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.

See the whole article on Hagerty's website http://www.hagerty.com/classic-car-articles-resources/Features/News/All-Articles/2012/05/24/Legendary-Lost-Cars?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=

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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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