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Nov 12, 2022 · Steve McQueen’s Mustang GT from the 1968 movie Bullitt is far from an average sports car. It’s not every day a weathered, unrestored 52-year-old machine goes under the hammer to fetch three million dollars and some change.
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Jan 10, 2020 · A dull green 1968 Ford Mustang GT driven by Steve McQueen in the movie “Bullitt” just became the most valuable Ford Mustang ever sold at auction. It went for $3.7 million, including auction ...
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The hero car from the iconic movie “Bullitt” Driven by Steve McQueen. The 1968 Bullitt Mustang sells for $3,740,000 at Mecum Kissimmee 2020 and captures the crown for most valuable Ford Mustang in the world. History was made on January 10, 2020 as the Mecum auction block arena at Oceola Heritage Park filled to capacity to watch history unfold.
- The Back Story
- Verifying Provenance
- Bringing in The Blue Oval
- The Final Pieces
The movie car’s trip to the auto-show stand actually started in earnest in December 2015, according to its owner, Sean Kiernan. Kiernan, 36, inherited the Bullitt from his late father. Bob Kiernan had purchased it in 1974 from an ad in our sister publication, Road & Track, to replace the family’s only car, an MGB/GT. “You have to remember that, at ...
But how to proceed with their three-pronged plan? The first step was to get the car authenticated. “Of course, weknew it was authentic,” says Kiernan. He even had a letter from Steve McQueen to his father written in 1977 asking if he could buy the car back. (Bob Kiernan turned McQueen down.) After some research, Horstmann reached out to John Clor t...
What was needed next was a deeper connection with Ford. “I knew I wanted to reveal the car with Ford’s help,” says Kiernan. After all, Ford had produced two special-edition Mustang Bullitt tribute models, in 2001 and 2008, and was likely ready to launch another soon, according to Clor. If the BullittMustang showed up in an official Ford event, Kier...
None of this, however, could have unfolded without the tacit involvement of one outsider who had known that the Bullitt Mustang existed—although not its exact location—for the past 28 years. Brad Bowling was a young editor at Mustang Illustratedmagazine when he was contacted by Kiernan’s father to correct errors in a story that had run about the ca...
- Director, Buyer's Guide
At the time of the film's release, the exciting car chase scenes featuring McQueen at the wheel in all driver-visual scenes generated prodigious excitement. Leonard Maltin has called it a "now-classic car chase, one of the screen's all-time best".
The 1968 Mustang Bullitt was a Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT fastback used in the 1968 movie Bullitt starring Steve McQueen. The 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback (Bullitt – ‘599) is significant based on its association with an important person and event in American history and culture.
Jan 10, 2020 · Bullitt Movie Car Sells for $3.4M, Is Most Valuable Ford Mustang Ever. The iconic 1968 Ford Mustang GT that Steve McQueen drove in the film Bullitt sold for $3.4 million at auction. By...
