That car was also used extensively in the film “Le Mans ... McQueen car into the stratosphere. Will it hit McLaren F1 or Ferrari 250GTO numbers? We’ll know next month. Mecum Presents: Steve ...
Steve McQueen’s Porsche 917K hero car from Le Mans, Chassis No. 917-022, is heading to auction this week in Kissimmee, ...
After leaving West Germany in 1970, it was purchased by Hollywood’s rebel, Steve ... McQueen wanted to not only produce a film about the world’s greatest endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le ...
The 917K serial number 022 was purchased new from the Porsche factory by McQueen himself, Mecum says, and from thence McQueen ...
Widely regarded as one of the greatest racing cars of all time, the Porsche 917 was the brand’s weapon of choice for conquering endurance racing—and conquer it did. With its help, Porsche snagged its ...
One of Jerry Seinfeld’s closest friends, and “The Soup Nazi” writer, Spike Feresten, found Steve McQueen’s Porsche 917K ...
“The King of Cool” doesn’t even begin to describe ‘60s leading man Steve ... (McQueen and Siegfried Rauch) meet at the most rigorous competitions of them all: the 24 Hours of Le Mans ...
one stands out fenders-and-roofline above all others—the very Porsche 917 owned and driven by Steve McQueen in the racers’-favorite movie, Le Mans. The auction, which runs from January 7-19 ...
No, it’s the auction of the ex-Steve McQueen, Jerry Seinfeld Porsche 917K – the “Hero Car” from the 1971 film “Le Mans” and one of the most recognisable race cars in all of history.
It won’t be the only movie car going under the hammer. One of the Porsche 917s used for the Steve McQueen iconic movie “Le Mans” will also be sold in Kissimmee.