was recently auctioned and sold for \u20ac3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_550a_60_03.jpg\" alt=\"550A\"\/><figcaption>One word to describe this model: charming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, this 550A is not a winner. Or has a juicy history behind it. But it has one thing going for it: it looks <strong>gorgeous<\/strong>. Since I didn\u2019t have any 550 in the W-143 Garage (I will NOT comment on that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-550-rs-spyder-65-brumm\/\">turd<\/a>\u2026 \ud83e\udd22) this 550A RS looked awesome as the first one. Nothing fancy, just your \u201caverage Minichamps\u201d, but a looker nonetheless. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1956 Porsche 550A RS Spyder Pilots: C. Dubois, G. Hacquin Team: Equipe Nationale Belge Race: DNF (S 1.5) at Le Mans in 1957 Minichamps &#8211; 430576660 (diecast) Published 01\/09\/20 The 550 RS was Porsche\u2019s first model specifically designed for competition. Inspired by the 356, it was&nbsp; called 550 because it only weighed 550 kg. Small &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-550a-rs-spyder-60-minichamps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Porsche 550A RS Spyder #60 &#8211; Minichamps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7706"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12185,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7706\/revisions\/12185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}