the Gulf-liveried Porsche 917, owes a lot of its star power to the kind of terrible 1971 Steve McQueen vehicle "Le Mans." That very car, the one from the movie, the one that McQueen drove ...

the Porsche 917 is a movie star. A pair of short-tail 917s in Gulf Oil liveries took the win in a fictionalized running of the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans, immortalized in the 1971 film Le Mans ...

One of the Porsche ... want a dose of Le Mans cool, you'll have to scrape together a few thousand bucks for a Monaco watch. Or, come to think of it, a few hundred for a replica Gulf leather ...

Introduced in 1969, the Porsche 917 has quite a few things to ... McQueen and Solar Productions for the movie "Le Mans." It was finished in Gulf colors specifically for filming.

What’s the deal with Porsche’s 917? It needs little introduction ... Michael Delaney piloted the Porsche in 1971’s Le Mans, searing its Gulf livery into the hearts and minds of countless ...

The green used is a nod to the “Hippie” Porsche 917 that raced at Le Mans in 1970. Likewise, the orange is a nod to the Gulf Porsche 917 that also raced in 1970. Other cars recognized include ...

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the Steve McQueen’s movie Le ... Mans car deserves which accolade, though. The parsing is made more difficult by teams running eight 917s in the 1970 race ...