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Posted by chief
- November 15, 2010, 18:50:13 PM<LOL>... have you seen the BOOKS section? Steve McQueen is one of 6 books featured!!
Posted by aclone
- November 15, 2010, 16:43:59 PMChiefs on my team the next time I play trivial pursuit.
Posted by chief
- November 14, 2010, 23:25:10 PM<LOL>... problem is... its a 1961 TR6 Trophy... so they musta had time machines too!
The bike was actually ridden by Bud Ekins. And as an interesting aside, in the scene where the McQueen character - Hilt - acquires his ride by knocking a German from his bike with a strung wire, McQueen is actually the German!
While there were Triumph bikes made in Germany before the war, the primary bikes used by the German military during WW2 were Zundapp and BMW - Others included DKW and NSU. But a stray few trumpfs might have infiltrated!
Posted by cochise
- November 14, 2010, 20:10:08 PMWe just had Rememberance Day in Canada, our day honouring veterens. My thanks to all who served, from both sides of the border. All the war related movies have been on tv, and just had to watch "The Great Escape" again. Steve Mcqueen trying to out run the Germans on his bike is a great scene. I read he did his own riding but the producers of the movie wouldn't let him do the jump in case he injured himself it would delay the movie. The movie was so authentic but the bike he rode looked like a 650 Triumph. How could it be a British bike ? A little research showed a German , Siegfried Beltmann started Triumph in Coventry England and later a plant in Nuremburg. Both the German plant along with the Coventry plant were demolished during WW11 . After the war ended the Nuremburg Triumph factory was the first factory back in production. So the Germans on Triumphs is accurate.