Many know the 550 as the same car that james dean was driving when he was killed on a california highway in 1955, but there’s so much more to the spyder than that.

Porsche 550 spyder james dean. That was also when lew bracker entered his last race. Dean and rolf wuetherich, dean's mechanic, rode in the porsche. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy & safety how youtube works test new features press copyright contact us creators.

On september 30, 1955, james dean was driving his new porsche 550 spyder to an auto rally in salinas, california, when the fatal accident occurred. Porsche 550 spyder or the little bastard as james dean famously used to call, is the first car porsche ever designed specifically for racing; Dean was born james byron dean on february 8, 1931 in marion, indiana in an apartment at the seven gables.

Dean was killed instantly, but little bastard would go on to cause considerably more trouble. This year also sees the 50th anniversary of the porsche 911, which is the descendent of james dean’s porsche 550 spyder, although the historian will tell us that the 911 roots in fact go as far back as sketches drawn by ferdinand ‘butzi’ porsche in 1959. On raconte que james dean aurait été victime d’une malédiction lancée par maila nurmi, une actrice de film d’horreur et.

The spyder name was effectively resurrected with the rs spyder le mans prototype. 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. The beck 550 spyder is a high quality reproduction that is honest to the concept and detail of the original.

The spyder variations continued through the early 1960s, the rs 60 and rs 61. He was just 24 years old. Lawrence guynes and his porsche 550 spyder in front of the james dean memorial at cholame, california on september 30, 2002 lawrence guynes may be contacted at rescuediversf@aol.com :

On september 30, 1955, james dean died in a car accident. Inside and outside views of james dean's 1955 porsche 550 spyder. One of the most iconic actors of hollywood’s golden age, james dean both lived and died in a spectacular fashion.