Thursday, December 14, 2017

Bud Ekins' work truck with his, and Steve McQueen's, desert racers. Lettered by Von Dutch. He worked for Bud at one time, and did a lot of work for Steve, but I've never seen anyone discuss this truck before





the lettering looks just like the work Von Dutch did on Bud's Triumph dealership  http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/03/bud-ekins-famous-movie-stuntman-and.html



Photos by John Dominis, Time Magazine



and there you have every single photo of the Ekins shop truck I can find. 

So, did no one think to save that Von Dutch'd truck? Damn. Probably not. It was probably sold to someone who repainted it, then sent it to the junkyard in the 70s

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/391522-random-transportation-pictures-1189.html
https://selvedgeyard.com/2012/02/25/steve-mcqueen-doin-it-in-the-dirt-triumph-desert-bike-by-bud-ekins/
http://www.triumphrat.net/biker-hang-out/227559-1971-sport-illustrated-steve-mcqeen-6.html
at
Labels: ,

4 comments:

  1. eclecticak5:17 PM

    Mentions Ford truck as painted by Von Dutch..... ;-) http://www.tigerjoe.com/www.tigerjoe.com/BudEkins/New%20Pics%200210/1.%20Bud's%20Old%20Ford%20Pick%20Up%20in%20background%20painted%20by%20Von%20Dutch.jpg
    Bud_Ekins.html

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Jesse7:18 PM

      wow! You just made my DAY! Hell, maybe my WEEK!

      Thank you! I've admired most everything Von Dutch ever did, and I've never seen this photo, in fact, I never even thought to look around and see if there were any photos of this truck on the web.

      Serious appreciation! It's getting harder and harder to find something new to me that Von Dutch did!

      Delete
  2. TTomek4:24 AM

    Hi, Does anyone know who took this photo? Steve McQueen in the back of the truck - I'm trying to track down the copyright owner or photographer, as I would like to use the image commercially. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
    Thanks, Tomek

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Jesse9:07 AM

      I found these images at the links I posted in the article:
      http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/391522-random-transportation-pictures-1189.html
      https://selvedgeyard.com/2012/02/25/steve-mcqueen-doin-it-in-the-dirt-triumph-desert-bike-by-bud-ekins/
      http://www.triumphrat.net/biker-hang-out/227559-1971-sport-illustrated-steve-mcqeen-6.html

      Delete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)