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Porsche 550 Spyder

World’s Most Dangerous Sport

Ben Branch April 30, 2012
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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.

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Porsche 550 Spyder Cutaway

Ben Branch April 18, 2012
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The level of spatial awareness needed to hand draw a cutaway like this, a work by Shin Yoshikawa, blows my mind.

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James Dean and the Little Bastard

Ben Branch April 14, 2012
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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.

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Hans Herrmann, the Porsche 550 Spyder and the Railway Crossing

Ben Branch December 3, 2011
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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.

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