Reader Jeff sends in this one:
Steve McQueen's Porsche for Sale
I have no idea what they want for it, but I sure wish I could afford it...A Porsche once owned by the "King of Cool," Steve McQueen, is being sold at auction this summer.
The1970 911 S is itself a veteran of the silver screen, having been featured in the opening sequence of McQueen’s epic tribute to his love of automobiles and motorsports, “Le Mans.” It was used as the actor’s personal car during the filming of the movie in France while he was living in a rented 30-room 15th century chateau. The car is mentioned in book, “Steve McQueen: The Life and Legend of a Hollywood
Icon,” in a passage where the star takes a Hollywood executive visiting the set on a 100 mph ride through the French countryside.
That is all.
4 comments:
Personally, I would take the mustang from Bullitt.
A Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT 390 Fastback was the car of choice for Steve McQueen's character in 1968's Bullitt. Lieutenant Frank Bullitt chased a black Dodge Charger R/T driven by suspected murderers through the streets of San Francisco in what is considered one of the greatest chases ever caught on film.
According to the current issue of Excellence a '70 S in excellent condition ( assuming you can find one) is worth about $45,000. Add the McQueen provenance to that and figure it might bring $ 70 to $100K depending on who's bidding.
....I owned a '72 S ( 2.4 Liters as opposed to 2.2 and another 10 HP ) in the late 70's and drove it all over the western US. It was a great car -- all the horsepower was between 4,000 rpm and the redline.
OTOH An early "S", and particularly that one, is destined to always be a "Garage Queen". For less than $30K you can buy a nice used 996 with 50% more HP, airconditioning that actually works, and 160+ MPH, that will still run track days all day long with only regular ( OK -- expensive) maintenance.
It's a Volkswagon on steroids... I'll pass :-) Now the Bullitt car- THAT is a different story! There were actually four built for the movie, and apparently only one actually survived the making of the movie.
Nobody who has ever driven a 911 would call it a "VW on steroids".
I had some serious time in an '84 (turbo-look) 911. Still all manual on the brakes and steering - nothing I have driven since has come close for feel or handling. Your connection to the road was absolutely direct. That air-cooled flat six was a monster – and we humiliated many a Mustang and Camaro with it in a straight line. In the corners they didn’t even try.
It was everything a sports car should be.
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