A Hesketh 308 car made for James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) in Ron Howard's Formula 1 racing biopic Rush. James Hunt’s very first Formula 1 team was Hesketh Racing, owned and funded by Hunt’s friend, Lord Hesketh (Christian McKay).

This vehicle is one of only nine prop cars built for the film; the remaining vehicles were genuine period race cars. The custom-built car is based around a Reynard Opel Lotus chassis with a fibreglass body, two-litre Vauxhall engine with a dry sump oil system, and a Reynard gearbox casing with Hewland five-speed H-pattern internals. The chassis was designed to accept many different exterior shells, allowing the same platform to serve as different vehicles in the film. These custom-built prop cars are highly authentic, and the mechanics working on Rush stated they had difficulty discerning the difference between the prop vehicles and the originals.

The car features a white finish and vinyl decals for Hunt’s number, “24”, Scottish and English flags, the team’s name, and “James”. No sponsor logos are present as the self-funded team famously did not believe in sponsors.

After completing the required scenes as Hunt’s car, the body shell was redressed by the production team for driver Harald Ertl (Tom Wlaschiha), who also raced in a Hesketh. A new set of vinyl decals have since been produced and re-applied to restore it to its original form as Hunt’s signature vehicle. The vinyl decals were created by the same vendor who created the originals for the film and are identical. The vehicle remains in very good condition. Dimensions: 480 cm x 200 cm x 100 cm (189” x 79” x 39”)

£10,000 - 15,000

This car is substantially modified from its original engineering and should not be used to drive. It is sold in a static ‘rolling only’ condition, drained of all fluids and battery removed.