Drove Up PCH today...
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Originally Posted by AsianGirl007
So I'm driving up PCH today and I see this little silver number in front of me. It was hard to catch up to the guy.
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Maybe I'm spoiled living in Cali cos I saw a lot of nice cars today: Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, etc...and I ignored them all but this one caught my eye. I wish I was able to take better/more pictures for you all. My crappy camera phone was unable to catch the glimmer of sun on the car. That pure silver color is hard to get nowadays. And the guy was hauling azz too, nice to see the car really driven like it should be. Usually they just cruise at speed limit or less. Put a smile on my face.
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Originally Posted by calispyder
I may be wrong but isn't that a Porsche 356, and not the Porsche 550 Spyder that James Dean died in?
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
True....but they are rather difficult to tell from a distance. If you can easily tell them apart you have better eyes than I do. The pictures I've seen of JD's car before it was totalled are quite similiar to the shot that Liz took....even the silver color.
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MMmarshall,
Look at the website referenced and you will see a striking difference. The reason that I am so sure of this is a friend who is a fanatic Porshe collector has a 550 Spyder in addition to approximately 50 other Porsches including a Porsche tractor.
http://www.allsportauto.com/english/...78&zl_idMD=912
Look at the website referenced and you will see a striking difference. The reason that I am so sure of this is a friend who is a fanatic Porshe collector has a 550 Spyder in addition to approximately 50 other Porsches including a Porsche tractor.
http://www.allsportauto.com/english/...78&zl_idMD=912
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Originally Posted by lkirchner
MMmarshall,
Look at the website referenced and you will see a striking difference. The reason that I am so sure of this is a friend who is a fanatic Porshe collector has a 550 Spyder in addition to approximately 50 other Porsches including a Porsche tractor.
http://www.allsportauto.com/english/...78&zl_idMD=912
Look at the website referenced and you will see a striking difference. The reason that I am so sure of this is a friend who is a fanatic Porshe collector has a 550 Spyder in addition to approximately 50 other Porsches including a Porsche tractor.
http://www.allsportauto.com/english/...78&zl_idMD=912
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...james+dean+356
I may have been off one year on his death, though.....and that is where it gets confusing. Some accounts say he died in 1954...others 1955. From these sites, 1955 appears more obvious.
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Drivin' up the PCH is always great!
My homie had a Porsche Speedster that he was going to restore. He got it for like 5g's but the motor was in a crate and the rest of the car needed alot of work. He had to get rid of the car since he underestimated the cost of the resources it would take to restore the thing so he flipped it about 2 yrs ago for 10 g's...came up 5G's but I would have rather he saved money and restored it.
My homie had a Porsche Speedster that he was going to restore. He got it for like 5g's but the motor was in a crate and the rest of the car needed alot of work. He had to get rid of the car since he underestimated the cost of the resources it would take to restore the thing so he flipped it about 2 yrs ago for 10 g's...came up 5G's but I would have rather he saved money and restored it.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Apparantly we're both right...he owned a 356 and a 550....bought them both in 1955. And they do, as you say, look different. Perhaps I confused Spyder and Speedster..it's possible.
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...james+dean+356
I may have been off one year on his death, though.....and that is where it gets confusing. Some accounts say he died in 1954...others 1955. From these sites, 1955 appears more obvious.
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...james+dean+356
I may have been off one year on his death, though.....and that is where it gets confusing. Some accounts say he died in 1954...others 1955. From these sites, 1955 appears more obvious.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by MeanLex
That 356 could very well be a replica (kit car). It's a hugh business especially in California and the Southwest.
I guess it is a possibility, it was very clean.
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Originally Posted by Seize
Drivin' up the PCH is always great!
My homie had a Porsche Speedster that he was going to restore. He got it for like 5g's but the motor was in a crate and the rest of the car needed alot of work. He had to get rid of the car since he underestimated the cost of the resources it would take to restore the thing so he flipped it about 2 yrs ago for 10 g's...came up 5G's but I would have rather he saved money and restored it.
My homie had a Porsche Speedster that he was going to restore. He got it for like 5g's but the motor was in a crate and the rest of the car needed alot of work. He had to get rid of the car since he underestimated the cost of the resources it would take to restore the thing so he flipped it about 2 yrs ago for 10 g's...came up 5G's but I would have rather he saved money and restored it.