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nchs09 · 01-05-2004, 06:10 AM

the 550 spyder is not legal in the streets of the us, so every 550 anyone sees its a replica car.

i just read it, it says that porsche refused to give 3 of them to the us for destruction so they could run emissions test. i thought it was a preatty cool thing to know

corvette97 · 01-06-2004, 10:09 PM

first of al a 550spyder is a ferrari not porsche, and thats a really stupid thing, cuz' they dont crash a finished crash, they use al but with dif. interior

mrzonda · 01-06-2004, 10:16 PM

Actually, Im pretty sure that there is an old Porsche race car from the fifties called the 550 spyder.

deth · 01-06-2004, 10:17 PM

no, he's right its a porsche.....its teh car james dean died in.

Chaos in 1983! · 01-06-2004, 10:17 PM

the 550 Spyder IS a Porsche...it's the one James Dean crashed and died in in. I think Porsche did a good thing...these cars shouldn't be destroyed, they are rare enough...

deth · 01-06-2004, 10:18 PM

good thinking chaos! i guess us 20/21 year olds think alike

corvette97 · 01-06-2004, 10:35 PM

aaaaaaahhhhhhh, i just saw that car once, and didnt knew the name, !!! sorry my bad, but anyway i thought the was talking 'bout the 550spyder and talking about test crashing, but yes the cars is rare and really valuable, like it

BADMIHAI · 01-06-2004, 10:48 PM

Well.....the latest Spider Ferrari that I know of is the 360 spider. The Ferrari is called Spider, while the porsche is a Spyder, with a Y. It's a very nice car! How did James Dean die in it?

deth · 01-06-2004, 11:09 PM

some crazy ass crash in the desert i think...hit a pole...saw a documentary/recreation of it on tlc or discovery channel a while ago.

BTW i think thats what happened..not 100% sure

deth · 01-06-2004, 11:13 PM

"September 30, 1955
James Dean Killed in Car Smash, Aged 24

James Dean, star of the recently released Steinbeck-adaptation East of Eden, was this evening killed in a car crash in California, United States. He was travelling with a friend, Rolf Wutterich, who is believed to have survived the accident although seriously injured. Local police are as yet unsure of the exact circumstances of the crash although it is thought another car was involved.

Dean was driving his newly-purchased Porsche Spyder 550 near Paso Robles, central California and had been given a speeding ticket only hours before. Shortly before 6pm this evening, the accident occurred and he was pronounced dead at the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital later on in the evening. It is believed he died at the scene of the accident within minutes of the collision.

James Dean was born in Marion, Indiana, ten miles north of Fairmount, on February 8, 1931. He divided his childhood between Fairmount, Indiana and California. His mother died when he was only nine years old."

http://www.dailypast.com/showbiz/jamesdeankilled.shtml

Toronto · 01-07-2004, 12:14 AM

i think he hit the back of another car, a wagon, not 100%, and the 550 was a race car so y would it be road legal that is way they are RACE cars, it is legal to drive on a race track in the us

corvette97 · 01-07-2004, 12:28 AM

sad, for james dean, the car looks pretty insecure

Chaos in 1983! · 01-07-2004, 08:03 PM

good thinking chaos! i guess us 20/21 year olds think alike

thanks deth...I guess we do think alike...when I saw the post there was no answer yet, then when I hit the post button, your answer was already there...

spicymustard · 01-07-2004, 08:12 PM

You are wrong about the street legal thing. First of all they never crash tested anything in the 50's. And i am sure you are wrong b/c my dads friend has a real 550 spyder with a lisence place and regestration that he legally drives on the street.

deth · 01-07-2004, 08:19 PM

can we get pix? r u sure its not a replica?