Steve McQueen 2.2S at Essen

[Nick Moss]

I wonder how many people walked past the car without even realising what it was? This is a car that sold at auction for $1.25M, was imported into Germany (19.6% VAT) and has just undergone a 2,500 hour restoration with amazing attention to detail at a cost of over €400K. This puts the total cost at over £1.3M.

Did you notice it? Was it worth it?

[964RS]

It looks amazing but I think if it were mine I'd have left it unrestored

Mind you if you are paying £1m for a car you can do whatever the hell you like!

[hot66]

with it now looking like any other grey restored grey 2.2S .... you sure no one did a 'thomas crown affair' on it ?

[PhilipB]

How is it possible to spend €400k on restoring a street 911? From what I know of the car it wasn't missing anything too major so I presume almost all the bill was labour. 400,000 divided by 2,500 = €160 per hour!

[Biancaneve]

How is it possible to spend €400k on restoring a street 911? From what I know of the car it wasn't missing anything too major so I presume almost all the bill was labour. 400,000 divided by 2,500 = €160 per hour!

Marketing included

[Ferry Man]

The car had been wiped of all history and any link to Steve McQueen. Madness.

I heard Porsche Classic (the factory) declined to restore it lest the patina be destroyed.
But a specialist stepped forward, only too happy to take the guys money. What a misguided fool the owner is, but hey, it's his car, his money.

We heard that it took ten seats to donate various sections of trim which were then patched together to make an excellent - but 'lived in' - pair.
It was the only part of the car that wasn't brand new. And none of that had ever been sat on by Steve.
Ruined.

[PhilipB]

First time I've heard of someone building a replica by using the real car as a donor!!

[hot66]

First time I've heard of someone building a replica by using the real car as a donor!!

it would be funny, apart from the fact it's true ! Such a shame

[Bootsy]

Crazy! Crazy as a box of frogs, as crazy as Kim Jong Un! Why do such a thing and the money is just crazy

[Nick Moss]

The front screen is Chinese. The famous car park sticker? A fake . Silencer? Dansk

What a shame.

[DustyM]

Will be interesting to see how the market reacts to the car next time it comes up for sale.

[middlefour1]

Flippin madness. Just shows fools and their money........

[Darren65]

Will be interesting to see how the market reacts to the car next time it comes up for sale.

$2.5M ???

[Alan @ CanfordClassics]

Any pictures from the front?

Thanks
Alan

[jamie]

As they used to say on the internet -

Epic Fail.