A good collection of Gulf and Le Mans photographs, stickers and ephemera,

The Winter Automobilia Online Auction|14 December 2023, 13:49 GMT|Guildford

A good collection of Gulf and Le Mans photographs, stickers and ephemera,

including photographic contact sheets, signed photographs of Jackie Oliver and Jacky Ickx, press stills from the making of the film, related magazine articles, a J W Automotive Ford GT40 Illustrated Parts List, and a Gulf file of press releases, timing results for various events, and assorted Gulf and Bosch stickers circa 1970.

Footnotes

Formerly from the estate of the late Dixie Dene. (See Bonhams 3 Dec 2007, sale 15348 lot 387).

Dixie Dene, worked for the John Wyer racing team for six years. J W A built the ford GT40 and then went on to run the official Gulf Porsche racing team. During his time with the team, he was sub-contracted to Solar Productions to work upon the cars used in 'Le Mans'. Dixie also played the part of mechanic in the film, and had a small speaking part asking McQueen after the crash "Are you alright Michael?" As well as working on suspension and bodywork for the cars in the film, he constructed two radio-controlled stunt cars for the horrific crash scenes. During his time with the film company Dixie became good friends with McQueen and it was during the shooting and the promotion of the film that he collected these items.

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