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 ...
We’ll know next month. Mecum Presents: Steve McQueen’s Porsche 917K 917-022 passed through some pretty prominent racing hands, as McQueen sold the car to Reinhold Joest after production of the ...
‘Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the ... And this was the car. The 1969 Porsche 917K, chassis 917-022, was bought new by McQueen’s company, Solar Productions, before it starred in ...
P ossibly the most iconic and recognizable race car in the history of four-wheeled anything, the Gulf-liveried Porsche 917, owes a lot of its star power to the kind of terrible 1971 Steve McQueen ...
When you combine an iconic car with an iconic paint scheme and add in some movie history, you end up with something truly special.
A huge deal, then. It is chassis 917-022, also known as the Porsche bought by Steve McQueen and which featured in the 1971 ...
To accomplish the task, Porsche prepped five Taycan Turbo models for the film’s stunt shots. One of the vehicles was the “hero car,” a close-up ready stock Taycan Turbo. However, the rest of the movie ...
No, it’s the auction of the ex-Steve McQueen, Jerry Seinfeld Porsche 917K – the “Hero Car” from the 1971 film “Le Mans” and ...