#ford Mustang Bullitt

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Ford Mustang Bullitt.

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Movie Mustangs

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The king of cool

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Bullitt

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Bullitt

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Steve McQueen sur le tournage de Bullitt. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.

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Ford Mustang SVT Cobra at Hot Rods On Hampton (2024) in Butler, WI.

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... when cars were art ...

Released on this day in 1968, the iconic movie Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen

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2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt

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Steve McQueen’s Mustang GT 390

One of the biggest Mustang legends is the Bullitt movie car. In 1968, the legendary actor Steve McQueen starred in the detective flick, Bullitt. He played a detective who drove a mean-looking 1968 GT390 Fastback. They used two cars were used during the shooting, destroying one and using the other for close-ups and promotional shoots. Steve McQueen drove and modified it, preserving it well.

They sold the second car and it had several owners. The car finally settled on the East Coast of the US in the hands of a private owner who wants to remain anonymous. They are fully aware of the importance of this particular car. The owner doesn’t want to sell it, but when this car eventually makes its way to the auction block, it will be the most expensive Mustang in the world with a price that will break any previous records. The original Bullitt car was eventually used by Ford in promotional purposes in promoting the 2018 Mustang at the Detroit Auto Show. This means Ford managed to track down the owner and persuade him to let the automaker display the original 1968 Bullitt next to the 2018 Bullitt special edition Mustang as the best way to mark the car’s 50th anniversary.

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This is Robbie Kiernan with family dog Gatsby, alongside her daily driver in 1977… the original 1968 Mustang fastback from the movie Bullitt.

Robert Kiernan and his wife Robbie bought the Bullitt Mustang back in 1974. They found it in a classified ad from the October 1974 issue of Road & Track. The ad was slightly misspelled and read: “1968 Bullett Mustang driven by McQueen in the movie. Can be documented. Best offer.” Robert Kiernan was the only person that responded. He paid around six grand for the Bullitt provenance, quite a bit of money back then for a used 1968 Mustang fastback, about four times the going-rate.

Robert and wife Robbie were both just 26 years old in 1974. They had been married for five years and lived with their two young children, daughter Kelly and son Sean, in Madison, New Jersey. The Bullitt Mustang wasn’t a second car, it was their only car. Robert took the train everyday to the World Trade Center where he worked in insurance. Robbie drove the Bullitt to St. Vincent’s parish where she taught third grade. The car was never modified, it had straight exhaust and shook the pavement. On numerous weekends the family car was driven to Maine and upstate New York. It must have been deafening. There was no sound-proofing because it had been removed for the movie. The trunk had a huge cut-out for a smoke machine. Years later they discovered the rear seatbelts hidden with gaffers tape. Robert installed a pair of speakers in the back that are still there. With no air-conditioning, windows rolled down and the blaring AM radio, those Bullitt road trips in the 1970s must have been thrilling for the kids, young Sean and his sister Kelly.

In 1977 Robert got a call from Steve McQueen. Steve had tracked down the prior owner, who gave him our phone number. McQueen wanted the car. He was a guy that was not used to hearing the word ‘no.’ But Robert told him: ‘No thanks, we are not interested in selling.’ McQueen followed up with a letter reiterating his interest, saying he wanted the car back and offered a trade or something as long as it wasn’t “too much monies.” The Kiernans never answered that letter. Bullitt was part of the family. Robbie drove the car regularly until the clutch failed in 1980. By the time it was parked the family had put 46,000 miles on the car.

Photo: Courtesy of Sean Kiernan

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Throwback to when I had the Bullitt.

I need to get pictures done with the new car!