King of Cool: Dean or McQueen?

[HealeyRick]

James Dean's Porsche Spyder, "Lil Bastard" was cursed & eventually disappeared under mysterious circumstances: http://www.underworldtales.com/dean.htm

McQueen's cars are on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum.

Dean: 1
McQueen 0

C'mon, what can be cooler than a cursed death car?

Coolness tally:

Dean: 3
McQueen: 4

Except for vvv90, and we all know where he's coming from:

[HealeyRick]

McQueen co-drove a Porsche 908 with Peter Revson in the 12 hour at Sebring ... with a broken foot:


Dean drove a few local races:

Dean: 0
McQueen: 1

Coolness Tally:

Dean 4
McQueen: 4

[HealeyRick]

As bounty hunter Josh Randall in "Wanted Dead or Alive" McQueen carried one of the coolest TV weapons of all time, the Mare's Leg:



Dean's rifle:



McQueen 1 Dean 0

Coolness tally:

McQueen 5
Dean 4

[vvv90]

HealyRick, you might want to check your math again. You gave Dean the point for McQueen driving with a broken foot. Score should be 6 to 3.

But actually my score went up to:

Dean=0
McQueen=1,000,0001

[tommyz]

i gotta say mr dean ,

you gotta love that rebel without a cause '

thats just more my era ,cars were kooler and the times were better

2cent

[Northern Rider]

Did his own stunts in "The Great Escape" on a modified Triumph with no rear suspension.

How cool is that?

[rogue]

Dean died in an autowreck where he wasn't watching what he was doing. A traffic accident. He was the Brad Pitt of the 50s.

McQueen was a racing phenomenon and an all around amazing guy.

Mcqueen takes it.

[HealeyRick]

Sexuality:

McQueen married Ali McGraw:



Dean

Ambiguous

McQueen 1 Dean 0

Coolness Tally:

McQueen 6

Dean 3

(Following the vvv90 correction. Ok, if I was great at math, I'd be am engineer!)

Rick

[HealeyRick]

Music:

James Dean by the Eagles:



Steve McQueen by Sheryl Crow:



I love the Eagles, but this is pretty much a no-brainer

Dean - 0

McQueen 1

[Model 57]

McQueen, no doubt about it. Dean was pretty cool, but McQueen was a driving legend. His motorcycling skills were top drawer too. Anybody ever see "On Any Sunday"?ROFLMAO!!!

Yeah, 'cuz men like Sean Connery, The Duke, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bruce Willis, and other "real men" don't have egos right? hahahaha.

Sorry, but it goes to McQueen hands down, without a doubt.

Dean was a pretty boy punk. McQueen was a real man.

Dean=Brad Pitt=not cool, just "pretty"

Dean=0