Blacktop Chronicles: James Dean's Last RIde

Ride along with precision driver Kira Gurnee from Hollywood to Cholame, California in this tribute to James Dean and the Porsche Spyder he loved. Part of Vehix's Blacktop Chronicles series exploring how car travel shapes the American experience. Filmmaker: Jack Foster

[@victorutu3324]

Kiraaaa you loooook sooo cuteeeee

[@leeraskin]

Nice Tribute... but the last ride was a little different than shown...JD did not go to Farmer's Market...but had donuts/coffee at the Hollywood Ranch Market on Vine Street across from Competition Motors. The route was up Rt. 99. Left onto Rt. 166/33 to Blackwells Corner at Rt. 33/466 ...over Polonio Pass to the junction (not an intersection) at Rt. 466/41..where the crash occured at 5:45 pm PST..no DST as we know it today..actual crash took place at 6:45 pm DST. Lee Raskin, JD historian/author

[@midgetBIL]

how could she be a precision driver with those huge weights up front??!!

[@Tiffany.1970]

Maybe if James dean had a sexy mechanic along for the ride who knows what might have happened

[@wolfsburg7208]

""That cute little Porsche" give me a break. At least she seems to be standing near the actual accident site,(fence with tributes),rather than today's intersection of 41 and 46 which is more symbolic than factual.