After the accident, many fans refused to believe Dean was dead. A story circulated that he was still alive although terribly disfigured, and in true urbal legend fashion this tale took on a life of its own.
After the accident the Porsche was sold to a second-hand car dealer who put it on public view (supposedly in support of a campaign for road safety). He charged the public twenty-five cents each to look at it.
Car designer George Barris next bought the car and planned to sell it for parts. When the car was delivered to his yard, it rolled back off the truck and broke a mechanic's legs.
Troy McHenry, a Beverly Hills doctor, bought the Dean engine and used it to replace the engine in his Porsche. The doctor was killed in a crash the first time he took the car out.
Another unnamed doctor bought the Dean transmission. He too was later seriously injured in a car crash.
An unnamed New Yorker bought two of the Dean tires. His car crashed when both tires mysteriously blew out at the same time.
The shell of the Dean car was being transported to a road safety exhibition in Salinas when the truck skidded and crashed. The driver was killed.
Dean nicknamed the car "Little Bastard" - maybe "Christine" would have been more accurate.
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