While this isn't about 996's I thought that this was a rather significant find. Even our beloved 996's will no doubt become collector's items at some point. Anyhow the story begins on a Facebook page...... On Mar. 26, Old Crow Speed Shop posted a picture of a weathered green shipping container and later revealed they found what appears to be a pristine 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder. As Porschefiles know that only 90 of the 1200-pound aluminum-bodied cars were ever built, making it an extremely rare car, and the most recent sale sold for $4.5 million at Pebble Beach. So the story posted by Old Crow Speed Shop begins with a fellow named Les Gunnerson who passed away and left a large British motorcycle collection at the top of a remote hill in Orange California which @large_hands_grant and @mikedavis70 got wind of and thankfully called me to come to take a look. As it turns out, Les was big into Porsche's back in the 60's/70's and acquired a 550 Spyder in '63 from Loretta Turnbull who raced it in Hawaii for a mere 2k. Les restored the 550 in the early '80s but soon got into motorcycles and just put the Porsche in a shipping container where it's lived for 35 years. .......Until now.....To say the 550s are rare and valuable is an understatement, and to find one that's been lost to time in a container, ... Well, that's like finding a unicorn with bigfoot riding it... it just doesn't happen! Or does it? It's been a surreal experience indeed! I'm not only honored to say I was part of the discovery but equally so that I could help find a new home for such a priceless vehicle. I immediately called my friend and filmmaker Blue Nelson because I knew he grew up with these cars in the family and knew the top Porsche collectors in the world. Porsche 550 Spyder serial #0069 with its original 4 cam motor #0075 is off to a very good home where it will be preserved and enjoyed by many. I not sure if I would soil myself during this discovery....what an amazing find
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Bet it brings $6M at the gavel...
New rule... any abandoned shipping container I come across on a remote hilltop... I'm busting it open.
I would not have guessed a shipping container would do so well storing a car for such a long time.
Don't wash it, just bring it to auction.
Cool story but...It was never found since it was never lost. the owner knew all along exactly what he had. It wasn't even stored that long. the plates were valid in 94 btw as can bee seen on the plate.
Awesome find!!! What a gem!
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