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Fairmount Indiana, home of James Dean. The 50th Anniversary,and Remembering James Dean Days is one large event that last a few days,with one of the largest custom rod car shows. It was a great time to be had,with 550 Little Bastards driving around in town. Fairmount is awesome if you are into James Dean, and want to hear Dean stories from real friends of James Dean. The photo below is a 550 spyder relica owned by Vic Bent,and shown driving with a James Dean look alike during the parade.
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Hey Jim, you could take off the flamesuit, and you are right. Owners of Spyder replicas should be more creative and come up with their own graphics that say something about themselves, that's what James Dean did. I guess the 130 stood for top speed of the 550,and Little Bastard was a nickname given to him by some director from the movie Giant. I have to say,after all that it was very cool to see the Spyders painted like the Little Bastard . There were three 550's there, one was from the James Dean Gallery in Gascity just north of Fairmount,second one from New York inwhich Vic Bent uses the car for special events like this James Dean Event, and the third Spyder was used as a display for the Fairmount Museum,but to also talk about aluminum body replicas that Marvin Simms from Ohio will be building for customers who could afford them. I think the graphics on Deans 550 had a very good design,that was clean and did not distract from the shapes,and seeing the three 550's it still looks great 50 years later today. I was hoping to see a Indian Porsche Club there,but I guess the Hot Rodders feel they have more in common with James Dean. James Dean was a true Porsche crazy guy, with owning two in his short life. |
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