The Reivers, based on William Faulkner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, was a departure from Steve McQueen's typical action/adventure films. In some markets, in fact, the movie is titled Yellow Winton Flyer.
Steve McQueen, whose Solar Productions was instrumental in the production of The Reivers, turned to his friend Von Dutch to construct the movie car.
The Winton Flyer had to combine four-passenger capacity and 1904 appearance with the practical requirements of strength and reliability that the shooting schedule demanded. It was an assignment particularly appropriate to the whimsical Dutch, who applied his peculiar brand of tongue-in-cheek style with his highly developed skill at creating functional mechanical gizmos. The resulting Yellow Winton Flyer looks, acts, rides and shakes like the 18 horsepower 1904 touring car it's supposed to be.
It sold with Bonhams for $100,000 http://www.mcqueenonline.com/yellowwintonflyer.htm in 2006 at the Petersen Museum auction of the Brucker collection
it was built using a car called a Flanders
Most recently, the car was at a car show in Michigan, the Eyes On Design, June 15, 2014 car show at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford estate in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.
http://www.gizmag.com/most-expensive-movies-cars-at-auction/32235/pictures#352
http://blog.classiccars.com/eye-candy-eyeson-design/ photo by Steve Purdy
Is this the same vehicle used in Doctor Who in the 70's?
ReplyDeleteNot that I've ever heard
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