---
title: "Steve McQueen’s Iconic Le Mans Racing Suit Is For Sale"
description: "Gulf colors, a coffee stain and some authentic pit sweat."
date: "2015-11-23"
modified: "2015-11-23"
authors:
  - name: "Ben Keeshin"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/ben-keeshin"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/988/steve-mcqueens-iconic-le-mans-racing-suit-is-for-sale"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
  - "News"
---

# Steve McQueen’s Iconic Le Mans Racing Suit Is For Sale

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/archive-images/112315_mcqueenracingsuit_hero.jpg>)
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You hear “celebrity costume auction” and think: Oh, Elton John must be going through a tough time financially. Maybe Cher is still recovering after her [mail-order home furnishings](<https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z-gyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ugcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6877%2C3334988>) business flopped. But duds from butch-as-hell grease-monkey, racing driver and actor? Unlikely.

![112315\_mcqueenracingsuit\_art\_1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/112315_mcqueenracingsuit_art_1.jpg>)
**Bonhams**

Somehow, the odds have fallen in favor of the Steve McQueen fan. The star’s racing suit, worn in Le Mans, is up [for sale](<https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22486/>), preserved in exactly the condition in which McQueen left it. (That means coffee stains, included.) As with most props, there was not one but many suits used in *Le Mans*, but this this is one of only three that remain. As a pristine example of a vintage racing outfit with Gulf, Tag Heuer and Firestone patches intact, this suit would be a mighty prize. It even has “[Michael Delaney](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/749/character-study-11-badass-fictional-drivers>)” embroidered on across the breast. The fact that it was worn by Steve McQueen during his [most ambitious project ](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/823/in-the-new-documentary-steve-mcqueen-the-man-le-mans-a-tragic-hero>)ought to push prices into the stratosphere; Bonhams expects it to bring between $200,000 and $300,000—about right for what might be the juiciest piece of McQueen memorabilia this side of his [Ferrari Lusso](<https://jalopnik.com/5252193/steve-mcqueens-23m-ferrari-250-gt-lusso-what-can-brown-do-for-you>).

![112315\_mcqueenracingsuit\_art\_2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/112315_mcqueenracingsuit_art_2.jpg>)
**Bonhams**

To whomever wins the sale: Steve was 5’ 10” and around 165. Make sure you fit. Those seams best not be broken.

![112315\_mcqueenracingsuit\_art\_3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/112315_mcqueenracingsuit_art_3.jpg>)
**Bonhams**

## Author
Ben Keeshin is a former staff writer for Maxim, and before that, contributed writing to the digital sides of Road & Track and Vanity Fair.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/BnKshn>)