{"id":131840,"date":"2022-03-02T22:23:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/uncategorized\/sliding-on-the-ice\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T17:22:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T15:22:54","slug":"sliding-on-the-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/sliding-on-the-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sliding on the ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The garage of the &#8220;King of Cool&#8221; was filled with some of the most extraordinary and unique automobiles of the period. The garage housed various engines and other motorized creations, including the well-known Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso, Ford Mustang GT 390 &#8220;Bullitt,&#8221; and Jaguar XKSS. The Meyers Manx Dune Buggy was one of them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104886 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-l1110352_0-1-e1646220266334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-l1110352_0-1-e1646220266334.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-l1110352_0-1-e1646220266334-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-l1110352_0-1-e1646220266334-600x553.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His story began in 1968, when he appeared beside a Rolls-Royce and a Ferrari 275 NART Spyder in one of McQueen&#8217;s most renowned films, &#8220;Thomas Crown Affair,&#8221; in the typical sequence where &#8220;King of Cool&#8221; with Faye Dunaway as their co-driver crosses the beach. Despite the fact that a Jeep was mentioned in the script, the protagonist claimed that a buggy would be a better option. Of course, this isn&#8217;t just any buggy; according to Stevie&#8217;s specifications, it was &#8220;fitted&#8221; with a Chevrolet Corvair engine. In fact, he requested an identical one for his garage when the movie ended.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104890 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-The-ICE-l1110670_0-1-e1646220379707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"947\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-The-ICE-l1110670_0-1-e1646220379707.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-The-ICE-l1110670_0-1-e1646220379707-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-The-ICE-l1110670_0-1-e1646220379707-640x450.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Meyers-Manx-restored-The-ICE-l1110670_0-1-e1646220379707-600x422.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was placed for sale by the auction company Bonhmas two years ago, and it recently passed into the hands of the renowned collector Phillip Sarofim. So, after a while, this automobile appeared at the &#8220;ICE&#8221; in St. Moritz, and all eyes were on him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-104892 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gentlemanmodern_274780818_7713417178672276_5537016777835728922_n-821x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"821\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gentlemanmodern_274780818_7713417178672276_5537016777835728922_n-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gentlemanmodern_274780818_7713417178672276_5537016777835728922_n-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gentlemanmodern_274780818_7713417178672276_5537016777835728922_n-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gentlemanmodern_274780818_7713417178672276_5537016777835728922_n-1232x1536.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gentlemanmodern_274780818_7713417178672276_5537016777835728922_n-600x748.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gentlemanmodern_274780818_7713417178672276_5537016777835728922_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photos by Fabrizio d\u2019Aloisio<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The garage of the &#8220;King of Cool&#8221; was filled with some of the most extraordinary and unique automobiles of the period. The garage housed various engines and other motorized creations, including the well-known Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso, Ford Mustang GT 390 &#8220;Bullitt,&#8221; and Jaguar XKSS. The Meyers Manx Dune Buggy was one of them. 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