Steve McQueen and his Speedster Steve McQueen was not just a film star who loved cars and motorbikes. He was a life-long petrolhead who was a talented and succesful racer on two wheels and on four. In the 1950s, while struggling as an actor, he earned money by competing in weekend mortorbike races at Long Island City raceway and purchased the first of many motorcycles. He also took part in a number of car races. He once famously said, "I'm not sure whether I'm an actor who races or a racer who acts". Increasing success in plays, TV and films meant that he could afford to buy his first new car - a Porsche 356 Speedster Super. His aim was to achieve the same sort of success in cars that he had already achieved on bikes. His first formal race entry was at Santa Barbara in 1959 where he won his class, and that was followed by other races in 1959 at Del Mar, Willow Springs, and Laguna Seca. Steve MacQueen owned many wonderful cars including the Porsche 917, Porsche 908 and Ferrari 512 race cars from the Le Mans film, a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso Berlinetta, the 1970 Porsche 911S from the Le Mans film, a Jaguar D-Type XKSS (Right-Hand Drive), a 1962 Cobra and a Ford GT40. The only car that he kept and that remains in the family is the black 1958 Porsche 356 Speedster 1600 Super which is still owned by his son. This car is significant because was the first car he purchased new and it was the first car he raced in organized motorsports. His son Chad has had it restored to its original specification. In auction : a large superb scale model of Steve McQueens Speedster he entered in an SCCA race at Hourglass Field near San Diego in June 1959 and came 3rd in the production class. The car has opening parts. Turning wheels and details like the original . Good quality model . KKDC1200 The model was nominated as model of the year 2023 Fachzeitschrift Modell-Fahrzeug.