this is hard, a tribute site. First, I honor Jr Bonner and Soldier in the Rain as reflective films he could do so well. Preston was a fine actor in All the Way Home by Tad Mosel and in Dark at the Top of the Stairs from 1960 of course being the Inge play about small towns tearing people up as Rosalind Russell showed in Picnic, with Susan Strasberg showing Cliff Robertson that is so. Lee Remick brought realism to McQueens role in Baby the Rain must Fall, but then she was of Sondheim musicals as Anyone can Whistle. The Reivers was another fine film with McQueen as the guiding light to a kid with Rupert Crosse aiding, in the wonderful area 3 hr east of here in north MS; hard as the book was by Faulkner of course. Second, I honor his time as a MM in the hole; I was a MPA and EOOW in the Navy for ten years over such and with such sailors, Sand Pebbles shows his innate bond with machinery. Third, I know the details of LeMans difficulties. We are of SCCA E Production cars- Alfa Romeo and ARA Northern California for decades, passed tools to Follmer with the Boss 302 Mustang and his guys just to help. I had a real XKE coupe from 1965. It did go 150 mph on San Pablo Dam rd east of Berkeley one am in 1984. Altered the found 60 356 roadster posted online, price of it for $147 and it got the Andial big bore in it etc before going off the road, I was left in mid air in 90. McQueen had trouble filming, his 917 was barred, the 908 film car etc. We read of his Sebring sensation in Road & Track when Ron Wakefield was tech editor. Memorized those issues; dad subscribed since 1953. Fourth, the stunt jump in Great Escape we all know, I being 8 in grade school then, electrified motorcycle sales worldwide. That is still wonderful and boosted the sport. But Nieles book we all know notes the smacking of her in France in 70. This is not the site for the divorce but Garners autobio Garner Files often notes McQueen and Bronson were real asses to work with on film and off. Coburn was ok, he insists. Sounds right, humility. I too want to note Friedkins interview about the Bullitt staging team re the French Connection car chase- one take, 60 blocks up to 90 mph in Brooklyn, no stuntmen but one in the other car, Friedkin with the camera behind Hackman, its all online, same film crew. These are counterbalances to the fawning on this site. Returning to the cars and mcycles that many men want to have his to be virile, the Dodge Charger although nice looking and well selling, is the 17 feet of my 41 Pontiac Torpedo and 700 lb heavier than mines 3145 lb. NASCAR racing had to fill the rear window cavity etc to make them hold the track at a real 200 mph up to 1970 but they won six races as the Torinos won 29 in 1969 with the 429, all online to read. I had a model of the Dodge and like many kids, inhaled the film in SF as we grew up in Belmont south of the city. Wed inhaled Goldfinger for the same reason- gearheads as we had a sports car on the side for years etc. The current Dodge Challenger is approx two tons, imagine what weight drops do to speed, the track has proven so. Seeing the machines on this group is neat, he did fly and it might have been a PT-13 depending on the radial engine (my granduncle was Bert Kinner who designed the K-5 and R-5 radials for Fleet and Ryan, another ancestor patented Babbitt bearings on my grandfathers ancestral branch) based on our time with the yellow Fairchild 22 you see online, we owned 1963-65 in Antiq Airplane Assn and knowing the Reid family in San Jose- the plane was kept there and at Schellville when Wally Reichelt ran it. McQueen was an interesting guy who liked speed and machines. Cant tell about the philosophy, anti hero as Niele knew more on that. She was intelligent and caring. We brothers are on speed motorcycles due to McQueens boost when we were young. That is surely a heritage; Charter on Nortons, Husqvarna 360, then GSXRs and I on some YZFs since. I had a 68 Mustang coupe set into DuPont SC9 with a 302 from the wrecker for $200 and an Offy intake with headers, that is McQueens love of racing in there. I tested a Ducati 748 at Scuderia West in SF when Don owned it, idea to ride it some on the side, Charter is testing a 998 now after buying a SV650 at age 60. We hear McQueen calling...
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 21:05:03 +0000
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