Porsche(s) In 'Le Mans' Movie

[BRM]

Someone was wondering about the chassis number well it was chassis 013 a 4.5 litre 917K which was used to good effect by Steve McQueen in the film. In 1970 this car won at Sebring and Daytona and in 1971 at Monza, Austria and Barcelona.

[p9o1r1sche]

Levincer - the model you posted the link to is the one I got off eBay for this project. There may be differences between this car the movie car, but they would be very small. I'll study the movie car when my 911S model is delivered and make note of any differences. The wider headlight rings on the movie car are included in most of Fujimi's enthusiast 911 kits. I'll have to look at the video again, but Kurzheck may be right in that the movie car is a USA version. The USA version has the thicker headlight rings and the tail lights are all red instead of red and yellow, which is typical for Euro and ROW spec cars.

[levincer]

Tanx Again P9o1r1sche, i'm amaze with the level and quality of details i could have with all of you.

I'm French and here in France ebay is not as developped as it is in the US so for me it's pretty difficult to find Fujimi Model, except from HLJ for example.

I will seek it on the web, could you give me the general ebay link you're looking @ in the us ?

[p9o1r1sche]

Here is a link to the Ebay home page. You'll have to go through the menus to get to the models: Toys & Hobbies - models,kits - Automotive - Sports

http://www.ebay.com/

Well, for some reason I cant paste a link here, but you can go to the address. Hope this helps.

[levincer]

Originally Posted by p9o1r1sche

Levincer - the model you posted the link to is the one I got off eBay for this project.

Here is it, i just found it from a man from ebay Hong Kong, $22 + shipping and insurance.

My first purchase from ebay, hope to receive it soon.

Tanx ti all for all the advices.

[godfather23]

Originally Posted by levincer

Here is it, i just found it from a man from ebay Hong Kong, $22 + shipping and insurance.

My first purchase from ebay, hope to receive it soon.

Tanx ti all for all the advices.

Hey, levincer, when you live in France you definately need to check www.ebay.de (germany-ebay). They have a quite a lot of old Porsche kits and I sold my Porsche collection on ebay.de, too (quite over 150 unbuilt kits). Shipping is also quite reasonable (between 8 and 10 euros).

As I recall the movie oic of the 911S, the front bumper is different than the one, you may have in the fujimi kit.

[levincer]

Tanx 4 the advice GodFather but i'm totally incapable of reading and understanding german

Anyway i went there and was unable to find this particular kit, did u have any link on it on amazon.de ?

[godfather23]

Hey thats what this forum is for. I´m on here every day, so if you find something and you have problems understanding it, just send me the link and I can most likely help you.

They don´t have that kit on right now, its mainly for the future!

[250 Testa Rossa]

The slate gray 911S used in the movie was a 1970 model. Use a Fujimi 911S to build it.

[MPWR]

Well, at least we know that the search button works....

[73superduty]

If you haven't got the book "McQueen's Machines" I highly suggest grabbing a copy. It has all the specs of the Porsche 911S he purchased in Europe. It also has some great pictures of the camera cars, A ford GT40 and a Porsche 917.
It also goes into great detail about the Porsche 911S and has some more great pictures of it, including the factory invoice for that car.

It's a great book if you are a fan of McQueen and a fan of cars in general. That man had some fine taste in cars.
Chris

[250 Testa Rossa]

If you watch the part where the number 7 Ferrari blows the doors off a white 911, pay close attention... it's actually a 911R, and not a 911S. Two 911Rs were used in the movie.