After filming, the original Ford Mustang movie cars went their separate ways: the hero vehicle driven by McQueen in the movie was sold by Warner Bros. to a private buyer, and the other - used in many of the jumps during the famous chase scene - was sent to a salvage yard. That jumper vehicle resurfaced in Baja, California, in early 2017, but the other was lost to history. Until now. Sean Kiernan, owner of the original Steve McQueen Ford Mustang hero vehicle, inherited the car in 2014 from his late father, Robert, who had purchased the original Bullitt Mustang in 1974. To fulfill his family’s lifelong dream, Sean contacted Ford and the two parties worked together to reveal his movie star Ford Mustang alongside the all-new 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. “You know, it was never our intention to keep this car a secret from everybody,” Sean said. “It just kind of happened with life. I’m just completely buzzing to join with Ford and the new Bullitt and show this car to the world on one of the biggest stages there is.” CARJAM TV HD

@windhuk37

4 жыл бұрын

If I could, I would, no matter what happens, thats the best way to get come clean, yes!!!

@Tiffany.1970

4 жыл бұрын

the driver's door mirror in bulitt was round as this mirror looks like its been changed

@daviddennin9952

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tiffany.1970Correct remark here. Anyway all of the 68 models came out with that rectangle mirror , so that wing mirror uphere should be the original one.

@silverstar4289

2 жыл бұрын

The quote given about not intentionally keeping the car a secret isn't consistent with the Hagerty story in which the family was interviewed. They all say it was a family secret, because they didn't want anything to happen to the car, after someone stole the air cleaner off it. I can image what a pain in the ass it would be to have scores of KZread Barn Find guys with a smartphone, showing up at your doorstep. In that interview the daughter said she never violated the pact her father set to keep it a secret.

@sergeantmasson3669

Жыл бұрын

@@Tiffany.1970 Warner Brothers Studio put the original outside rear view mirror back on before they sold it. At that time, some body and paint work was done also.

Almost 53 years old ..Still Beautiful ..Pure Magic ..Steve Might be Watching from Above ..

Man! Im glad the icon still alive and well😎👍

I appreciate/admire/respect what Ford created in the new Bullitt vehicle ...every time I see 👀 one 🎰🥰🌟

It’s a shrine to all things cool 😎

I prefer the old mustang

Glad to see she still around and just enough to done to keep her rolling

This car's clearly been looked after, while going to great lengths to keep the original finish. It's a very honest looking car and its condition is a testament to the Kiernans. Actually the 50 years of gentle weathering give it an attractive 'rat rod' look.

@johnkramer7161

5 жыл бұрын

@Reality Check It wasn't run that hard. It was the camera car not the stunt car.

@paulpichler

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnkramer7161 This car did about 90% of the chase. The other car broke down very early on during filming.

@chodkowski01

3 жыл бұрын

This is a 1967 car. Bullet movie was made in 1968. This car was new then. It now looks like they dragged it out of a junkyard. Sorry to show my feelings but in 1974 I have this same car and I kept it looking in beautiful shape because I really loved the car.

@jameshuseby6290

3 жыл бұрын

@@chodkowski01 It's a 1968 the 68s had the government mandated side markers started in 1968 and the 67s had the fake air scoop vents on the side also new 1968 models came out in September 1967 it's pretty easy to tell the difference between the 67 and the 68 minor differences even though it's the same body shell there are other minor differences to to the front and badging

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@chodkowski01 WRONG ! The two '68 390 GT Bullitt Mustangs were built in February 1968 and were delivered in March 1968.

I did some work on this car back in 1970 when it made a vacation trip to Maine. It was as badass as it was in the movie.

This video is a example of why specialty mustangs become very valuable starting with my all original 93 cobra and my Shelby supersnakes that hold their value very well.What else is to say except FORD history kicks ass period.

That was pretty damn good.

Just beautiful!😢

The best car on the Earth

@CP-pb3pj

7 ай бұрын

You might be right

the stunt car bullitt has been restored and worth more that 3.4 million dollars that Mr Kieran got Warner Bros bought 2 and this is # 1

that is beautiful

Very cool...

