Shane McGlaun - May 22, 2021, 12:42pm CDT
When it comes to big-time actors from the 60s and 70s, one of the biggest was Steve McQueen. McQueen was in some of the most iconic movies from the period, including classics like “Bullitt” and “Le Mans.” The incredible 1970 Porsche 917 K in the images here will look familiar to any fans of the film “Le Mans” as a car featured heavily in the race footage.
The 917 K racer has a flat-12 cylinder air-cooled engine that could push the car to speeds of over 230 mph. In its day, the car was a standard for performance in endurance sports car racing and was dominant over three seasons of World Championship racing. This car is chassis 026 and was constructed as one of three 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race entries for the JW Automotive Engineering / Gulf Racing team.