The Steve McQueen collection By Dan Kahn The rough howl of a well-worn 650 pierces the morning calm. Then you see him, a steely-eyed rebel sliding around the bend and launching an old Triumph Trophy over a barbed wire fence to freedom. In The Great Escape, Steve McQueen cemented his position as a stone-cold man…
I admit to being a scrounger, cheapskate, skinflint, and hand-me-down king! I have shelves of worn out Triumph parts I just can’t throw away. Anyone out there need a TR3 brake caliper with a ruined hydraulic fixture, drilled out by a ham-fisted mechanic? Or a worn out water pump, or…the list goes on. In the…
On our recent trip to MG ’99 in Vancouver, we were privileged to visit with Peter Welch who has assembled a private collection of MGs—the condition of which has to be seen to be believed! I have seen many collections of automobiles, including other MG museums, but I have seldom seen a selection of cars which have…
