When Husqvarna enthusiast and specialist Rob Phillips picked up this 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross for $1500.00 in February 2008 it was “just another bike” that he planned on restoring, but pretty soon, following the bike’s paper trail, he discovered that he had in fact purchased a bike once owned by Hollywood legend and racing enthusiast Steve McQueen.
McQueen, best known for films such as The Great Escape, Bullitt, Le Mans and The Towering Inferno was the highest paid actor in the world in the early 1970’s.
Rob made the discovery whilst visiting friend Don Ince. Don, also a bike specialist, enthusiast and collector, had in his collection all the accounting books of Edison Dye. Dye, considered by many to be the father of motocross in the United States, was single handedly responsible for importing almost every Husqvarna ever brought into the United States. Searching through the Dye records, Don produced the original invoice and Manufacturer’s Statement of Origin belonging to Rob’s new bike.
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