Re: James Dean

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

Not true. He was in a mid-engined Porsche 550 Spyder. He was 
approaching an intersection at about 60 miles an hour late in the 
afternoon. There was a stop sign in front of him and another stop sign 
for people turning left onto the road that Dean was exiting. There was 
a black 1949 Ford (I believe) sitting at the stop sign waiting to turn 
left. When Dean came over the rise just before the intersection, he 
found the low afternoon sun right in his eyes. Thus blinded 
(apparently) he could not see a local  store owner named Turnupseed 
turning left in his old Ford. The 550 careemed off of the Ford and hit 
a telephone pole killing Dean outright.

George Graves



On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 10:16  PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:49:00 -0700
> From: "Timothy Leigh Rodgers" <timothy@domain.elided>
> Subject: James Dean
>
> To beat the dead horse further, there is a monument to James Dean 
> close to
> where he died at Cholame-about 25 miles east of Paso Robles on Highway 
> 46 on
> the way to Fresno.  I'm not sure of this part, but I heard his car was 
> a
> Porche Speedster and he was passing a truck-apparently at just the 
> time a
> vehicle was coming the other way.
> 	Timothy
> '71 Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300 Super
> '78 Alfa Romeo F-12 Diesel Van
> '92 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
> '81 Harley Wide Glide
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