…and Hilts, the Cooler King. Taking on the Germans in his famous motorcycle escape in my favourite film. An ensemble cast topped by the great Steve McQueen.
April 14, 2011
King of Cools bike collection…
Every few years another of the items from the collection of Steve McQueen becomes available. Recently his wax cotton Belstaff jacket from the ISDT was sold for several tens of thousands. This year a motocross is up for sale. A 400cc Husqvarna that rode in the Elsinore, as seen on the great documentary On Any Sunday, as well as adorning the cover of Sports Illustrated. The bids will commence and a hammer fall on no doubt a hefty winning bid on May 14th in Carmel CA, Bonhams will carry out the auction.
Steve with aforementioned bike taking it through its paces across some SoCal sands.
April 3, 2011
Wallace – The Cooler King
One great biker, or rather sidecar driver, is Wallace, who, along with his trusty sidekick pup Gromit get up to all sorts of adventures on their red Triumph hack. One imaginative modelmaker has taken the idea to represent our top motorcyclist hero Steve McQueen in his most noted bike scene, the Great Escape fence jump, and applied an Aardman appearance to him. More cheese Gromit?
Here’s the original duo…
March 22, 2011
Gulf Racing Colors
More and more bikes are cropping up with the sky blue, orange and navy pinstripe colors of the Gulf Oil scheme. It’s the one previously mentioned in this blog being Steve McQueens Porsche appearance in Le Mans.
Michael Delaney: “A lot of people go through life doing things badly. Racing’s important to men who do it well. When you’re racing, it… it’s life. Anything that happens before or after… is just waiting.”
One german garages version of an upgraded Bonneville (mark II 2000 models)
Another with swept back exhausts and racing fairing.
Ducati, orange frame ‘n’ all. Sublime…
The muscular Triumph Rocket Three; a drag strip racer.
September 4, 2010
Steve McQueen an his Triumphs
Hilts in The Great Escape
International Six Days Trial 1964
A Cool roll through London (Mini zooms by behind)
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