The Route 66 Vintage Iron Motorcycle Museum in Miami, Okla., is selling its memorabilia of late actor Steve McQueen, including its 1971 Husqvarna motorcycle.
The motorcycle and a bunch of trophies that McQueen won in races, a racing trunk, and his antique furniture will be auctioned by Bonhams & Butterfields in Carmel, Calif.
But this doesn’t mean the end to Vintage Iron. Chris Martin at the museum said in an email:
We are looking to go in another direction here at the museum. We are focusing on starting a Motorcycle Daredevil Hall of Fame room as well as improving our vintage motorcycle museum. We started out with on room and have expanded to 3 rooms. So the museum is really growing and looking better than ever.
The museum already owns a bunch of memorabilia from the king of motorcycle daredevils, Evel Knievel:
We have several Items that were owned by Evel including his personal set of x-rays, his childhood drawings (he was a very good artist), the shirt he wore on Dean Martin’s celebrity roast in 1975, his personal 1959 high school yearbook, His Montana Hall of Fame Plaque, just to name a few. We are currently working on getting an American Eagle bike he jumped with in the early 70s. Oh yeah and we are restoring his Super Van that he used at Snake River Canyon.
The museum also includes items from Robbie Knievel, Putt Mossman, Johnny Hall, and Trigger Gumm.
(Photo courtesy of Route 66 Vintage Iron Motorcycle Museum)
That’s too bad. I’m glad I have a picture of it.
This place is great!!!
Glad I got to see it last year.