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Paul Bannister has written that Seinfeld's collection includes Porsche 911s from various years, 10 Porsche Boxsters each painted a different color, and the 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, the same model and pearl-grey color of the car James Dean was driving in his fatal crash. [128]
Hollywood actor James Dean was killed at the age of 24 in an auto accident on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California.He had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when he was involved in a car crash at the junction of U.S. Route 466 (US 466, now State Route 46 [SR 46]) and SR 41.
The Porsche 550 is a mid-engine car with an air-cooled four-cylinder engine, following the precedent of the 1948 Porsche 356/1 prototype designed by Ferry Porsche. The mid-engine racing design was further developed with Porsche's 718 model; its advantages led to it becoming the dominant design for top-level racing cars by the mid-1960s.
Dean purchased his first Porsche, a 356 Super Speedster, in 1955. After competing in three California races, he bought a second Porsche, a 550 Spyder, later that year.
Sure, the '55 Porsche 550 Spyder was renowned for its futuristic appearance, but what cemented it in car history was the part it played in the death of actor James Dean — he infamously crashed ...
On Sept. 30, 1955, Dean — described by The Times as "one of Hollywood's brightest new motion-picture stars" — sped through rural Kern County in a silver Porsche 550 Spyder nicknamed Little ...
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 ...
The comic car lover sold the purported 1958 Porsche 356 A 1500 GS/GT Carrera Speedster at a March 11, 2016 auction on Amelia Island, Fla. dedicated to the “Jerry Seinfeld Collection” of cars.