Ontario-primarily based LMC is providing for sale a 1952 Chevrolet 3800 camper van at the time owned and driven by Steve McQueen.
When it comes to cars and trucks and late actor Steve McQueen, for most persons the ride that comes promptly to brain is the Ford Mustang utilised extensively in the motion picture Bullitt. In reality not prolonged in the past a single of the two cars and trucks utilised in the motion picture sold for $3.4 million U.S. at an auction.
Of course, the motor vehicle utilised in the movie is iconic and distinctive, which explains the value, but so is rather much almost everything touched by Steve McQueen, an actor recognized for his enjoy of all sorts of cars and trucks. Other autos that belonged to the movie legend have also piqued the curiosity of followers, and the product currently made available by Ontario-primarily based Legendary Motor Vehicles (LMC) guarantees to do just that.
The product made available is a 1952 Chevrolet 3800 camper van that is claimed to have been frequently utilised by Steve McQueen for camping trips throughout the United States. A a single-ton truck, the car or truck was of the product range’s strongest class (the equal of a 3500 High definition product today at Chevrolet).
Auto123 launches Shopicar! All new helps make and designs and all current promotions.
1952 Chevrolet 3800, profile
Under the hood sits a 235 cubic-inch inline-six motor operating with a 4-pace guide transmission sending electricity electricity to the rear wheels. The product is also equipped with radio and… heating. The roof of the rear passenger compartment area is created of galvanized steel and aluminum. This element was not originally equipped by Basic Motors at the time, but after-market place suppliers sold it and it was likely put in after first acquire.
The camper van is equipped with a double mattress, cupboards and drawers, and an observation deck on the roof. 5-gallon fuel cans, two tool boxes and a spotlight for lighting ensured this car or truck was prepared for any eventualities where ever it went.
1952 Chevrolet 3800, interior
1952 Chevrolet 3800, interior, rear
Steve McQueen is believed to have ordered the van from a migrant employee in the late nineteen seventies after looking at it parked on the aspect of the road. It is also likely the car or truck that took him from his home in Santa Paula, California, to the nearby airport on their way to Mexico, in which he acquired his previous most cancers remedy prior to he died of mesothelioma in November 1980.
This car or truck has essentially previously been made available at auction, specially at the actor’s estate sale after his demise. It comes with a certification of authenticity of this sale, signed by his daughter and son, Terry and Chad McQueen. LMC is inviting fascinated functions to make contact with them for details about the inquiring value. We can consider that will be in the neighborhood of a few tens of 1000’s of dollars, contemplating who owned it.
1952 Chevrolet 3800, three-quarters front
1952 Chevrolet 3800, back area
1952 Chevrolet 3800, motor