Introduced as a coupe, it became iconic as a roofless Spyder ... A street-legal go-kart might come close, but riding on relatively tall, but very narrow, tires, the Edwards’ faux-550 delivers ...

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Much of that clever engineering was first proven at the racetrack before making the jump to something a bit more road-legal. And almost ... that the first Porsche 550 took a race start, in this ...

Motor to the junction of California highways 41 and 46 not far from the tiny town of Chalome and you'll be at the spot for which Porsche's 550 Spyder is best known throughout the world.

Prior to the 550 Spyder, Porsche had stuck to building road cars like the 356 that were adapted for racing. The Spyder was its first foray into purpose-built racing cars. Dean was killed in a car ...

Powered by a horizontally-opposed 2165cc four-cylinder, air-cooled engine that develops 180 horsepower, the 550 Spyder gave Ferrari a run for its money on the European road race circuit ...