Great Garages STEVE SUNSHINE’S CARS: A PASSION, A SCREAM, BLISS
As Steve Sunshine tells it, all of his children have exhaust pipes.
“Cars are a passion, an addiction, a disease,” says the New York native, Scottsdale resident ––and car lover wherever he is. “They are an incurable, wonderful disease that will make you happy, make you crazy, make you scream, sometimes all at once.”
In the seat, it’s man versus machine. “It’s being in control, making the perfect gear change, kicking the rear end loose in a corner and steering with your right foot. No electronics, no radios, nothing. Just me and the car. Ah, blissful.”
He has nine cars in his garages, some of which he keeps at his north Scottsdale home, others in his friend’s “secret shop” in Gilbert, a half hour or so south, where he assists on special projects. The collection represents a half century of automobiles, including 1954, 1961 and 1964 Jaguars, 1964 and 1967 Sunbeam Tigers and a 1994 Jeff Burton NASCAR Rookie of the Year T-Bird which he raced, sold, and has now been reunited with to sell again for its current owner.
With a hardy 106,000 miles, a 2003 911 C4S still revs to 7,200 rpm, and a 1999 F-150 sleeper hot rod truck does
