Remember that the Porsche Spyder is all aluminum unibody and a 4-speed manual. Donald Turnupseed’s Ford was steel and body-on-chassis. It’s not known if his was stick or auto. He was stopped at the y-intersection about to veer NE from SR-46 to SR-41 when he saw the glint of silver from JD’s speeding Porsche neared so…

That documentary had many errors. James Dean was speeding when he died. He was going 70 mph, 20 over the speed limit. Rolf Wutherich, the Porsche mechanic, who was in the passenger seat, was jettisoned from the car, when James tried to careen around Donald Turnupseed Ford. It was this emergency slow-down action that…