James Dean's Cursed Porsche Vanished From a Sealed Boxcar. It's Never Been Found.

In 1960, a sealed railroad boxcar rolled into Los Angeles from Florida. When they opened it, the car inside was gone. That car was the "Little Bastard", the silver Porsche 550 Spyder James Dean died in on September 30, 1955. This is the full story: Dean's racing career, the warning from Alec Guinness, the last drive on Route 466 near Cholame, the "curse" stories George Barris told, the National Safety Council tour, the 1960 boxcar disappearance, the Volo Auto Museum's $1 million reward, the 2015 tip from Washington state, the original transaxle found in 2021, and how stunt driver Bill Hickman connects this car to Bullitt. Do you think the Little Bastard was really cursed? And where is it right now? Tell me in the comments. Watch the Bullitt Mustang story next: [paste the Bullitt video link here] CHAPTERS 0:00 The empty boxcar 1:06 James Dean, 1955 2:27 The Porsche 550 Spyder 3:54 Strange warnings 4:35 September 30, 1955 6:45 The curse begins 8:14 Setting the record straight 9:07 1960: The sealed boxcar 10:00 Theories and the $1 million reward 10:35 The Washington lead 11:05 The gearbox turns up 11:35 Bill Hickman and Bullitt 12:06 Where is it now? Subscribe to True Classics for more real stories of legendary cars. CREDITS Photos from Wikimedia Commons as credited on screen (public domain, CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0). Images were cropped, zoomed and overlaid with text. Film trailer frames and studio publicity stills of James Dean ("East of Eden", "Rebel Without a Cause", "Giant"): public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Historical, news and auction photos (crash scene, wreck displays, Competition Motors, transaxle auction, Bonhams, books) credited on screen to the site where they were found; used briefly for commentary and historical discussion. Film stills from "Bullitt" (1968), Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, used briefly for commentary. Stock video: Pexels (free to use under the Pexels License). Music: original instrumental tracks generated for this video with ElevenLabs Music (Eleven Music, paid plan). Sound effects: Pixabay (freesound_community, DRAGON-STUDIO, Universfield, floraphonic, SoundReality, LordSonny). Some scenes are AI-generated illustrations (re-creations of people, places and objects), not real photos of the events. All cars shown are real photos. #classiccars #carhistory #truestory