Today, Friday, September 30, 2011, marks the 56th anniversary of the death of American icon James Dean. Far less significantly but also noteworthy, it rather obviously marks the same anniversary of the passing of Little Bastard, the 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder that Dean was driving west on U.S. Route 466 (now known as State Route 46) in Cholame, California, on his way to a race in Salinas. Dean's death was caused, not by speeding as some believe, but by a fellow motorist who veered into Dean's path. Dean's last words, as quoted by his mechanic and passenger that day, Rolf Wütherich, were, "That guy's gotta stop...
Autoblog, Remembering James Dean and the curse of Little Bastard (video)
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