Actually, Steve McQueen was quite invloved with the sale of this car. Dave Brown and I were on a three way conversation with Steve McQueen over the condition of the car. You would have had to know Dave Brown to appreciate him. We had Steve McQueen's very private CA phone number and in our conversation, Dave, and there are somethings you never forget, said, "Stevey if this car isn't everything you say it is, I am coming out there and punching you out". This was to the biggest macho guy in Hollywood at the time. Dave and I had a great laugh after getting of the phone. The car was shipped to Miami by boat from France and we went down to the docks to pick it up. I just looked at some old photos I have of it without the top. This car has a Gurney-Weslake head setup. It was purchased from Solar Productions for $7,500. The week after purchasing it, Autoweek did a big spread on the car being cut down to a convertible and Steve McQueen called back and said he would give $15,000 if we didn't take delivery of the car. Dave said NO and the car was shipped to Florida. At 175 on I =4 through downtown Tampa it was pretty stable.
BillK
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