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According to Lee Raskin, Porsche historian and author of James Dean: At Speed, Dean asked custom car painter and pinstriper Dean Jeffries to paint "Little Bastard" on the car: Dean Jeffries, who had a paint shop next to [George] Barris, did the customizing work which consisted of: painting '130' in black non-permanent paint on the front hood ...
James Dean's last stop before he died in a car crash was at Blackwell's Corner, a gas station in rural Kern County. ... through rural Kern County in a silver Porsche 550 Spyder nicknamed Little ...
James Dean – Kleiner Prinz, Little Bastard aka James Dean – Little Prince, Little Bastard (2005), German television biography, includes interviews with William Bast, Marcus Winslow Jr, Robert Heller. James Dean: Forever Young (2005), narrated by Martin Sheen.
Actor James Dean was one of his early customers, and Jeffries painted "Little Bastard" on Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder. Jeffries recalled the day in September, 1955: "Jimmy knew that I was a pinstriper and had met me through Lance Reventlow and Bruce Kessler. He drove to my Lynwood shop in his new 550 and asked me to paint a temporary number 130 ...
On this day in 1955, Hollywood icon, James Dean, had passed away. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in ...
Rudolf Karl "Rolf" Wütherich (German: [ˈvyːtaʁɪç] ⓘ; August 5, 1927 – July 22, 1981) was a Luftwaffe mechanic and pilot, and later an automotive engineer and racer. . He was the passenger in James Dean's Porsche at the time of Dean's death in a car crash in 19
James Dean at a gas station with his silver Porsche 550 Spyder he named Little Bastard, just hours before his fatal crash. Colavito said he made the discovery last year.
The Porsche 550 is a racing sports car produced by Porsche from 1953 until 1956. In that time only 90 Porsche 550s were produced, and they quickly established dominance in the 1.1- and 1.5- liter classes.