550 Spyder

Its name "Little Bastard" comes from many tragic events surrounding the car, first the death of James Dean when he collided with a Ford on the highway, James was with his mechanic who survived significant injuries but after his recovery, he died in another car accident in Germany.
Shortly after the accident, George Barris bought the car for $2,500 to repair it even though he was told that not only James Dean died in the car, but also the son of the previous owner when a rope from the car arrived at the shop. The crane that was transporting it breaks, letting the car fall on the legs of one of the mechanics. After this, George Barris leaves the idea of ​​​​repairing the car and decides to sell it for parts to recover his money and get rid of it. He quickly sells the engine and the transmission to 2 pilots.

Engine and transmission:
The engine is installed in a Lotus and the transmission in another Porsche that would run in the same category... On the same day and in the same race the Lotus (Engine) crashes into a tree, the pilot losing his life instantly, and the Porsche (Transmission) also crashes, leaving the pilot in a coma.

Tires:
2 of the "Little Bastard" tires were sold to a guy in New York, he was going to use the tires in a race but he couldn't even attend the race because transporting the tires in a pickup truck he lost control of the vehicle and crashed. and he was dying instantly.

During this time, the chassis remained in the workshop of George Barris, who said that he heard strange noises from the car, in addition to seeing shadows in the workshop that stared at the car from different sides while he heard a moan.

Soon the police department, rented the crashed chassis to show it in universities to raise awareness among young people about the consequences of driving at excess speed, While the car was displayed on a stage, a young man who came up to see it stopped. The car fell on top of him, breaking his hips and legs.

After the incident, the car was taken to a warehouse, which caught fire, and the only thing that survived was the Porsche 550 "Little Bastard". After this, the car was immediately returned to its original owner (George Barris).

After this, quite a few buyers of paranormal things came wanting to buy parts of the car, but George Barris wanted to get rid of the car once and for all, selling everything to just one buyer.

While George had the car stored, 2 thugs entered the place wanting to steal the steering wheel and 1 seat of the "Little Bastard"...
It is not very clear what happened here but apparently trying to escape through one of the windows with the stolen pieces, one of them stumbled, getting his hand trapped in a tube, unfortunately losing his hand.

George, after all this, decided to leave the car in a junkyard, however, several people took different parts of the car, such as the axle, differential, gear lever, and other parts that are even in museums, but it is not very easy to know. whether they are original parts or not.