McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon | Matt Stone

McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon | Matt Stone | The King of Cool

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	McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon Matt Stone Motorbooks, 2007 - 176 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Nearly as cool as McQueen himself

Great book, and a terrific research effort by Matt Stone in compiling all this information on bikes and cars and McQueen. My favorite parts:

Lots of great "behind the scenes" information on McQueen's top cars (the XKSS, the Porsches, the Lusso), and some items I didn't know about his lesser known collections. I disagree with the others about the detail and pix; Stone has done a heroic job of gathering a mix of hard-to-find photos, press clippings, and stories about these cars, even hunting down and getting details from reluctant owners. Unless you are a hard core McQueen collector, finding this amount of information is tough, not to mention the current status of McQueen's top cars. Plus some great, never before seen pix from the family's private collection.

A great effort, an entertaining book, and some great stories about an icon in movies and motorsports (and I thought I knew a lot about McQueen).

Now, if I could just get a few minutes of time in the XKSS...ahhhh a guy can dream, right?

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The King of Cool

There are a few Hollywood legends known for their love of fast machines. All of you motorheads out there (and there are millions of you!) know about James Dean, Paul Newman, and Jay Leno. In my opinion Steve McQueen's love for REALLY fast machines eclipses that of all the others in the sense that he not only surrounded himself with some of the most desirable and now legendary cars and bikes ever, but they frequently took center stage in many, many of his equally timeless movies...."On Any Sunday", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "The Great Escape", "Bullit"(I still get a bit queasy watching that one), and of course the mother of all racing movies, "Le Mans".
This book documents the way he LIVED that life. It is impeccably researched and laced throughout with photographs and endless tidbits all documenting his collection, how it was acquired over his lifetime, and it tells of his love not only for those machines, but his of driving(and riding).
It is a wonderful resource for documenting bar bets as well. With this at hand you'll never lose a bet with any of your car-crazy friends !!
Like his well-worn movies that have stood the test of time, I'm sure you'll find that this volume will stand up just as well.
When in doubt....ACCELERATE :~)

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This book has it all

As a fan of cars, motorcycles, and Steve McQueen, as well as a fan of Matt Stone, I couldn't ask for more from a book than McQueen's Machines delivers.

Interested in McQueen More Than 'Machines'

As the previous review noted, this is likely not the book to get if you're looking for a decent amount of detail on the actor/race car driver Steve McQueen's cars. However, I am not a car fanatic whatsoever. The only reason I even picked this up was because McQueen is one of my icons and the cover caught my eye. However, to my surprise, I really got involved in this book! Knowing his car fanaticism but having never looked into it, myself, I found it very intriguing that most of his favorites were actually cars I DO like! This guy could not only drive but he had taste, too(actually, this was really no surprise to me, now that I think about it)! As the other reviewer comments, one can probably locate a number of the photos online, but this makes a GREAT coffee table book! I LOVE IT! However, I agree, again, that this recommendation is actually for McQueen fans more than just car afficionados.

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