19/05/2026
Two films. One colour. One name.
The grey is Schiefer Grau - POR 615. It’s the colour Steve McQueen chose for his 911 in the opening scenes of Le Mans. Quiet, serious, impossible to dismiss.
This build’s name came from somewhere else entirely. In 1963, McQueen played Virgil Hilts in The Great Escape - the Cooler King, the one who never quite stopped trying to get out. The connection to this build has nothing to do with motorcycles and everything to do with character.
We called it Hiltz because it made us laugh, and because it felt right. Those are usually the same thing.
A 1987 Porsche 911 G50. Stripped to bare metal on the Celette jig, rebuilt from the ground up. 3.4 conversion, high-lift cams, all-steel genuine Porsche conversion, Fuchs wheels in period Pirelli rubber.
The interior is Monarch Red leather with houndstooth fabric - drawn from the 1970s, not copied from it. It isn’t finished yet.
But you can already see exactly what it’s going to be. Part three on Friday.
