Webthis police photo shows the mangled porsche actor james dean drove in the accident that killed him.

Webrolf wutherich, dean’s friend and mechanic (who had been riding with the movie star) was thrown from the spyder and survived the wreck, but dean was pinned.

In 1955, dean was driving his new porsche 550 spyder in cholame, california.

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While many locals saw dean's mangled sports car.

Webrare photos of the car crash that cut short the life of hollywood star james dean in 1955 will finally see the light of day in an auction next month.

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