I like the little rust on the chrome bumpers. It gives the car a rugged authencity. I would leave it just the way it is and make sure that it wont rust any further. The total styel changed a year later in 1969 when the second generation mustang had dorned the "Boss" signat. The design look heavier than the 68 and if the movie was made a year later the Boss would not had that same appeal as "badass" as the 68 mustang had in the movie. Mcqueen had not tried purchasing the car until the 70's. He probably thought "Damn, i looked so cool in this car while actually doing my on stunts in it". He nor the driver of the Charger probably didn't think that the movie would have such a mass appeal and affect on young movie goers when the scene was shot. I thought that the scene and the drivers were authentic and cool. The driver of the charger was a hitman but with the clark kent glasses looked bookwormish and fatherly. His partner looked grandfatherly. What a perfect pair to put into a second generation all black charger introduced on the big screen. I think that the owner keeping the car in the rustic state that it's in is a great idea. It had debuted in 2018 at the Detroit North America Auto Show where I had taken many pics of and it was a show stealer from the shiny newer cars that were in the house

The front bumper and front valance panel were replaced back in 2015 when Sean's grandfather back into it with his p/u truck.

Clássico entre os clássicos!!

Oh perfect my brother 👍👌🤗💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎😍😍

ICON

I wish this never go out of style

Those small dents in the left front fender were there before the chase scene. I noticed them in the movie as he was getting in the car, just before he noticed those guys in the black Charger.

What is the red knob for under the dash around the 1:00 mark in the video?

Ein Traum eine Legende

Steve's Mustang radio antenna was on the right rear fender , over the tire by the deck lid .

@rolanddoucet9437

5 жыл бұрын

The Mustang they recently found in Mexico is the one that was heavily damaged in the jumps made during filming. It should have that antenna or the hole in the fender where it once was.

@enosmassey888

5 жыл бұрын

NASA we have a problem here

@StreetTruckinTitan

4 жыл бұрын

@@enosmassey888 not really

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

j baumun, Steve McQueen didn't own either of the two 1968 Bullitt movie 390 GT Mustangs

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@JRG FALSE. Robert Kiernan declined Steve McQueen's offer. BTW, Robert Kiernan was the car's 4th owner. WB was the first owner, a WB studio employee the 2nd owner. NJ police detective was the 3rd owner. Robert Kiernan bought it through a classified ad in Car & Driver classified ad for $6000 in 1974. The car was a daily driver until unto the clutch failed in 1980.

This car is now just a reminder, that all we are in life is what we leave behind.

Fabulous in all respects. The old and the new Stang......a great movie, a class act (Steve McQueen) and an unforgettable car chase. Special thanks to the gentleman and his family for being superlative caretakers of that special car. You did it right and you will always and forever be part of it's history.

@chodkowski01

3 жыл бұрын

Go look at the movie. The car was only 1 year old. It was new condition in the movie. This car looks like it was never taker care of. It really looks like they dragged it out of the junk yard.

@sergeantmasson3669

7 ай бұрын

@@chodkowski01 The car sat in an old barn for 40 years untouched. BTW, the car was less than a year old when the movie was filmed. Both Mustangs were setup to look like daily drivers.

Me gustaría tener dinero suficiente para tener esta maravilla y cuidarlo, enseñar a mis hijos a valorarlo y nunca jamás deshacerse de el, uno más de la familia, que pasara de padres a hijos.

How many directions can this car go?

Whats the background music

BTW, Steve McQueen never owned either Mustang 390 GT cars that were in the 1968 Bullitt movie. Ford donated them to Warner Brothers Studio in 1968. Ford hoped that by doing that, it would boost Mustang sales. They were right.

Wow. Sold for $3.4 million!

3.400.000 ✔

¿Manual? es raro ver uno manual pero ahora entiendo esa potencia desbordada de donde sale.

Is this the most iconic car in the world? It may be, there's Bond's DB5, the 66 Batmobile, maybe the Mad Max Interceptor. Hmm, tough call, but probably so.

Which is the highest speed for ford mustang gt 1968?

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

Much depends on the rear differential gearing. The two '68 Mustang 390 GT Bullitt movie cars had 4:11 rear gears. Thus, their top speed would be about 120 mph max.

I am glad it was not restored, but from day one of ownership it should have been maintained better, not kept away in a barn. Preservation should have been job one. As I understand it, the original air filter cover was stolen from the car when someone broke into it. This is a national treasure, should have been kept in a better climate controlled secured area. Regardless, it was not lost and now is here for all to see.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

It was put away, in a barn, in the early 80's because the clutch finally wore out after several years being used as a daily driver.

I think the new Buillit mustang should had a chrome medallion of Steve Mc Queen. If I was to get one I would put one on the dash

Very cool. I wonder if that’s a 4 speed or a 3 speed? My brother had a 68 GT with a 3 speed manual

@CP-pb3pj

7 ай бұрын

4 speed

Have to wonder with all the driver assisted aids (computers) on the newer Bullitts how would Steve felt about it ??

