James Dean Junction seems mythical on approach of a 1950s bygone era of cultural icons immortalized by tragedy.
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Gps Coordinates / 35.7344575,-120.285614
James Dean Crash Site James Dean Junction California VR Famous Locations
Shandon Joint Unified School District, CA, USA
Dean and his personal mechanic, Rolf Wutherich, were involved in a head-on collision that killed Dean 30th September 1955 at the age of 24
Wutherich, who survived, sustained multiple injuries when he was thrown from the vehicle.
Link Location Gps -120.2854759
Gps Coordinates / 35.7342989,-120.2854759
This area has become alot safer and more unreconizable than the poorly maintained junction it is is now today called the “James Dean Memorial Junction” and bares a sign with the name.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -120.28561 / Gps Link -120.2856282 / Gps Link -120.2854957
Gps Coordinates / 35.7343503,-120.28561 / 35.734326,-120.2856282 / 35.7343667,-120.2854957
Later that year, the "Little Bastard" toured national auto shows and traffic safety exhibitions. Legend also holds that the "Little Bastard" mysteriously disappeared in 1960.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -120.2854734 / Gps Link -120.2855741 / Gps Link -120.2848556
Gps Coordinates / 35.7343683,-120.2854734 / 35.7342794,-120.2855741 / 35.7344088,-120.2848556
Many stories about Deans Junctions here have even gone the paranormal route, it's a debate if the car was stolen and scrapped for parts, what's also being debated are what happened to those cars that used those parts many paranormal observers speculating that those parts are cursed.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -120.2853561 / Gps Link -120.2851079 / Gps Link -120.2849935 / Gps Link -120.2848854
Gps Coordinates / 35.7344131,-120.2853561 / 35.7345089,-120.2851079 / 35.7345594,-120.2849935 / 35.7346115,-120.2848854
In 2005, for the 50th anniversary of Dean's death, the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois, announced they were displaying what was purported to be the passenger door of the "Little Bastard".
Gps Coordinates / 35.7344204,-120.284788
Volo and Barris offered $1,000,000 to anyone who could prove that they owned the remains of the "Little Bastard". No one came forth to claim the prize.
Stolen from transit returning from Florida exhibit to Los Angeles saled boxcar empy upon return.
Link Location Gps -120.2856251
Gps Coordinates / 35.7343339,-120.2856251
The "curse" of James Dean's car, the "Little Bastard", has become part of America's cultural mythology.
