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Chase McQueen by Jonathan Sharp
Photos and story by Jonathan Sharp
Before the Salon Privé show opened to the public I was invited to see the launch of the new Renauld/Steve McQueen Le Mans® sunglasses, an event that included Steve McQueen’s grandson Chase. The photos and captions following the press release below are mine from the launch.
McQueen’s 208-S. Photo by Tony Singer.
Surprised that Steve McQueen owned a Siata? That is interesting enough, but discovering that the young actor affixed a Ferrari badge to the 208S he bought might be even more surprising, and at the same time perhaps tells us about another side of the man himself. We must give thanks to Matt Stone for this information and presenting it in his book, “McQueen’s Machines”, and current owner Tony Singer, whose words constitute the bulk of the story below. In addition, collector Christophe Pund was kind enough to allow us to publish Michelotti’s original drawing of the Siata 208S, which is also supplied with the two volume Otto Vu set, authored by Tony Adriaensens. (read review). If you’d like to know more about Tony Singer, read about him here. Ed.
Peter Greenfield's 8C 35 won the Benny Caiola Memorial Award for Outstanding Competition Car.
NART Ferrari BOS
Story and Photos by Werner Pfister
A Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spyder won Best of Show at the inaugural concours in Tuckahoe, NY! In fact, the most famous of all 10 NART Spyders showed up at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center’s all Italian car show and walked away with the top award. [Read more…] about Westchester Concours d’Elegance September 19, 2010
Photo by Tony Singer.
Surprised that Steve McQueen owned a Siata? That is interesting enough, but discovering that the young actor affixed a Ferrari badge to the 208S he bought might be even more surprising, and at the same time perhaps tells us about another side of the man himself.