Steve McQueen: merely saying the name gets people quaking in their boots. The man was a big star, success story, and automotive enthusiast. He epitomized what it meant to be sanguine, emulating that cigarette-in-hand cool pioneered by icons like Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable.

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While he may have left behind the gospel of nonchalance, he also left behind loads of stuff for people to awe and gawk over, from watches to sunglasses to, of course, cars. Just recently, a Mecum auction in Santa Monica, California had up for the bidding a ’69 Chevy Baja truck as well as the above 1952 Chevy 3800 with its custom-built, “Dust-Tite” camper shell. The shell is a story all its own, with a double-sided bed, cabinets, drawers, and a heavy-duty, diamond-plated bumper.

Yet at this auction, only the Baja C10 was able to find a new home for the price of $60,000, as the 3800 was left hanging at a high of $70,000; the gavel never fell. Which is a bit sad when you consider its history: according to Barbara Minty, his last wife, he had bought the truck on a whim in early 1978 from a migrant worker.

Though he was already in poor health with a nagging cough, McQueen used the truck for several cross-country camping trips before his death. What is perhaps most haunting about this truck comes from realizing that this was the vehicle used to deliver McQueen to a Juarez-bound plane in El Paso, in a last-ditch effort to remove the malignant mesothelioma that caused his untimely demise. Creepy.

Whatever the case may be, the truck certainly has a level of intrigue and interest owing to its former owner. Let’s just hope that this information doesn’t dissuade bidders the next time this green gem finds itself up on the auction stage.