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> REMEMBERING JAMES DEAN DAYS, FAIRMOUNT, PHOTOS OF 550 SPYDER REPLICAS
BEE DRIVEN
post Oct 6 2005, 09:08 PM
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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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post Oct 6 2005, 09:16 PM
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550 Sypder driving in the parade with Dean look alike. This James Dean Look alike lives near me in Michigan.


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post Oct 6 2005, 09:25 PM
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Vic Bent the owner of this great looking replica, was in California on 9-30-2005 making the James Dean drive to Cholame. I was wondering if any Porsche guys out there saw him with his 550.


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post Oct 6 2005, 09:28 PM
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Rear view of the 550.


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post Oct 6 2005, 09:44 PM
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This photo shows the Fairmount Historical Museum ,with another 550 replica on display. This 550 is one of six made by a group of engineers that worked for Studebaker. I will show more of this one later,it was many good details. The Museum is a must for James Dean fans,with many real items of Dean, even a note with how much the 550 spyder will cost after selling the 356,and a bike with the balance of 3,600.00 to pay for the spyder.


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post Oct 6 2005, 09:51 PM
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This photo show the Fairmount Bank on Main Street,in which photos of James Dean were taken with the bank in the background.


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post Oct 6 2005, 09:56 PM
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Vic and his 550.


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post Oct 6 2005, 10:03 PM
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How many times in life do you see two Little Bastards together? Now only if they were aluminum body ones.


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post Oct 6 2005, 10:06 PM
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550 up front.


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post Oct 6 2005, 10:10 PM
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The scale of this car is shown with normal people standing around it.


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post Oct 6 2005, 10:12 PM
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post Oct 6 2005, 10:14 PM
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Side view of this little 550.


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post Oct 6 2005, 10:21 PM
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Front tip view of the 550.


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post Oct 6 2005, 10:26 PM
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The detail on this 550 from Ohio is one of six from Studebaker engineers. The detail around the exhaust is awesome!


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post Oct 6 2005, 11:06 PM
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Long time 550 researcher here....

Here is the most ultimate 550 replica ever created- no doubt... And its getting RAT power..

Here is the coachbuilt aluminum body as it was finished just last week. The customer is from the UK.

(IMG:http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/galleries/mighty/October/rear_side%20view.jpg)

(IMG:http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/galleries/mighty/October/head%20cowling.jpg)

As you can see here this is no old school tube frame as original.. This is a true space frame..
(IMG:http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/111_1192.JPG)


The powerplant is retro custom with Silver carbon fiber abound.. just under 2400ccs of 9,000 RPM revvin power.. We are even installing twin plug heads (Thanks to Len) and its getting every trick under the sun including EFI and direct fire ignition.. a healthy dose of CR and a vengeful cam make it even better..


I do a ton of Spyder engines, but this one has beaten them all.. 1200 pounds and 250 HP!

It'll be seeing time at SPA, Monaco and Leman including a tour to the classic Leman in 2006!
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post Oct 7 2005, 08:07 AM
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Wow - Vic's car even has the driver's turn signal lense missing like Dean's car. That's attention to detail!
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post Oct 7 2005, 12:34 PM
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But he could have gotten rid of those beck versions of the turn signals and got the originals from dario (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif)
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post Oct 7 2005, 07:37 PM
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QUOTE (Jake Raby @ Oct 7 2005, 10:34 AM)
But he could have gotten rid of those beck versions of the turn signals and got the originals from dario (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif)

Hey Jake, great photos of the aluminum 550. Do you have more photos from the side, and front? Please post them if you have more,thank you...Nick
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post Oct 7 2005, 08:25 PM
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A view of Vic's interior.


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post Oct 7 2005, 08:28 PM
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A view of the seats, and firewall of the interior.


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