Porsche Spyders 1956-1964: Type 550a, Rsk and 718

by Karl E. Ludvigsen

The great success that Porsche enjoyed with its first 550 Spyders spurred its small but effective racing cadre to a more ambitious design with its 1956 Type 550A. It's stiffer space frame was inside the 550A that Umberto Maglioli drove single-handed to win the 1956 Targa Florio -- Porsches greatest victory yet.

Experiments in 56 with an even smaller racer, the Type 645, ended with a disastrous crash. Not for nothing was it nicknamed Mickey...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583882006
• ISBN13: 9781583882009
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Enthusiast Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 8.5"