James Deans transaxle out of crash for sale, documented, its at 100K
couldnt get to download go to BAT qand search transaxle
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This is pure madness https://bringatrailer.com/listing/gearbox/
Expensive reminder of an unfortunate event that killed a guy who made a couple of movies.
This reminds me a bit of a house I recently saw for sale. Multiple people were murdered in the house. I don't think I would want to live in the house and I don't think I would want to have the transaxle.
Some folks have too much disposable cash laying around.
I got some beach front property located in the Wet Tortuga's if anyone is interested.
I imagine it is destined to become a piece of garage art for some rich guy. Heaven forbid they should veer put it in a car. Every car that has ended up with a piece of Dean's wreck has also been wrecked - or so the old wives' tales say.
Genetics
The way some of the auctions have been going couldn't someone just build a new car around that piece of documented original car and call the whole thing original and get 5 million for it?
Kind of like the original axe George Washington chop down the cherry tree with with the replaced handle and head ..
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But the shroud the transaxle was wrapped in is still very reasonably priced.
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The shroud of Dean? Getting biblical are we?
One square inch pieces of it are for sale on ebay.
@Panhandle Bob posted:One square inch pieces of it are for sale on ebay.
come on R U jerkin us or what..
I wouldn't do that to another Bob. Square inch pieces of the Shroud of Dean, the tarpaulin that the transaxle was wrapped in lo so many years ago! Heck, you get a letter of authenticity signed by someone from the family of the farmer he crashed into.
They also have little bottles with a dab of the grease from the transaxle in them suitable for wearing on a necklace.
@Panhandle Bob posted:....
They also have little bottles with a dab of the grease from the transaxle in them suitable for wearing on a necklace.
and for all the young Dudes, axle grease suitable for wearing in your pompadour!
@americanworkmule posted:and for all the young Dudes, axle grease suitable for wearing in your pompadour!
...a little dab will do ya! 
@Panhandle Bob posted:Expensive reminder of an unfortunate event that killed a guy who made a couple ofbad movies.
Fixed it.
Thanks Stan!
I was not impressed with his "less is more" portrayals and all the petulant moodiness. He took Lee Strasburg's Actor's Studio methods to new lows, not highs. Just my opinion, not worth anything but to me.
He did like cars though!
James Dean was a poor man's Marlon Brando, only without the talent.
I like cars too, and don't have any talent either. Perhaps one day, they'll sell shards of the car I die in as trinkets for other talentless rich guys.
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@Panhandle Bob posted:.
...He took Lee Strasburg's Actor's Studio methods to new lows...
I wonder if the dude selling the transaxle is asking himself what his motivation is.
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He is in pursuit of something.....he must cleanse his soul of the torment that comes with glorifying a tragedy.....he is torn, depressed....but, there is the money that will somehow help him forget and buy a new Porsche.
@MusbJim posted:...a little dab will do ya!
@Panhandle Bob posted:They also have little bottles with a dab of the grease from the transaxle in them suitable for wearing on a necklace.
I don't want Dean grease or Brylcreem. I'm a Dapper Dan man!
@Stan Galat posted:James Dean was a poor man's Marlon Brando, only without the talent.
I like cars too, and don't have any talent either. Perhaps one day, they'll sell shards of the car I die in as trinkets for other talentless rich guys.
If it happens in the limo then there will be A LOT more shards to sell ergo more money to be made. Drive wisely President for Life of Stanistan.
@Lane Anderson posted:I imagine it is destined to become a piece of garage art for some rich guy. Heaven forbid they should veer put it in a car. Every car that has ended up with a piece of Dean's wreck has also been wrecked - or so the old wives' tales say.
Im not really superstitious, except for the “find a penny...” thing, but there’s no way I’d want anything to do with that trans. Bad things have happened to every person that had anything to do with that car.
@Stan Galat posted:James Dean was a poor man's Marlon Brando, only without the talent.
I like cars too, and don't have any talent either. Perhaps one day, they'll sell shards of the car I die in as trinkets for other talentless rich guys.
The people of Stanistan will line up to buy your shards in droves.