Retromobile Auction

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Via : http://mec-mecaniqueetconvictions.blogspot.com

At Retromobile, Porte de Versailles from 2 to 6 February, on the afternoon of Friday is traditionally dedicated to auctions. This year MEC and Brooklands Classic ARTCURIAL involved in the sale offering some motorcycles character from the usual tide of exceptional cars.

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Steve McQueen's California ranch for sale

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The "King of Cool" apparently found a measure of peace in Santa Paula, Calif., where he could stash his collection of cars, planes, and motorcycles, and the locals didn't seem to think it was such a big deal that a legendary movie star was living in their midst.

Steve McQueen had largely turned away from Hollywood when he settled in the town, about 75 miles northwest of Los Angeles, in 1979. Drawn there, according to biographers, by the town's reputation as the vintage-plane capital of America, the tough-boy icon purchased a nearby 15.5-acre ranch (see slide show below) with an 1892 cottage and a 4,500-square-foot hangar that he stuffed with dirt bikes, Indian motorcycles and rare sports cars. Via : www.themovechannel.com

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MEMPHIS BELLE(s)

The Memphis Belle was the first (maybe the only one) american bomber B17 completing all the 25 missions, before to retire.

A part the dramatic facts of the IIWW, everybody of us love the bombers pin-up