Equipment
Wraparound Plexiglas windscreen, woodrim steering wheel, driver's head fairing, 4-speed (original 5-speed included but not installed), RS60 wheels.
Condition
Porsche factory team car, class winner at the Nurburgring 1000km in 1958 driven by de Beaufort/Frankenburg, 5th overall and class second at Le Mans (de Beaufort/Linge), 11th in the Dutch GP (de Beaufort). Later raced in Canada. Original engine. 10-time Mille Miglia Retro participant. Excellent fresh paint on smooth, neatly fit body panels other than a small wave in the lower front corner of the driver's door. The rest of the car, while thoroughly restored, is largely original and sympathetically presented. The original interior is sound and usable. This is a choice Porsche.
Market commentary
Offered at Gooding's Pebble Beach auction in 2016 where it was bid to $4.2 million, it appears to be in slightly better condition today than it was presented there and is an exceptional Porsche, almost miraculously complete with its original engine and 5-speed gearbox, a car with an important competition history including Porsche's sweep of 3-5 places at Le Mans 1958 and the only Porsche 550 to place in a Grand Prix, not mention being a virtually guaranteed entrant in the Mille Miglia. It is an excellent value even a few bids into its pre-sale estimate range.