@chodkowski01

3 жыл бұрын

He would have loved it. These old cars were dangerous especially when the roads got a little wet and the front end started hydroplaning. Hydroplaning is something the new generation never got to experience. Fun driving when you hit 60 mph and you lose your steering.

six-speed manual gearbox?

It never looked that crappy when Steve drove it.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

joe smith, when sold, after the movie was finished, it was a daily driver for three different owners until 1980 when the clutch failed. It was parked in a barn until 2015 when it was dragged out and made roadworthy again. January 2021, it sold at auction for $3.47 million.

In the movie the rear taillight panel is black though, so some things have been changed.

@driver1823

6 жыл бұрын

Menkent Dk I was thinking same thing..shelby steering wheel?

@VinzentDk

6 жыл бұрын

Dick Armstrong I read somewhere that the wheel was stolen at some point. In the movie it is an FIV Secura, similar to this one. Believe it came from the GT500

@heiwaboke

6 жыл бұрын

Actually according to the first owner after the movie the steering wheel wasn’t stolen. As for the tail section not being blacked out, apparently warner bros ‘refurbished’ the car before it was sold. I don’t know for sure but I would imagine this would include restoring the bright work and the tail panel to a more stock configuration

@StreetTruckinTitan

4 жыл бұрын

@@heiwaboke Yeah this car has over ten pounds of bondo in the right side. The studio did do some repairs / repainted before they originally sold it.

In the movie, the rocker moldings were painted

Maybe it was mentioned below - The steering wheel is a Shelby item that was covered in leather and given to McQueen by the drag racer, Tony Nancy.

The ol girls been through a lot

I don't think the original had exhaust cut outs in the rear valance, but it could have been replaced at some point.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

It was

@rogerfreas4139

Жыл бұрын

Ive heard one of the 2 was a GT and the jump car was not?

If it’s a 68 why is vin plate marked as date 71 at 1:48.

@titan-tm7kl

3 жыл бұрын

That's weird considering it was a totally different shape car in 1971

@nelsongarcia-tn7tt

3 жыл бұрын

Good eye. Didn’t even notice that until you pointed it out . Only thing I can think of is rebuilt title. The car was hit multiple times during filming.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

Ian STANTON, that 71 number represents the build factory. Notice that the numbers don't align properly with the plate's label descriptions. the 71 should be over the DSO area.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@titan-tm7kl 71 was the build factory, not the year. The year is in the VIN.

You couldn’t put a price on that car it’s an icon

@joshrandall5297

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can. It just sold for $3.4 million.

Chad McQueen should be behind the wheel of that car.

@ulrichfeld5200

Жыл бұрын

No! The best man behind the wheel would be ME! I would be perfekt!

Why does the motor look new and the rest of the car has all that patina??? Motor changed out at sometime or just rebuilt. I find this whole story to be unbelievable,, Just so happens it resurfaces when Ford is releasing a Bullit edition!!! HHHMMMM

what a beautiful car, but you lost me at 3:18..

ES FALSO ¿A DONDE ESTAN LOS GOLPES QUE TUVO EL CARRO EN EL COSTADO DERECHO EN LA FILMACION?

@brando90301

5 жыл бұрын

Habia dosMustangs, el de los golpes y brincos es el que aparecio en baJa california abandonado, este del video,es el que manejaba Steve para escenas de manejo normal . eso esta escrito arriba en ingles > saludos

Steve McQueen never "owned" it... He drove it for work / a movie.

Fun Fact: the Hurst Shifter and “cue ball” where installed by the car’s second owner. The factory original 4-speed shifter was used during filming.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

WRONG. Max Balchowsky installed the Hurst shifters when he modified the two Mustangs for the movie.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@heiwaboke Max Balchowsky stated otherwise when I met with him in the late 70's. BTW, NJ police detective, Frank Marranca, was the second owner. He rarely drove it and did nothing to the car but drive it. He sold it to Robert Kiernan in 1974.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@heiwaboke Even Steve McQueen stated that he was amazed that the Hurst shifter survived after all the shifting he had to do in the movie.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@heiwaboke FYI, I worked on that car during one of its vacation trips to Maine in the early 70's. That Hurst shifter had been in it ever since 1968 when Max Balchowky installed it along with a modified B/W T-10 transmission. Factory transmission was a Ford top-loader 4 speed with a Ford shifter. Do NOT pretend to know things that you don't.

