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Jun 26, 2021 · James Dean was an actor and an amateur racer; he bought a Porsche to win some races, but the fast car eventually led him to his death. Fasten your seatbelts and hold on tight as we embark on a spooky ride with the cursed car and the story of James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder.
Jun 10, 2021 · The transaxle from James Dean's famous Porsche 550 Spyder has just sold for an astonishing $400k – what really happened to a car forever associated with a Hollywood death?
On September 21, as Dean was finishing Giant, he suddenly traded in his Speedster at Competition Motors for a new, more powerful and faster 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder and entered the upcoming Salinas Road Race event scheduled for October 1–2.
Jul 26, 2019 · Dean, the 24-year-old actor and racer who starred in 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden, was killed on September 30, 1955, when his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder collided with a 1950 Ford Custom driven by Donald Turnupseed near Cholame, California.
Sep 1, 2020 · James Dean’s career as an actor and racer was cut tragically short on September 30, 1955, when his “Little Bastard” Porsche 550 Spyder was involved in a catastrophic collision on the way to a race meeting. Dean was killed instantly, but Little Bastard would go on to cause considerably more trouble.
Nov 13, 2009 · At 5:45 PM on September 30, 1955, 24-year-old actor James Dean is killed in Cholame, California, when the Porsche he is driving hits a Ford Tudor sedan at an intersection.
Jul 25, 2019 · Six of the photos have inside and outside views of Dean’s Porsche. His racing number, 130, is prominently displayed on the back along with a “Little Bastard” decal.
Mar 30, 2017 · Everyone knows how Hollywood legend James Dean died—young and badly, crashing his Porsche 550 Spyder on Sept. 30, 1955. More than half a century later Dean, his image and the few movies...
Sep 28, 2020 · With reported ambition of one day competing in the Indianapolis 500 race, Dean’s financial success from East of Eden had allowed him to purchase a Triumph Tiger motorcycle and Porsche 356...
Jul 28, 2019 · Now, RR Auction in Boston is listing some never-released photos of James Dean’s horrific and fatal car accident in his Porsche 550 Spyder. The collection consists of a total of 30...