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Now a collection of vehicles and memorabilia owned by Hollywood stuntman, motorcycle racer and bike dealer Bud Ekins is going to auction.
Steve McQueen was known for doing his own stunts, but when the producers and insurers became nervous over dangerous stunts such as jumping a Triumph motorcycle over a barbed wire fence for the 1963 war film, The Great Escape, they sent for Ekins.
He also drove McQueen's Mustang in some of the scenes in the famous 1968 Bullitt movie chase.
Ekins died in 2007 aged 77 and now a collection of his vehicles and memorabilia will be auctioned by Bonhams & Butterfields on November 13 at the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA.
Highlights from the collection include cars, motorcycles, personal photographs, trophies, posters, memorabilia, tools and racing jackets, as well as paraphernalia from McQueen, a good friend and collaborator.
It includes several cars painted and pinstriped by famed Ekins employee and now multinational clothing icon Von Dutch and sidecars that were featured in classic films such as The Wild One, The Great Escape and Pearl Harbor.
Highlights include:
- 1905 REO Roadster, painted by Von Dutch
- 1908 REO Tourer, painted by Von Dutch
- 1908 Delaunay-Belleville H4 Double Phaeton, ex-Bill Harrah, painted by Von Dutch
- 1915 Harley-Davidson 11F with Sidecar
- 1918 Cleveland Single
- 1925 Harley-Davidson JD
- 1936 Harley-Davidson VL Police
- 1937 Harley-Davidson UL