@user-ud6sn1tc2b

10 ай бұрын

You are correct. You can see that in the documentary film about making Bullitt, the car had the stock woodgrain gearshift knob during filming. Supposedly, the original steering wheel and gearshift were stolen on the train from LA to NJ during transport to the second owner. Anyway, the studio made several changes to the movie car when refreshing it to be sold after the movie (side mirrors, radio antenna, rocker panels, rear valance, etc.).

From my perspective, the only problem I see for the male owner of the new Bullitt car is that it kind of reeks of a guy who is pretending he is a movie hero.

@jaggafeen

6 жыл бұрын

YOUR JUST JEALOUS

@alantaketa1512

5 жыл бұрын

Heather Watson It's testosterone that makes us do manly shit!

@enosmassey888

5 жыл бұрын

Everyone who emits 42 mg testosterone a day.....has a desire to be be like Steve someday​

@joshrandall5297

4 жыл бұрын

From my perspective, you just don't understand. Now, make me a sandwich!

When I was in H.S. in the early 70's, one of my best friends had a real '68 highlands green Mustang GT with the 390 V8...same as the movie car. It would do eponymous burn outs and had a badass sound, but I beat him rather badly in my stock (except for glass pack mufflers) '67 Lemans with the 326 High Performance engine...the 390 GT Mustang in stock trim was pretty much a dog.

@sameoldeh

5 жыл бұрын

Great memory,I'd say your memory is not so accurate though. I seriously doubt that LeMans was faster than the 390 Mustang GT.

@MoeGreensRightEye

5 жыл бұрын

Wtf is an eponymous burn out?? Sounds like you just learned a new word and were aching to use it lol

@HAL-dm1eh

Жыл бұрын

Just looked up the 0-60 times for both. LeMans was 8 secs, Mustang GT was 5.9. Nice try tho.

They should have made it under the Shelby platform

@chodkowski01

3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t have fit the movie. McQueen was a detective making only detectives pay. This is why they used a GT.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

Ayrton Senna, 1968 Ford did not own any rights to build Shelby Mustangs, that's why that and the Mustang had to be an affordable type car for the movie. 1968 Shelby Mustangs were expensive and there was a time limit involved to get the two Mustangs prepared for filming.

I honestly think they should have sold it back to Steve and got a replica. No offense the car is synonymous with McQueen. The family had no real history with the car other than purchasing it and keeping it stored

@lewiscollins1045

6 жыл бұрын

If you read the letter, he didn't want to give the money for it. had it been me i would have wanted it at any price, he was being a minge bag!!! thats why he didn't get it back, he didn't want it badly enough did he??

@denison1969

5 жыл бұрын

Ok. For a start, it was Warner Brothers car, NOT Steve McQueens. He might have realised, further down the track, that it was worth a fortune but too fucking late pal. Imagine trying to weasle it out of Robert Kiernan, after he righteously paid for it. "My car"..my arse. Sorry Steve, you should have scored it after filming. He obviously didn't think Bullitt would be as huge a cult classic as it turned out to be. When Mustang sales went through the roof, hw thought "oh shit..THE CAR". Too bad. So sad. Well done Kiernans. Eleanors worth a mint now haha.

@ronvbbaatjes

4 жыл бұрын

And there you have it in a nutshell: typical current American GREED .CRASS.No sense of taste,culture,class,......not to mention history.Growing up in the `Sixties,Steve McQueen was one of my heroes.To stick to the guy that way, well........

@Tiffany.1970

4 жыл бұрын

@@denison1969 here's a comment I'd like to add when burt Reynolds did the bandit movie the guy who worked at Pontiac said he wud give burt Reynolds a Pontiac every year how come Ford didnt do the same for Steve McQueen Ford shud have started building bulitt replicas after the movie came like they did with the Ford torino

@StreetTruckinTitan

4 жыл бұрын

McQueen was considered rich at the time. He could have offered an amount that they wouldnt say no. He must not have wanted too badly then?

I dunno. Just don't think that this is the original Bullitt Mustang . too many differences . Drivers side mirror is not only different from the movie ( movie mirror was round ) the location was changed to stock location . Radio antenna , which was on the right rear quarter by the deck lid , has been moved back up to the stock location , there by making it necessary to re-drill a hole in the stock position , and then patching up the hole in the right rear quarter , yet leaving the ass end black , when it would have been easier to simply repaint the ass end Highland , and leaving the antenna -the more more difficult job - alone . According to a car magazine article , there was a hole cut into the inside of the trunk , - and I have seen a shot of this questionable Mustangs trunk with just a similar hole . It was surmised that the purpose of the hole was possibly to vent exhaust fumes from a generator for interior camera / lights , but , Who knows ? And , whats going on with the turn signal indicator ? A photo of THE CAR , show two small red lenses now absent - what that would have been for is anybodys guess . It's not just the mere differences , it s the work required to change things back . I just don't see it . If it is the Bullitt Mustang , somebody went to a lot of trouble to Un-Bullitt the Bullitt mustang . For me , there's no thrill here . No Holy Grail of movie cars . Looks like any other old bullitt type replica car attempt out there - including mine . BFD .

