CAR: 1956 Porsche 550rs Serial Number 87
Motor: 567/3
Carburettors: Twin Weber 40 DCM
Fuel: Racing Petrol
Transmission: Porsche ZF 4 Speed
Below is the Known History of this car.
Joaquim Correia de Oliveira
Joaquim Correia de Oliveira purchased this car in 1956 from Porsche. The car was painted Silver. Joaquim was a promising young Portuguese race car driver. One of many who purchased 550rs spyders to race in 1956.
1957 Angola GP Circuito de Luanda
The Grid for the first Angola GP, Joaquim in car 8.
The first GP of Angola, run through the streets of Angola:
Race:
Finishing Position 1st(overall) Joaquim Correia de Oliveira
June 1957 Circuito Internacional de Lisboa VI Grande Prémio de Portugal
1957 Grand Prix of Portugal,the track ran under this configuration:
Image from the race.
During the race, chasing down a 750 Monza.
Qualifying:
Grid 11 car #4 Joaquim Correia de Oliveira 2.35.73
Race:
Finishing Position 10th car #4 Joaquim Correia de Oliveira 2.33.89
July 1958 Pista Iternacional De Vila Real Portugal
Image of Grid
Image of the Car during the race
Qualifying:
Grid 8th car #32 Joaquim Correia de Oliveira
Race:
Finishing Position 8th car #32 Joaquim Correia de Oliveira 1:50:31
1959 VIII Grande Prémio de Portugal VIII Grand Prix of Portugal
Image of the Car at the start
Race image.
Race image, chasing down a 300sl.
Qualifying:
Grid 2 car #2 Joaquim Correia de Oliveira
Race:
Finishing Position 5th DNF car #2 Joaquim Correia de Oliveira
IMOLA, Italy 1959/p>
Prior to race.
Joaquim Correia de Oliveira, Looking for records and results
III Grande Prémio de Angola 20 September 1959 - Nova Lisboa: 300.365 km
Race:
Finishing Position 4th Joaquim Correia de Oliveira
1986 to present
We acquired the car through Jim Wellington's Rennsport Werke in 1986 - Images of the car prior to our restoration. The car was very original. The car was damaged in shipping from Switzerland. The car came with the original motor and transmission.
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