Porsche
917K chassis 917-024 (Le Mans film car, Siffert)

Why it matters

917-024 links three stories: Porsche's 1970 Le Mans test programme, Jo Siffert's career, and Steve McQueen's film Le Mans, in which it served as a camera car and appears as the Gulf 917 that wins the race. Its sale for $14,080,000 in 2017 made it the most expensive Porsche sold at auction at the time.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

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Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

Brian Redman and Mike Hailwood drove 917-024 for the J.W. Automotive-Gulf team at the 1970 Le Mans test, where Redman set the fastest times. After further testing at the Nürburgring and Ehra-Lessien it was sold to Porsche works driver Jo Siffert, who leased it to Solar Productions for Le Mans, where it was used as a camera car and appears as the winning Gulf 917.

Siffert kept the car until his death, and it led his funeral procession. It was then sold to a collector in Paris and stayed hidden for about 25 years until it resurfaced in 2001, still in Gulf JWA livery. After a restoration by Graber Sportgarage in Switzerland completed in 2017, Gooding & Company sold it at Pebble Beach in August 2017 for $14,080,000; it is in a private collection.

Technical specifications

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Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

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Sources

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1. 1
   Iconic and Legendary 1970 Porsche 917K Races to the Pebble Beach Auctions (Gooding & Company) Level C

   • 1 917K leased by Jo Siffert to Solar Productions for filming

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   "Le Mans" Gulf Porsche 917K Sells For Record $14 Million At Gooding & Co Pebble Beach Sale Level C Bradley Brownell · The Drive · 2017-08-20

   • sold ... $14,080,000
   • flat 12

   Accessed 2026-11-12
3. 3
   1970 Porsche 917K, chassis 917-024 (Pebble Beach 2017, lot 44) Level C Gooding & Company

   • air-cooled flat 12-cylinder
   • Air-Cooled Flat 12-Cylinder Engine (Technical Specs)
   • 4,998 CC DOHC Air-Cooled Flat 12-Cylinder Engine (Technical Specs)
   • DOHC Air-Cooled Flat 12-Cylinder Engine (Technical Specs)
   • Bosch Mechanical Fuel Injection (Technical Specs)
   • 630 BHP at 8,300 RPM (Technical Specs)
   • 5-Speed Manual Transaxle (Technical Specs)
   • aluminum space frame
   • 4-Wheel Hydraulic Ventilated Disc Brakes (Technical Specs)
   • fiberglass body

   Accessed 2026-11-12