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Originally Posted by 67post3spd
"And "after" accident scene of his death from t-bone collison by full size '56 FORD station-wagon "
Looks to be 49 thru 51 shoebox ford. Mild custom at that.
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Originally Posted by 400 4spd.
Yep, not a '56. The old Ford took the hit well. Looking at the noggin imprint in the windshield I suspect the driver did not fare so well.
In '95 I traveled that road (headed back from Santa Barbara) and saw the area where the wreck happened. From what I remember lots of orange groves nearby and pretty good visibility for that time.
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Originally Posted by U47
That is cattle country and dry farming , and now part of the central coast wine country, though no vineyards in a ten mile radius from the impact site. No citrus at all. Citrus can't take the winter freeze in that whole central coast region east of the Santa Lucia coastal range and west of Lost Hills.
Donald Turnipseed, did not die in the accident. The car he was driving was a 1950 Ford business coupe.
In 1988 I bought my retirement house on the central coast. I retired in 2006. Before I retired I used to drive that stretch to my retirement house from So. Cal. once a month, that was for 18 years! I can't tell you how many accidents I saw at that intersection for 18 years. James Dean was not alone.
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You sirs are correct! Please excuse my error. I do believe I've previously read in a story that it was a '55 or '56 Ford wagon that crashed into Dean's Porche. Obviously those pix show the earlier body style FERD...
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and remember to stay safe and
Edit: "Apparently" as the accident occurred in '55 prolly where I got my wires crossed on the yr of the FERD
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