World’s Most Dangerous Sport
It seems a shame that this clip is only 0:48 seconds long, seeing people skiing down a mountain being pulled by a Porsche 550 Spyder, Porsche 356, assorted Triumphs and other motorcycles is genuinely incredible.
Porsche 550 Spyder
Porsche 550 Spyder Cutaway
The level of spatial awareness needed to hand draw a cutaway like this, a work by Shin Yoshikawa, blows my mind.
James Dean and the Little Bastard
The Porsche 550 Spyder is right near the top of my “must-have” list. Sadly, the prohibitive costs involved are probably going to make that impossible however I do have my eye on some of the modern 550s built by companies like Beck Speedster.
Hans Herrmann, the Porsche 550 Spyder and the Railway Crossing
The Porsche 550 Spyder is so low that during the 1954 Mille Miglia, former Formula 1 driver Hans Herrmann drove it at high speed under closed railroad crossing gates a few seconds before a passenger train flew by.