Porsche Spyders 1956-1964: Type 550A, RSK and 718 (Ludvigsen Library) It evolved into the RS61 and then the Type 718, using the Grand Prix eight-cylinder engine.. Experiments in 56 with an even smaller racer, the Type 645, ended with a disastrous crash. Rac
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| Title | : | Porsche Spyders 1956-1964: Type 550A, RSK and 718 (Ludvigsen Library) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (104 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1583882006 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2007-08-14 |
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The great success that Porsche enjoyed with its first 550 Spyders spurred its small but effective racing cadre to a more ambitious design with its 1956 Type 550A. It's stiffer space frame was inside the 550A that Umberto Maglioli drove single-handed to win the 1956 Targa Florio -- Porsches greatest victory yet.
Experiments in 56 with an even smaller racer, the Type 645, ended with a disastrous crash. Not for nothing was it nicknamed "Mickey Mouse". In 1957 Porsche created the immortal RSK, a race and hillclimb winner. The RS60 arrives in 1960 to meet new rules, winning Sebring outright. It evolved into the RS61 and then the Type 718, using the Grand Prix eight-cylinder engine. Races and hillclimbs throughout the world were mastered by these agile silver cars through 1964, depicted in magnificent images from the Ludvigsen Library.
Editorial : About the Author Karl Ludvigsen has a distinguished record of accomplishment at senior levels throughout the worldwide motor industry. He has received wide recognition for his work as an editor, journalist, historian and author. Not only has he been employed at senior levels with Ford of Europe, Fiat North America, and General Motors, but he has also been involved in editorial roles with Motor Trend magazine, Auto Age, and Sports Car Illustrated and Car and Driver. Ludvigsen is in demand from the press of North America and Europe as a source of information on industry trends, and he is a frequent speaker at conferences. Currently, Ludvigsen acts as Chairman of Ludvigsen Associates Limited (a consulting company), Managing Director of Euromotor Reports Limited and Director of Ludvigsen Library Limited.
If you like technology and history you've already read most of this book elsewhere. His descriptions of the people, town and environs are so like my memories, I was enthralled reading about them. In a book this size you couldn't expect an entire owners manual which is 6 thick volumes costing several hundred dollars from Chrysler. FPGAs are mentioned only briefly - understandable, since they had not acquired the importance given them by the decade-plus of technology shifts since the book was written. That is not the case in this most recent book. Quick easy instructions. Also, it's over 20 years old. For avid problem solvers, the exercises present a challenging oppurtunity. I've found myself saying this a lot lately but these Haynes manuals really don't stack up to the old Chilton ones.
I mean, to be fair, commercially available manuals have never been able to hold a candle to the factory/shop books (for the price though, f that noise), but Chilton is still far more comprehen
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