Steve McQueen’s 1970 Porsche 911S

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Full article and more pics at A Continuous Lean


Seeing this, I wonder which current car will age the best ?

 

[Chico2007]

Love those 911's since I was a kid. I NEED one.
Gonna look for a mid 1980's model soon.
Can you say, mid-life crisis?

 

[gnatty8]

wow, that car is just..

 

[BrianVarick]

Porsche's cars change so little you can pretty much bet that their lineup is going to look good forever.

 

[impolyt_one]

love these cars, but I would rather have an '80's LWB Carrera or even a 964 C2 made up to look like one of these.

 

[dganderson]

That's an amazing car. I'm pretty sure it will be out of my price range though.

 

[impolyt_one]

These things were only like $6-7K when they were new back then, though.

 

[Blackhood]

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

These things were only like $6-7K when they were new back then, though.

In 1970 my dad bought his house for £20k.

 

[impolyt_one]

haha. My parents bought a house along the beach in Australia in the late 70's for about $50K - big boom and the houses there are all now just about a milli. So I guess considering that, $7K for a 1970 911 would've been quite a lot. A 240Z was like what, $2500?

 

[Gus]

A friend of mine had one of these. I drove it and didn't like it. They are hard to drive. Yea, I know, thats the way a racing car is supposed to be...blah. blah, blah. But if you want an enjoyable ride get a new Porsche or another car.

 

[Kai]

I would much rather have McQueen's Jaguar

Or his Ferrari (NART Spyder)

 

[epb]

Originally Posted by Blackhood

In 1970 my dad bought his house for £20k.

It used to be said that a new Rolls-Royce was always the price of a middle-class home. My 1966 Silver Shadow was $19,600 new, about what our house cost back then (4 br, 2ba).

 

[xpress]

I've watched the opening scene from "LeMans" too many times to count...
I like that Porsche more, and more, and more...

Give me a 964 anyday... (Call me a minority)
But this thing is absolutely stunning...

 

[akatsuki]

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

love these cars, but I would rather have an '80's LWB Carrera or even a 964 C2 made up to look like one of these.

Why an 80's one? Why not a modern one: http://www.singervehicledesign.com/

 

[impolyt_one]

because the Singer is a turnkey hot rod vehicle that costs about $200K, and I think I can make a 230'ish hp '80's Carrera look like a convincing '60's one for about $50K or less.