James Dean was killed in this 1955 crash when his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder his another car nearly head-on. The wreckage later was used as a cautionary tale during a nationwide tour, and subsequently vanished.

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Comment by Michael Thies on May 31, 2012 at 3:07am

This is a better photo in better times.  He named it the "Little Bastard".


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