He was the definition of cool, and his number plate became just as legendary. In the late 1960s, actor and racer Steve McQueen owned a rare Mini Cooper S in the UK, wearing the registration MUC 1 — short for McQueen. The car vanished for years until resurfacing at a UK auction, where the plate confirmed it was his. That small piece of metal told a story words never could.

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