The Haggerty Insurance Magazine did a piece on the original Bullitt car a few months back. Thanks for the link.

Watched that on DVR last night, what a cool story
and it was great that they shot the scene with the original Bullitt Mustang coming over a hill behind them, a homage to the original scene...

Cool story about it on Jane Pauly Sunday morning CBS show.

Saw it in person back in January.

That has to be worth a LOT of money.

All the rumors over the years, I hope they are able to establish the provenance of this one!

A friend owned a 1968 Dodge Charger, black and nearly identical to the Bad Guys' car, except my friend's car had the 440 Magnum engine and an automatic trans. Those were both great cars.

I saw the Leno piece the other night. The claim was there were two cars, one pretty much destroyed during filming. Pretty hard to believe they went into production with just two cars but I guess they hadn't planned on the chase being as long and integral as it was.

By getting through production with two cars, you could say they Dodged a Bullitt. **rimshot**

I wonder what that would go for on the block at Barrett Jackson?

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Originally posted by Ripley:
I saw the Leno piece the other night. The claim was there were two cars, one pretty much destroyed during filming. Pretty hard to believe they went into production with just two cars but I guess they hadn't planned on the chase being as long and integral as it was.

By getting through production with two cars, you could say they Dodged a Bullitt. **rimshot**

Leno put an estimated value of $4 million, I'd bet it would easily fetch that, McQueen memorabilia brings big money

There was no chase scene in the original script, it was added in at the request of the director, the scene where McQueen Backs up smoking the tires was a mistake made in filming, he missed the turn and had to back up, they kept that in the movie.

Steve McQueen was a real icon for me back then.

I'll take the Charger.

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
All the rumors over the years, I hope they are able to establish the provenance of this one!

A friend owned a 1968 Dodge Charger, black and nearly identical to the Bad Guys' car, except my friend's car had the 440 Magnum engine and an automatic trans. Those were both great cars.

The provenance of this car has never been in doubt. McQueen tried to buy it from its owner numerous times but finally gave up, as they would not sell it to him. I am not 100% sure, but that owner may have finally passed away and the car was sold by the estate.
The second car used in filming was supposed to have been scrapped after the movie was made, but was found a year or two ago in a Mexican junkyard. Kevin Marti, who bought ALL of Ford's production records for their performance cars, actually traveled there and authenticated the car, including documenting where the holes had been cut in the trunk floor to mount the cameras for the low angle shots in the chase scene. That car was heavily damaged when found, and had been painted and repainted several times. It has been brought back and is being restored, although the resto costs of that car will be difficult to recoup. It is the camera car and since it is doubtful that McQueen ever actually drove that car, the value doesn't hold up to the other one.

I absolutely love barn finds and survivor cars from that era, I was in my teens when they were plentiful as second hand cars and I had a 1970 Mustang, but never a top of the line performance car like a big block Mach 1. I did just recently find and pull a 1964 Porsche 356C out of a storage shed that a family I know has after the death of the patriarch of the family. Beautiful little silver coupe......

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Originally posted by PghPI:
...I was in my teens when they were plentiful as second hand cars and I had a 1970 Mustang, but never a top of the line performance car like a big block Mach 1...

In 1971 and 1972, I worked at a car dealership to finance part of my college education. Muscle and Pony cars were plentiful and cheap, since the original buyers were usually young men who eventually couldn't afford the insurance. Boss 302's, Charger R/T's, etc were available by the handful for as low as $1,200 -- not a misprint! Unfortunately, living at home my father wouldn't let me invest in them, so I ended up with a college degree, a shit job, and a rusted-out MGB.

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Originally posted by Keystoner:
I'll take the Charger.

Same here. The '68 model year is my favorite of all the Chargers.

^^^^^
I guarantee, you wouldn't be disappointed! For the hell of it, one time I floored it at about 70mph in my friend's, it lit the tires for about 50 feet or so!

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Originally posted by Ripley:
I saw the Leno piece the other night. The claim was there were two cars, one pretty much destroyed during filming. Pretty hard to believe they went into production with just two cars but I guess they hadn't planned on the chase being as long and integral as it was.

By getting through production with two cars, you could say they Dodged a Bullitt. **rimshot**

Leno put an estimated value of $4 million, I'd bet it would easily fetch that, McQueen memorabilia brings big money

There was no chase scene in the original script, it was added in at the request of the director, the scene where McQueen Backs up smoking the tires was a mistake made in filming, he missed the turn and had to back up, they kept that in the movie.

"Ummmmm, will ya take $2 million for it" (Rick from Pawn Stars) heheheehe

The YouTube vid is very cool !

Thanks for posting it !

In case you are into reading and pictures, heres Hagertys interview with the owner on the history of the car. Great Read

Cool Hand Link

Its too long to copy and paste, plus, pictures...