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Steve McQueen’s Siata
Original Again As
Larry Frye’s 1953 Siata 208S
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The Siata Project
Steve McQueen’s Siata
Is Original Again As - Larry Frye’s
1953- Siata 208 S Spyder
The 1953 Siata 208S you see above is one of thirty-five ever created. Its first owner was Steve McQueen. I did a full body restoration on it in 1992, when Larry Frye owned it.
It was entered in the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance, 1993 in the N-1 Class, Italian Custom Coachwork 1952-1958.
The Grille was not useable so I fabricated a new grille.
Someone had flared all of the wheel openings, trying to make it into a Cobra look-a-like, with a 289 and mag wheels.
I cut the quarter panels and front fenders and re-fabricated everything to bring it back to original.
All new wheel-openings brought this car back to its former beauty.
