2006-09-07 04:00:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Porsche Spyder 550
2006-09-07 04:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by Debbie M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sleek, silver and rare. The car seemed to be a perfect match for James Dean and he fell in love the instant he saw it. It was a 1955 Porsche Spyder, one of only 90 made of that year model. Dean had a fondness for auto racing and had purchased the car planning to participate in the upcoming races in Salinas, CA on Oct 1st, 1955. He affectionately nicknamed the car "Little Bastard", a nickname originally bestowed upon Dean by his friend and Giant film language coach, Bill Hickman.
Dean liked to drive fast and was good at it, having taken top honors in several of his early races. Dean was so well known for his fondness of speed that the studio banned Dean from racing during the shooting of the film Giant. On September 17, 1955, Dean ironically shot an announcement for the National Highway Safety Committee, insisting that drivers be more cautious, stating "Take it easy driving. The life you might save might be mine"
2006-09-07 04:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A wreck, but some sources would say a streetcar named Desire.
> what was the name of the car James Dean died in?
2006-09-07 04:05:19 · answer #3 · answered by par1138 • FCD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A silver 550 Porsche Spyder. It had "Little Bastard" painted on the back of it. It was a nickname that he earned on the set of the movie Giant. The car that collaided with him was a Ford Tudor.
2006-09-07 04:14:42 · answer #4 · answered by Marenight 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Porche 356 Roadster
2006-09-07 04:03:01 · answer #5 · answered by Ricardo C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think of of you're perfect approximately Marilyn and James Dean, to a different quantity, yet incorrect approximately Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger may be prevalent *now* by using tragic nature of his loss of existence, yet he won't be 5 years from now, to now no longer element out 40 5 years from now. i exchange into born after the two Marilyn and James Dean have been lifeless (and that i will wager the comparable is genuine for you), yet all of us be conscious of who they have been. human beings born in the present day will in all probability have not have been given any theory who Heath Ledger exchange into. he may be extra beneficial like Robert Walker, who i'm going to wager optimal toddlers in the present day have by no ability heard of.
2016-12-12 04:13:18 · answer #6 · answered by marianna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Porsche.
2006-09-07 04:05:34 · answer #7 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Porche
2006-09-07 04:16:00 · answer #8 · answered by irish_yankee51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a Porsche Spider
2006-09-07 04:06:42 · answer #9 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spyder
2006-09-07 04:02:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