"Little Bastard" James Dean

Superstitions! How often do people scorn to that word. Car as a means of high-risk, often makes believe even the most radical skeptics or fate, or in a higher power. There are categories of good luck / bad luck, is the theory of probability, but it is often impossible to explain some very strange cases that have accumulated already rather big number. Landmark driver's superstition that the car had been in light of the accident, in a heavy does not fall, on everyone's lips. Many give their car affectionate names of their own, defining the floor at once and the nature of the iron horse. Black cat run across the road, motorists can spoil a joyous mood. Pedestrians, of course, such incidents will not cause too joy, but the fate of the car easier to use, rushing at high speed, rather than push the brick with the roof down. Although not a fact. In all areas have their own superstitions. Well, for example, to explain the absurd death of Brandon Lee, son of the famous Bruce Lee died, incidentally, is also a very mysterious death? Actor superstitions say that the dead can not play, and Brandon Lee is just doing it while filming the movie "The Crow", which talked about avenger returning from "the other world." As a result, he was shot in the first scenes of the double colleague Michael Massey. As a revolver during the shooting was live ammunition, unknown until now. Even more bizarre incident happened with the American actor James Dean and his new acquisition, a car Porsche 550 Spider. Dean just was on the rise, the money flowed, and he did not deny myself the purchase of a powerful sports convertibles. To stand out from the crowd, James graced the board of Porsche inscription «Little Bastard» («The little bastard"). Apparently, the nickname of the car did not like. Judging from the further adventures of "bastard», Porsche Spider mortally offended not only by her first owner who caused the inscription, but in general the whole human race. English actor Alec Guinness, first arrived in Hollywood at the invitation of the producers to shoot in the new movie "The Swan". Screenwriter Thelma Moss took him to a restaurant, very popular in the Hollywood environment. Arriving there, they found that there is no space. And then they asked for a table a young, fun and very sociable guy. James Dean at the time was 24 years old. Porsche he bought an hour ago and washed buying a restaurant. Dean invited his new friends to enjoy his silver race car. Interestingly, the actor seriously keen on racing and the car drove very well. Against this background, what happened in what seems even more strange. How then told Alec Guinness: "I felt a wave of evil emanating from the car, and without wishing to say a strange phrase. Now 10 pm, Friday, Sept. 23. If you take the wheel of this car, then exactly one week later at the same time you're dead. " James was amazed, surprised and hurt, sat in a Porsche and left quickly. Not only Guinness scared Spider Dean. Three days before the announced Guinness "hour X» girlfriend actor Dean Ursula Anders, just begged him not to touch the car: "Jimmy, stay, I feel trouble, Do not drive anywhere on this car!" James just laughed. They saw each other last time. Sept. 30, about 10 pm, exactly seven days after the meeting with Alec, Dean drove the race in Salinas and near the California town of Cholame crashed into who left because of the turning black car. Some sources say it was a Ford, Other - Plymouth. The actor died on the spot. Newspapers, radio and television long lamented the death of James, because he made great expectations. It is interesting that a week after the death of actor premiere pictures with his participation under the name "Rebel without a cause", which became famous primarily self-destructive stage races on the brink. Who starred in leading roles actors all soon died, and not from old age. Played an opponent in the race of Dean Sal Mineo was murdered, actress Natalie Wood, who played the girl, because of which took place and the race was lost. Master auto repair shop, George Barris, acquired what was left of Dean's Porsche, in order to use the surviving parts for spares. When broken Spider unloaded in the garage with arrows, suddenly broke the chain, and a pile of scrap metal, which after the accident turned the machine Dean fell down, injuring one of the mechanics. A few days later Barry has set up two surviving tires "bastard" on the other car. During the first trip the two tires burst, the car skidded sharply, and she ran into a brick wall. The driver was left disabled for life. In October 1956, in Pomona, California, launched an amateur racing. A sports car, driven by a surgeon named William Eshrik was installed on the engine «Little Bastard». At a bend Eshrika sports car skidded and the car overturned. The surgeon was badly damaged in an accident, but it's not all. When the car turned somersaults, flying off the track, he came off the wheel which has got into his head a nearby police officer Robert Miller. Miller was hospitalized with a serious concussion. Therapist Troy McHenry decided to do the tuning, and ordered to put on your car Ferrari rear steering knuckles from the "bastard". The race car lost control and crashed into a tree. McHenry died. George Barris in the end decided to revive the "little bastard", hoping for future dividends, because the car belonged to James Dean! Truck, which carried the mutilated body of Porsche, suddenly lost control and overturned. The driver miraculously managed to jump on the move. But he was happy for long. He had only to approach the overturned truck, a body of "bastard" suddenly fell on his head. The driver died on the spot. In 1960, the «Little Bastard», finally restored. The car was completely on track, and participated in the motor show, held in Miami. When Porsche transported on the platform back into the studio Barres, mechanics on one of the stations have discovered that the car was gone. His fate is unknown. The history of "little bastard" remained in the memory thanks to its famous first owner. And how many unknown facts disappeared into the darkness of time! Such cases can make impressionable driver fatalist. The fate of no escape, but there is an old Russian proverb: "Trust in God, but those who help themselves." Here are her best and to be guided, leaving the road.