Кто Русский ставь лайк!

NOT the original steering wheel.

Il ne faut pas la restauré !

What do u want for it name your price im not fucking around

I still think they should've sold it to McQueen. Great performance in an awesome movie!

@titan-tm7kl

3 жыл бұрын

Then they wouldn't have made 3.4 million dollars by the looks of that letter Steve McQueen didn't want to invest too much into getting it back

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@titan-tm7kl McQueen never owned it in the first place. The movie studio owned it.

@titan-tm7kl

2 жыл бұрын

@@sergeantmasson3669 who said he did

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@titan-tm7kl A bunch of idiots keep commenting that Steve McQueen tried "buying it back." Can't buy something "back" that was never owned in the first place.

@titan-tm7kl

2 жыл бұрын

@@sergeantmasson3669 well I qouted what I'd read and getting it back doesn't mean he owned the car himself and as far as how many Chargers you better contact the makers of the movie because that came directly from the making of Bullitt their memory must be incorrect but they said two

who thought Bullitt on the wheel was a cool idea?

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

It's a Bullitt movie tribute Mustang, DUMMY.

Some total idiot claims the 390 was pulled out in favor of a 427 engine. Which totally has no proof at all.

Look at Steve McQueen in the movie when he was driving the car. This is a different car. They had several of these. This is not the one he raced the dodge. The people who bought this let this car go to hell. Look at McQueens car then compare it to this. McQueens car had dents on the hood.

@titan-tm7kl

3 жыл бұрын

Well considering it sold for 3.4 million you better tell the new owner ? Somehow I think people would have done their homework before this car was proclaimed one of the two from the film and after 40 plus year's I think some changes probably happen to the car since the movie was filmed , the family did drive it for a few years as their daily car then garaged for the remainder of all these years. They didn't have several cars for the film they had two of each car model , two Mustangs and two dodge chargers

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@titan-tm7kl Three Dodge Chargers. One blue, one yellow and one black SRT 440. The blue and yellow Chargers had 318 engines and both of those cars were repainted black for the stunts. Both were destroyed and sold for scrap. The SRT 440 Charger had heavy damage and sold to a guy in AZ. He restored the car but repainted it beige. Big mistake.

It’s better than Pam Anderson before she had hep c

Le falta una L en la matrícula. BULITT???

no offense but it belongs on the west coast

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

Most of it's life was spent on the east coast.

A well rustet replica...

🏎🧎🏻‍♂️Resurrection exist👉🇺🇸☑️

There is almost no way to reconcile this case! As hot as the car is, the Man made the car not the car made the man. Even though the movie is iconic and attached to the car it's still all about Steve! It would be a tough pill to swallow or a Tuff Toke to Take but that car belongs on display in a museum and tastefully shown around the world! Steve's Brand is all over that car and it seems such a fake to present it any other way! So I guess you know what they say about money and bs! Go Figure

@ElementsMMA

4 жыл бұрын

Phillip Garrett fuck Steve McQueen he never engineered the car, Ford did. And he never owned the car. McQueen might be a style icon but as a person he was an absolute rat.

Steve McQueen was part of the greatest car chase ever made. That mustang should be in the hands of McQueens family. I’ll admit the new Bullitt mustang is cool but it’s nowhere near the classic

@StreetTruckinTitan

4 жыл бұрын

He should have paid a decent amount to get it back. The dude was rich. He probably turned around a bought a porshe or some weird shit for 100K.

@arnoldbullard3501

4 жыл бұрын

TheMusclecarMan and

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@StreetTruckinTitan Steve McQueen never owned the car in the first place. Warner Brothers Studios owned it originally.

@StreetTruckinTitan

2 жыл бұрын

@@sergeantmasson3669 Actually it was McQueens production company that owned the car. Solar Productions.

Restore It.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

THAT would ruin it's value.

Don't see anything special about that car, McQueen was only an actor, acting dont empress me

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

Says the person that can't spell properly.

Steering wheel says , GT 500. Hmm. Not 100% certain but I don't thing the movie car was a GT 500.