James Dean 9/30 Hollywood Photo Op

[TRE Cup]

Hey all , it's Maltese Falcon- just using TRE Cup's handle- my service is down.
Friday the 30th of Sept. is the 50th anniversary of the James Dean crash. He left L.A. from 1219 N. Vine St. Hollywood that morning . That was the former site of Competition Motors (John von Neumann) which is now a construction project. I've set up that morning with the construction supervisor (Jan) to give us a 15 minute "Drive up and photo-op ", so anyone in the area in a Porsche should get down there. Bring a camera ! You want to enter LaMirada St. properly (from Cahuenga Bl.) at 8:15 am- facing east. Cahuenga is one block west of Vine St. DO not enter LaMirada St. from Vine St. it is too narrow ! We will then take some photos ( a 50th only happens once), and depart at 8:30 am. This is next to a construction site, so please respect the contractor, the parking on LaMirada is also "No parking anytime", I think 15 minutes should be OK. After 8:30 the big trucks roll back in, and we must be gone !
LaMirada St. is one block south of Fountain Ave. and one block north of Lexington ( 2 blocks north of Santa Monica Bl.)

[72targa]

Documentary tonight...

[jkeithtalbot]

Also on TV this week:

Behind the Headlights "James Dean's Dark Destiny" The tragedy of actor James Dean and his 1955 Porsche Spyder 550 became instant flag bearers for a generation.

Speed
Fri 9/30 11:00 AM

[Type911]

Documentary tonight...

Watched this doc. last nite. Thanks for the heads-up.
Interesting program. Having never been to the crash site, I was surprised to
see it still rural after 50 years. Vintage Spyders was listed on the credits.
Was not thrilled with how they referred to the car as a Porsh

You think someone would have clued the investigators in on the correct
pronunciation of Porsche.