Episode 141: Steve McQueen's Porsche 917

Spike's Car Radio

Spike Feresten

Leisure, Automotive

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Jerry Seinfeld and his car consigliere, Sam Cabiglio, join Spike and Z at the Malibu Kitchen for cars and coffee to discuss their decades long relationship buying classic cars and the acquisition of the McQueen Porsche 917 that now resides in the Seinfeld collection.

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0:44.0	This particular 917 as most people realize is the car that belonged to Steve McQueen.
0:55.0	It was the star of the movie Lamont.
0:58.2	It was purchased new from Portia by Steve McQueen, solar productions, that was his company.
1:03.1	After the movie it was sold to a German racing team
1:06.6	called Alta Ustow.
1:08.2	They raced this car during the 71 season
1:11.5	and a little bit during the 72 season.
1:14.0	Then the car went through an interesting phase where it was sold to Richard Atwood,
1:18.0	who won Lamah in 1970 in the Salzburg car.
1:22.0	In April of 2001 I talked Jerry into buying it and he never
1:28.9	regretted it. We've played with it at the racetrack a few times.
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