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Original Bullitt Mustang found, takes its place alongside 2019 Bullitt
autoblog ^ | Jan 14th 2018 | Reese Counts

Posted on 01/18/2018 8:10:10 AM PST by jaydubya2

Few movie cars are as instantly recognizable as the 1968 Ford Mustang that Steve McQueen drove in "Bullitt." That Highland Green car known now simply as the Bullitt Mustang took on a 1969 Dodge Charger on the streets of San Francisco in one of the greatest car chases captured on film. For decades, the original car was thought to be lost. That wasn't entirely the case. It's simply been kept out of the public's eye. Now it returns to the spotlight, finally taking its rightful place next to its successor, the new 475-horsepower 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt.


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To: Olog-hai

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The Beetle has warp drive.
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21 posted on 01/18/2018 8:27:18 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Red Badger

The crime was what Dukes of Hazzard did to those Chargers.


22 posted on 01/18/2018 8:27:52 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

All 55 or so of them....................


23 posted on 01/18/2018 8:28:34 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: Red Badger

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Ugly Ugly Ugly Ugly Ugly!

Ford is going insane. Every good thing they have they insist on destroying through “change for the sake of change.”

Sad days ahead again.
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24 posted on 01/18/2018 8:31:34 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

And the Charger had magnetic hubcaps. Apparently if they fly off when going over bumps, they can seek out the car and reattach themselves.


25 posted on 01/18/2018 8:31:52 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: jaydubya2

That is ‘one’ of the Bullitt Mustangs... They probably went through more than a couple making that film.


26 posted on 01/18/2018 8:33:44 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: editor-surveyor

27 posted on 01/18/2018 8:35:17 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: jaydubya2

I just watched that chase over the weekend...


28 posted on 01/18/2018 8:36:35 AM PST by tubebender
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To: Red Badger

The old one looks much cooler... And the sad part is, they could make it exactly the same.. So why not do that? Sure, it would take lots of metal, lots and lots of metal, but it would be awesome to and well worth it to have the same vehicle in spanking brand new condition.


29 posted on 01/18/2018 8:36:49 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

There were two used for the movie, the “hero” which is the one in this article, and the “jumper”. The “jumper” was apparently found in a Mexico jumkyard in really rough shape.


30 posted on 01/18/2018 8:37:29 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: jaydubya2

2/3 of the cool of the car is the fact that McQueen drove it. That guy created cool.


31 posted on 01/18/2018 8:37:32 AM PST by lurk
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To: Red Badger

The movie is Bullet.


32 posted on 01/18/2018 8:38:08 AM PST by daviscupper (Getting punched again and again.)
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To: Olog-hai
all while passing the same emerald green VW Beetle several times
I watched the movie a few days ago and I believe I counted the green VW three times.
33 posted on 01/18/2018 8:43:52 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: jaydubya2

Put a rebuilt 700 horsepower mill in there,paint...chrome, upholstery redone..big brakes, 6 speed transmission ( cant say tranny no more)
...and it would look better and badder than the new one..


34 posted on 01/18/2018 8:43:59 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
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35 posted on 01/18/2018 8:44:24 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Olog-hai
Green VW Beetle gets in the way in "Dirty Harry" as well.
36 posted on 01/18/2018 8:44:57 AM PST by DFG
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To: daviscupper

The character’s name was Bullitt............


37 posted on 01/18/2018 8:45:47 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: jaydubya2

!!!!!!!


38 posted on 01/18/2018 8:45:49 AM PST by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: oh8eleven

Magic Green Volkswagen beats Steve McQueen in Classic Bullitt Car Chase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZj2nJkZ81k


39 posted on 01/18/2018 8:46:29 AM PST by DFG
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To: daviscupper

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062765/


40 posted on 01/18/2018 8:46:44 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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