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I am really diggin on Mr. McQeens choice of conceal carry.
Bet thats a handfull.

 

Didn’t Von Dutch build that gun?
Dan

 

That would be a put on your "big boy pants" kind of trip for sure, Alaska ain't for sissys!

 

I'm usually not a fan of brown cars, but McQueen's Ferrari Lusso was gorgeous.

After I saw your post I checked my local library to see if they had a copy of that as an e-book. Unfortunately, the only book by Marshall Terrill they have in their system is an autobiography of Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters.

 

I found my copy of it on a big table at the Portland swap meet about 20 years ago, you might look up the ISBN number and that will give you a lot more information about it.
Good luck, hope you find a copy of it!
The ISBN number is clearly seen in the pictures I posted.

 

https://silodrome.com/steve-mcqueen-designed-baja-bucket-seats/

Man crush from me. McQueen was a man's man and a lady's man. I admire that while he was famous and wealthy, he was in his element in jeans, boots, riding dirt bikes, racing cars, drank good old American beer and would. What's not to like!? On that note, he'd be in my top 5 of "who would you like to have a beer with"?

Had some fun reading up on him.

McQueen was the first choice for the movie Grand Prix, however he ****ed heads with the producer, so Garner was given the job. The two were next door neighbor's in upscale Brentwood. After filming The Great Escape, the two were known to race their Mini's down the street. When McQueen was living in Malibu, his neighbor was Keith Moon of The Who, a 180 of Garner.

I had no idea how horrific his childhood was. After reading his Wiki, I thought thought how fantastic an autobiographical movie would be. Who would/could play the role??...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen

 

One of my favorite movies that McQueen was in, its worth your time!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reivers_(film)

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I was interested in this did a little digging. A good article.
https://silodrome.com/steve-mcqueen-designed-baja-bucket-seats/
Dan

 

A complex man. I wasn't aware of his early years either, no wonder one of his traits both on and off screen was strong will.
Pretty off-topic, but with all the the amazing and revered lead actors over the past century, he is the one held in high regard in this movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Steve

 

Wow hard to believe it's been 26 years since that came out. I'm going to have to watch again to see if it held up.

 

Paul Newman was another one of those famous guys who liked a beer. Back in the day my cousin was racing a Corvette in the same cl*** with PLN, and I was helping crew for him one time at a race at Brainerd. Budweiser was a series sponsor, and they were giving a free case of beer to each team. At one point the announcer got on the microphone and said something to the effect of "any of you racers that haven't picked up your beer yet, you better hurry up - Newman already grabbed three cases for himself." He later invited all the other teams back to the bar at the hotel where he was staying, the drinks were on him. Unfortunately we had already left the track for the night so we missed it.

During the racer meeting I happened to be standing next to Newman, he was a little shorter than I thought he would be, but boy he did have those blue eyes. I could understand why women in the crowd were calling out to him, and then watching him race I could tell why the men wanted to be like him.