
Someone bought Steve McQueen's Chevy Blazer from a PennySaver and now it's worth a fortune
Fox News
Bob Bianchi had no idea what he was getting when he purchased a 1969 Chevrolet Blazer K5 from a Penny Saver ad that turned out to have belonged to Steve McQueen.
The green two-door SUV was listed for sale in a Los Angeles PennySaver classified paper in 1971 for $1,800 and purchased by Bob Bianchi, who was the first to get to the Bellflower warehouse where it was being stored with the cash.
The price paid was about half what it went for new, but the air-conditioned truck featured a few modifications, including a roll bar, four-headlight Jimmy grille, chrome off-road wheels, Positraction differentials and Edelbrock headers for its 350 cubic-inch V8. Bianchi took it home and used it like any other vehicle, even driving it across country, but about a decade ago did a little research into its past and made a surprising discovery.