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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    05/14/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    Stunning car. Always liked the brown on this. The early 250 SWBs look best in a powder blue or ivory.


    There were earlier supercars, however. The Maserati 5000GT, Ferrari's 410 Superamerica, and Pegaso Z-102 were all just as fast and belonged to the '50s. All of them comfortable tourers.


    The difference I guess is that the Lusso could handle the corners a lot better.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    Brad Pitt is not worthy to polish McQueen's shoes.

    Why in the world would anyone watch that moron pretend to be The Man? You can see plenty of footage of the real deal.

    Hollywood is creatively bankrupt and should be shut down with no bailout.

    As for the car--I'll be back in a minute.
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    Image of akier akier
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    This might be my favorite car on the planet. That being said, I'm most impressed that his car collection never reached critical mass, causing some sort of manly singularity that would smell like Old Spice if anything could escape its immense gravitational pull.


    Come on, this parked next to his XKSS, 911, and all of those motorcycles? Possibly the end of the universe itself.

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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    Oh, one other thought: remember yesterday when many of us were questioning the "greatest automotive FAIL ever" post?


    Well, if you changed the title of this post to "most beautiful automotive WIN ever made", I doubt you would get as much disagreement.

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    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    There is a good reason why I have a pic of this car as my monitor wallpaper. I think it may be the most beautiful car ever made, certainly the most beautiful Ferrari existent.


    Y'all can have the F430's and the 599's. Keep em. I'll just take this one little brown car for my very own, thankyouverymuch.


    Thanks, Pete, for the post and the pics. Lil' Jalops everywhere need to know about cars like this one. Modern supercars are nice and all but they'll never ever have the style, class, beauty and sophistication of a car like this. Could their possibly be a car that is more McQueen?

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    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?


    And to answer yesterday's gushy romantic QOTD: yes, but only for this car.

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    Image of powermatic powermatic
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    But, how does it compare to a 'Mantide'?
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/13/09

    @powermatic: This is way more "man".
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    Image of TheItalianJunkyard TheItalianJunkyard
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    "Lusso" is Italian for "Luxury", not "luxurious".

    And yes, it's the most beautiful road going Ferrari of its age, and probably even to date.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    05/14/09

    @TheItalianJunkyard: Thanks. And here I am using my nonexisting language skills when Natalie speaks perfect Italian. Hah.
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    Image of Von Scotch - Friend of the Adrian Saenz Fanciers Association Von Scotch - Friend of the Adrian Saenz Fanciers Association
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    Weren't all of McQueens cars brown, to be more inconspicuous whilst hooning around back roads?


    I know that he had a bron mini, and may just have dreamt that elaborate plot, however.


    Was it the Ferrari that had the custom Von Dutch glove box?

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    Image of akier akier
    05/13/09

    @VonChristler: I think it was the XKSS that had the Von Dutch on it, although I might be wrong. And that car was BRG iirc.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    05/14/09

    @akier: That's correct. It also had VonDutch pinstriping, which was removed by it's subsequent owner.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    I would only wear a tuxedo when driving this car.


    Frankly, I would be embarrassed to let the car see me in anything less.

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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/13/09

    @Cognitive Friction: brown with black? i think not, sir.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    Years ago, at a car show, I came upon a lovely 308GTS. It was an unusual shade of metallic rootbeer- more brown than red, offset by a biscuit interior. The color was so startling, especially against the verdant lawn below, that I became immediately enamored with the car. I have not seen it, or another in this hue since, but still, to this day, fantasize about it.


    McQueen's Lusso is another personal conquest that I will never fulfill, but boy is it fun to dream. Thanks for the fodder Pete.

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    Image of Steve Neill Steve Neill
    05/13/09

    @Graverobber:



    Is this it???

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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/13/09

    @Graverobber: you're post made me hungry
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    05/13/09

    @Steve Neill: "The Dagger DX. I was beginning to think it only existed in your dreams."


    Here's some trivia for ya: 1) The gold 308 from "Knight Rider" was modified by George Barris, and I think I read somewhere that it was his personal car, and 2) the original teleplay for that episode called for a Vector W2. Apparently, Gerry Weigart had something else to do that day.

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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    You hear that kids? Brown!


    /marge

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    Image of Braff Braff
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    Hey Pete...


    you are good at this here writin' stuff... great read

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    Possibly the most beautiful Ferrari ever. Certainly most elegant.


    McQueen's is stunning. It's very similar to one I saw last year.


    Needless to say, my photographic skills would never match this car.

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    05/13/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Is it purple?
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/13/09

    @Syrax:


    I believe it's brown, but the blue morning light makes it look purple.


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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    05/13/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Very nice! The best thing about it is that it doesn't look like a pampered collection car, although it probably is. Not that it shouldn't, I would Seal-A-Meal it if I had one.
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    05/13/09

    In reply to Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You?
    $2.3m? There's Nice Price one with another unusual color at Fantasy Junction for only $585k:
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    05/13/09

    @Syrax: I was just looking at Fantasy Junction. Would you buy this?

    [www.fantasyjunction.com]
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    Image of SerialThriller SerialThriller
    05/13/09

    @Syrax: So you're questioning the McQueen surcharge?
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    05/13/09

    @Syrax: It McQueen so much breathed on it, it's value will skyrocket.


    And I'm ok with that. My love for my fellow Missouri native is great.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/13/09

    @Syrax: Thank you, I have a new favorite color.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    05/13/09

    @Coriolis Eff: No. Only Series I.
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    05/13/09

    @SerialThriller: It was a little too much IMO. I would go up to $1.5.
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