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Curse of the James Dean Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=o7URktEogSg

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Published on Jun 20, 2008

Curse of the James Dean Car

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A James Dean Porsche


July 2004 By TONY QUIROGA




The commemorative-edition Boxster S is a celebration of numbers. So here are a few: The sports-car maker from Stuttgart will build a total of 1953 commemorative editions of the Boxster S, and about 550 priced at $60,665 will make it to our shores to celebrate the 50 years that have passed since the 550 Spyder, a 1200-pound race car powered by a 1.6-liter flat-four, put Porsche on the map.
Want some more numbers? Well, there's an imperceptible six extra horses from the familiar 3.2-liter flat-six (264 total), a slick-shifting gearbox with 15-percent-shorter throws, and 5mm spacers on the wheel hubs that bring the two-tone wheels nearly flush with the fenders. There's also a cocoa-colored interior and top only found on the anniversary model, and a dash plaque to remind you that you are one of 1953. Detecting any dynamic difference between a run-of-the-mill Boxster S and the anniversary car is next to impossible. So, like many commemorative editions before it, the car is largely a cosmetic package designed to lure buyers before the next generation debuts.
Porsche decided to hold the press event for the anniversary Boxster on the roads around Monterey and Salinas in northern California to honor the memory of actor James Dean. As much as racing triumphs made the 550 famous, the death of Dean on his way to race the diminutive roadster at the Salinas airport in 1955 served to immortalize the man and the car. Cruising by the site of Dean's fatal wreck—the desolate intersection of Highways 46 and 41—in an anniversary Boxster is a bit eerie as the car seems to commemorate the actor as much as the 550. Driving these sparsely traveled roads, one can't help thinking of the long odds of having a car turn in front of you. Apparently, odds don't seem to matter when your number is up.

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AS people die off, parts begin to surface
The James Dean Porsche Spyder Transaxle

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Resting place: Dean was buried in Park Cemetery in Fairmount, Indiana, close to the farm where he grew up with his aunt and uncle.

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At Monterey Racers Reunion......
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/v...s-reunion.html

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James Dean symbolic artwork click:
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/g...ml#post9394017

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The James Dean Story Documentary by Robert Altman




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I think this is the best documentary I have ever seen. And not for just the subject matter, but how it was made going in deep with his life. And they way it was filmed and written by using a lot of James Deans own writing and of course theirs. I hope it WON many awards because THIS DOC. Deserved it.

I have never seen one like this.Very well put together and VERY VERY DEEP. Just as I think James Dean was a very deep man. A very lonely young man, and blamed himself for everything even his Mothers own death. He was a genius that was unable to train his mind to believe in him self and to slow it down some and trust his self and others. I LOVED THIS DOCUMENTARY..

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Several years ago, in the late 80's, I used to write to (pen-pal) Jimmy's high school biology teacher....Hugh Caughell, a lovely, elderly gentleman, who had some great Jimmy stories from Jim's high school years.

My daughter and I also got to ride in the '49 black Merc used in "Rebel". I sat right where Natalie Wood sat. (At the time, the car was located in the Harrah's Auto Museum, in Sparks, NV.) We had a special invitation from the 'boss' of the museum to come down early, before the museum opened, to see the car. (We'd travelled far to come see that car and we were told it wasn't available for viewing, as it was being used by the Grand Marshall of a parade that day.)

Needless to say, we were mighty disappointed. That's when we were told to, 'Be at the museum early the next day and ask 'for the boss'.) We got a special viewing by the car's own mechanic. We tooled around the parking lot with the biggest smiles you ever saw!....A devoted, (but old!) Jimmy fan! Thanks, Adam for the memories! Love the pooches!

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The James Dean Gallery Museum


Tour with Curator David Loehr

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Museum Tour by Marcus Winslow, head of James Dean estate

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The guy making this video is a jerk, but the museums in James Deans hometown are interesting:

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Final moments of James Dean

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Published on Jun 30, 2015

A short tour of the final miles James Dean drove before his fatal car crash in central California