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McQueen drove a 915
Was musing about Steve McQueen this morning..... a buddy sent me a couple of McQueen Racing stickers from the Malibu Kitchen.
He died in 1980 at the age of 50, never had the opportunity to drive a G-50 transmission, I wonder what he'd have to say about that... Anyway, a couple of, not so common pictures, of the King of Cool and his 911    With a young Derek Bell  
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07-06-2019, 11:14 AM
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That 911 is a '69, so it had a 901 tranny in it with the old style flywheel, clutch and PP.
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Lol, I figured somebody would poke a hole in it.
Question, he had an early Turbo as well, 4 speed, is that considered a 915?
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MsQueen's last residence.
Not car related, but, we almost bought his last residence In Santa Paula.
His cars are always shown at: https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=steve+mcque&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GUEA_enUS570US570&q=steve+mcqueen+car+show&gs_l=hp..4.0i131l2j0j0i131j0.0.0.0.25722.......... .0.rezgvWscEKs Trivia, what ever happened to the 356 from BULLITT? Gerry
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The Porsche 915 in not the gearbox, but a full 4-seater that Porsche built in 1969. The 915 was a stretched 911, with a full back seat. The car never reached serial production. see link below:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=porsche+915+prototype&qpvt=porsche+915+prototype&form=IGRE&first=1&cw=1129&ch=505
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McQueen drove a 917... this is a gear from David Donahue’s 917. See the resemblance to the 901 and 915 synchros? Same design.
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Speaking of 917's, they had their share of transmission failures during races. And if anyone lets you drive one...
https://jalopnik.com/auto-journalist-sued-for-174-000-after-destroying-a-ra-5977720 |
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1985 Porsche 911
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