It was in this period when both of them became friends and in the 1970s Ekins restored the Triumph bike for McQueen. McQueen kept the bike until 1984, when he sold it on auction.
This January the `38 Triumph hoped to find a new home at auction, but failed to meet reserve. This bike presents the new era of motors developed by Edward Turner. Whoever the new owner might be, this bike would make him look cool.
Steve McQueen`s acting career went sky-high and this great actor became the actor with the highest earnings in the world.
By the mid ’70’s the British motorbike industry was in crisis but the newly designs of Edward Turner ensured that the Triumph as a brand would rise again.
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