Used as a support vehicle for Steve McQueen's Baja 1000 attempt, this K5 Blazer is now for sale
Purchased by Steve McQueen in 1969 as one of four support vehicles for the Baja 1000. McQueen's race team added improved front and rear differentials. Now for sale, this two-owner vehicle will cross the auction block at Mecum's Indy sale on May 17. Among American enthusiasts, few celebrities are as legendary and looked up to as Steve McQueen.
Unfortunately for McQueen, the race ended in a DNF, and this was among the vehicles liquidated soon thereafter. The buyer, Bob Bianchi, picked the K5 Blazer up in 1971 after responding to an ad in the Penny Saver newspaper, offering the Blazer to the first person to show up with $1,800 — the equivalent of nearly $14,000 today, when accounting for inflation. He happily used it for a 13,000-mile road trip in 1972, and then as a family car until 2001.
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