Still a classic, with one of the GREATEST chase scenes EVER!!!

I rate it as the best. McQueen did the car nice and heck Ford has released several Bullit models. Rumor is there may be another Bullit Mustang coming up for the 50th anniversary of the movie.

it is 9:09.

Here we go!!!!!!!!

And just like that, the greatest car chase scene EVER is over at 9:19.

Mustang versus Charger. Game over!

How many hubcaps came off the Mustang?

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Originally posted by Orguss:
How many hubcaps came off the Mustang?

None, but the Charger lost at least 4 hubcaps!

Ah, right. But five come off the Charger during the chase and supposedly three come off when it crashes into the gas station.

Once they got out of town that charger would have owned that mustang.

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Originally posted by 21bubba:
Once they got out of town that charger would have owned that mustang.

I have often wondered about that.

I suspect the Mustang is a lot lighter and I think it had a 390???

The Charger has to be heavier, but I think it had the 440?

The chase scene, at least the hill sections, is the neighborhood I grew up on.

Every once in awhile, early in the morning, you'd hear a car come crashing down on the pavement, tires screeching, metal bending. You just knew, some idiot from out of town, fired up with something and Bullitt on the brain, just wrecked his car, and probably 4-5 other cars as well. You'd walk out after breakfast and find broken glass, maybe a bumper or, a pissed-off neighbor staring at their banged-up car.

Without doubt the best chase sequence ever filmed. McQueen was a badass.

McQueen was behind the wheel for about 10% of what you see on screen. He drove in scenes that required closeups — but not in the ones that could kill him. Link

As for Mustang vs. Charger:

"The Dodge, which was practically stock, just left the Mustang like you wouldn’t believe.” Ron Riner has similar recollections. “The Charger ran rings around the Mustang." Link

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Originally posted by P-220:
The Charger has to be heavier, but I think it had the 440?

426 Hemi. The wheel covers were the giveaway, being different on the Hemi-equipped cars. And yes, it would have walked away from the Mustang. Real horsepower estimates for the Hemi were north of 500, while the Ford 390 was more like 375 or less (my estimate), and the Charger's aerodynamics were more suited to high speed than the Mustang's.

A friend had a 1968 Charger with the 440 Magnum Police Interceptor motor, and it topped out over 150mph with probably no more than 400hp (factory rated at 375 with the 4-bbl).