Obligatory Steve McQueen Post

If you're into cars - especially older racing cars - you're required to idolize Steve McQueen. Period.

Le Mans is probably one of my favorite movies and to anyone who doesn't enjoy racing it would be the most illogical choice imaginable. No dialogue for about the first 30 minutes, no real depth to characters, minimal soundtrack and a very thin plot are usually ingredients for garbage.

However, those things, applied to a historic race along with the vision of a film legend and part-time professional racer lead to nothing but greatness. Le Mans the film consists mainly of 917k's, Lola's, and 512's screaming down the original, non-chicaned Mulsanne Straight. It's glorious - but only for the few who get cars and can appreciate McQueen's own loyalty and accuracy to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Selvedge Yard has posted up a few pics from behind the scenes during filming of Le Mans. As you can see below, Steve is enjoying a day at the track and his #20 917k while Lee Katzin(director of Le Mans) has the most awkward photo of him taken. Ever.



Definitely worth checking out - I hope to be back to normal posting this weekend!

Happy 4th of July!

Hope everyone is having a happy and safe 4th this year! We'll be out for fireworks and family later but thought we should post something entirely American to celebrate the 234th birthday of our great country.

What could be more 'merican than Steve McQueen, an original Mustang Fastback and an original Charger tear-assing around San Francisco? Nothing. So watch this and enjoy the day!

Steve McQueen does the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring...with a Broken Foot

Everyone knows Steve McQueen loves cars and can make great films about racing. However, this quick clip is great - a quick interview with McQueen after a stint talking about driving with a cast on his left foot. Apparently, strapping sandpaper to your cast gives traction enough to make the drive doable. Incredibly, with a co-driver and fellow 'Merican Pete Revson - who also ran in Formula One - the pair came in first in their class and 2nd overall in a Porsche 908/02 just a few seconds behind Andretti's Ferrari 512 for a controversial finish.



Photos credited to The Selvedge Yard and an awesome article they've got posted up from last year. Click here to see the article and accompanying pictures.

Take that Frankie Muniz.