Review
'There are loads of fascinating pictures and it's a thrilling read from cover to cover' --Auto Express, 1st December 2010
`This book is an essential purchase' --Girl Racer, 6 January 2011
'Packed with evocative photographs, this book about an effortlessly cool car enthusiast is great value' --Classics Monthly, 1 February 2011
'184 pages of beautiful automobiles' --Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, 1 February 2011
For the millions of Steve McQueen fans and all those who religiously watch The Great Escape on television each Christmas, this book is an essential purchase
--Classic Car Weekly
For the millions of Steve McQueen fans and all those who religiously watch The Great Escape each Christmas, this book is an essential purchase.
--Classic Car Weekly
...this is a commendably researched and well-written account...Matt Stone knows his stuff and the archive pics, not least from Le Mans, make this a must-have.
--Octane
A fascinating read...well researched, well written and beautifully illustrated, plus a foreword and plenty of help from McQueen's son Chad. --American Car, May 2011
"His films and film cars from 'Bullet' to 'Le Mans' and beyond are dissected, but the real joy is in his personal collection."
--Car, November 1, 2011
`This book is an essential purchase' --Girl Racer, 6 January 2011
'Packed with evocative photographs, this book about an effortlessly cool car enthusiast is great value' --Classics Monthly, 1 February 2011
'184 pages of beautiful automobiles' --Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, 1 February 2011
For the millions of Steve McQueen fans and all those who religiously watch The Great Escape on television each Christmas, this book is an essential purchase
--Classic Car Weekly
For the millions of Steve McQueen fans and all those who religiously watch The Great Escape each Christmas, this book is an essential purchase.
--Classic Car Weekly
...this is a commendably researched and well-written account...Matt Stone knows his stuff and the archive pics, not least from Le Mans, make this a must-have.
--Octane
A fascinating read...well researched, well written and beautifully illustrated, plus a foreword and plenty of help from McQueen's son Chad. --American Car, May 2011
"His films and film cars from 'Bullet' to 'Le Mans' and beyond are dissected, but the real joy is in his personal collection."
--Car, November 1, 2011
Product Description
No other Hollywood star has been so closely linked with cars and bikes, from the 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback he drove in Bullitt (in the greatest car chase of all time) to the Triumph motorcycle of The Great Escape. McQueen’s Machines gives readers a close-up look at the cars and motorcycles McQueen drove in movies, those he owned, and others he raced. With a foreword by Steve’s son, Chad McQueen, and a wealth of details about of the star’s racing career, stunt work, and car and motorcycle collecting, McQueen’s Machines draws a fascinating picture of one outsized man’s driving passion. Now in paperback.
