Pic of the day

Hawk13

Hawk13

Member
Messages
1,471
Koz said:
My fav actor. ‘The King of Cool’. Rumour has it that he once turned down a date with Ali McGraw because he was too busy waxing his Belstaff.
Click to expand...

I was working in Chicago a number of years ago and sat in a bar watching a baseball game when the guy next to me commented on my Tag Monaco - proceeding to tell me that he sold his when he found out what a (and I'm quoting) "wife beating piece of sh!t" Mcqueen was. When I said I owned the watch because I liked it and not because of the Mcqueen link, he proceeded to lecture me and tell me to sell it until I (not so politely) told him to shut up.

I wasn't aware of his reputation or some of the things he had done.....well worth a read. Especially how he treated McGraw
 
Koz

Koz

Member
Messages
495
Hawk13 said:
I was working in Chicago a number of years ago and sat in a bar watching a baseball game when the guy next to me commented on my Tag Monaco - proceeding to tell me that he sold his when he found out what a (and I'm quoting) "wife beating piece of sh!t" Mcqueen was. When I said I owned the watch because I liked it and not because of the Mcqueen link, he proceeded to lecture me and tell me to sell it until I (not so politely) told him to shut up.

I wasn't aware of his reputation or some of the things he had done.....well worth a read. Especially how he treated McGraw
Click to expand...
Yep he had a bit of chequered past to say the least. I don’t condone violence at all. I just liked him as an actor and his fashion style I guess.
 
MarkMas

MarkMas

Chief pedant
Messages
8,949
Hawk13 said:
I was working in Chicago a number of years ago and sat in a bar watching a baseball game when the guy next to me commented on my Tag Monaco - proceeding to tell me that he sold his when he found out what a (and I'm quoting) "wife beating piece of sh!t" Mcqueen was. When I said I owned the watch because I liked it and not because of the Mcqueen link, he proceeded to lecture me and tell me to sell it until I (not so politely) told him to shut up.

I wasn't aware of his reputation or some of the things he had done.....well worth a read. Especially how he treated McGraw
Click to expand...

Also, I don't really get the logic: "That watch is associated with a bad guy; you should sell it to another person, so they can wear it instead."
 
alfatwo

alfatwo

Member
Messages
5,517
SM's are great cars, mostly mis understood by the less technically orientated
I had the good fortune to blag a new one for 5 weeks back in the summer of 1987
Mr Lister of Listers in Coventry had one with lots of electrical faults
There were no Masers dealerships back then and Citroen didn't speak Italian!

So me and the then girl friend, rocked around the UK most of the summer in this lovely car while I fixed all the faults.
Mr Lister is still around, saw him a couple of years ago at a car show, he still mentions his old SM.:)

Dave
 
philw696

philw696

Member
Messages
25,491
Five years ago I was doing cambelt and water pump on a Lancia and today I'm on a 2CV :)
0_IMG_20160322_141335.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 0_IMG_20160322_141433.jpg
    0_IMG_20160322_141433.jpg
    74.9 KB · Views: 7
  • 0_IMG_20160322_141301.jpg
    0_IMG_20160322_141301.jpg
    76.7 KB · Views: 7
mjheathcote

mjheathcote

Centenary Club
Messages
9,038
Haven't been in a while, was popular at their original location for car rallies in the fields in front.
Their new location not the same and no real area for rallies unfortunately.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.