Vintage Race Cars

1955 Porsche 550 Spyder by Wendler

RM Sotheby's · Lot 355 · Saturday, August 15, 2026

1955 Porsche 550 Spyder by Wendler

Description

This 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder by Wendler is the second-from-last of 90 customer examples built, featuring additional high-side chassis bracing and built specifically for legendary West Coast importer John von Neumann. It carries a correct-type four-cam Carrera engine and a numbers-matching gearbox, finished in its original silver livery with red fender darts. The example has documented competition history with Richie Ginther and is presented fully restored and in excellent running order.

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