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1957 Porsche 550A Spyder by Wendler

James Dean called his 550 Spyder "Little Bastard" and died in it on a California highway in September 1955. Porsche refined the formula and built just 40 of the evolved 550A Spyders, trading the original ladder chassis for a lighter, more rigid spaceframe. Chassis 550A-0116 is one of them, completed on 18 February 1957 and delivered to California sportscar ace Jack McAfee three weeks later. McAfee put it to work immediately, racking up more than 25 race wins across SCCA events at Palm Springs, Riverside, Pomona, Laguna Seca, Phoenix, and beyond. Known ownership traces through California, South Africa, Japan, and Germany before a six-year, nut-and-bolt restoration by UK Porsche specialist Andy Prill, completed in August 2025 with invoices totaling over $390,000. The matching-numbers gearbox is intact, the matching-numbers engine case accompanies the sale, and Prill describes the result as box-fresh. It won Best in Class at the 2014 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. Now heading to auction with one of the most documented ownership histories in Porsche collecting.

Photos: RM Sotheby’s

Bid at RM Sothebys / $4,050,000+

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