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Old 07-20-2011, 05:45 PM
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Saw it in town....



Question is original or replica?

Nice in any case...

The car that James Dean crashed in.
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Old 07-20-2011, 05:55 PM
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Chances are 99.9% it's a replica.
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Old 07-20-2011, 06:42 PM
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Nice find Phil ... replica or not.

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Old 07-20-2011, 06:46 PM
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#130/"Little Bastard" - James Dean's old number on the Spyder in which he was killed.
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Were Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and Jackx Ickx driving it?
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Based on the finishing of the air ducts next to the signal lights, I'd say replica. As others have said, it doesn't matter much as the replicas are quite nice and far from a VW Beetle with a body kit.
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Originally Posted by goofballdeluxe
Chances are 99.9% it's a replica.
Yup.

Still looks bad-***, though.
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Old 07-20-2011, 09:31 PM
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i LOVE those cars. Saw one at Road America this weekend
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Replica....Front air "ducts" are dead-ends, windshield isn't quite right and fit/finish is much to precise.
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I love these things...I'd suggest replica too because if you had a real 550, you probably wouldn't paint it to look like the 130 of Dean...but many, many replica's have this paint.

cool car though. I will owe one someday.
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