Our Man McQueen fettling his Triumph TR6 prior to taking part in the 1964 International Six Day Trials ISDT. A true test of rider and his machine.
Rider 278 working on his TR6
November 6, 2011
The Sand Pebbles
A McQueen film from ’66 was The Sand Pebbles; seeing him play a gunboat engineer, Jake Holman, parolling the Yangtse River in the twenties amidst the turmoil of a chinese revolution. He received his only Oscar nomination for this role.
Here’s a great shot as the actor relaxes with co-star Richard Crenna, who played the ‘boat captain. Steve atop a fresh loooking Triumph, Crenna a rickshaw.
October 27, 2011
Triple Cool
What could be more hip than these three tootling about the set of The Great Escape on this German Rig. McQueen ‘Hilts’ driving; Garner ‘The Scrounger’ pillion and Coburn ‘Sedgwick’ sitting lazily in the chair. Director John Sturges looks on.
October 21, 2011
Mustang Driver
Last weekend our trip to Upstate NY was meant to be taken driving about in a Mini Cooper Convertible; true Michael Caine style! However the rental place was out of them 😦 Not to worry, they had as an alternate a Black Ford Mustang Ragtop… what could we do? I had to take it, then I could be McQueen-bound a la Bullitt careening around the streets of Manhattan and lanes of the Berkshires! Nope it wasn’t as punchy as his ’68 Fastback 390 c.i. Mustang, but I had fun on the curvy roads nonetheless!
October 6, 2011
Steve and Mike
Looks Cool lacin’ his boots up! Clean Triumph and Mike his Malamute hound sniffs around too.
September 8, 2011
Everyday Cool…
It’s been a while since we’ve had a bit of the King of Cool, Mr. Steve McQueen. Here’s a couple of Triumph-centric shots: one with a great T-shirt; probably quenching a dry thirst after a ride in the desert; the other pushing his moto around some film lot, shades & hanging fag seal the deal.
August 11, 2011
Banksy
Saw this on Ride the Machine blog today, just HAD to add it here, an adaptation of a McQueen jump aboard the Great Escape Triumph… .. looks like a sprayed mural about 6′ high or so.
… here’s original graphic:
June 28, 2011
Field of Dreams…
A McQueen fix, here’s wor Steve looking on at the ISDT rides quarantined from the riders pre-race. His is the one in front no doubt “278”. Pensive before the six days ahead!
May 29, 2011
Great Escape movie poster
A week of Steve McQueen and The G.E. is closed off with this super narrow movie poster with the bike jump taking ‘center stage’, the black and white with turquiose highlight is cool too.
May 28, 2011
McQueen modelling
One last model kit featuring Hilts on his bike is this small diarama showing him in full posed evading capture.
Simple assembly but a good paint finish would be essential.
Plenty of images to reference too!
May 27, 2011
Hilts rides again…
Keepin’ the theme going, here’s a 1:6 scale action figure and bike of Hilts on a german bike. Well padded leather flying jacket and small baseball glove. All it needs is a ‘Cooler’ diarama as well as a fence jump ramp!
Oh to be a kid again!
Now if they added the revving motor of an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle…. too much fun!
May 26, 2011
A Model Escape
Here is an accurate 1:12 model of the bike used by Hilts to escape the Germans and the Stalag Luft. Actually a Triumph TR6, painted and detailed a little to replicate a wartime BMW R45 bike of the time; probably its because this is the model Steve and his pal Bud rode to great effect across the SoCal dessert. Nevertheless it is still one of the most classic bike scenes in ANY movie!
Below: a replica built for the Imprial War Museum exhibition on the G.E. in 2005/6 – A 1960 T110.
May 23, 2011
Parfum de King of Cool
Steve McQueen fragrance should embody the timeless elegance, charm and mysterious character of the man who inspired it, both tough and sensitive, handsome and mysterious, melancholic and mischievous … This is a fragrance that reflects the man whose appearance set the standards of masculinity and elegance.
Steve McQueen perfume was launched on 20th September 2010 as 100 ml EDP. The perfume is available in collectable limited edition box at the cost of $190 or 140 euros.
April 23, 2011
Salute
A great image of “Da Man” in Le Mans garb prepared in great artistic fashion by Conrad Leach. Super…
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