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July 14, 2018
The original 1968 Ford Mustang and Dodge Charger from Steve McQueen's film meet one-on-one at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
The two cars in the largest car chase scene were reunited at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, to continue the famous hillclimb.
The 1968 Highland Green Ford Mustang movie, driven by Steve McQueen in Bullitt, and recently returned to the public eye after decades of landfill, met the 1968 Dodge Charger R / With the help of Ford, the Mustang was brought back from Tennessee, United States, with its owner Sean Kiernan, whose father bought the car for $ 6,000 in 1974 from an advertisement in Road & Track the magazine. It was one of the two Mustangs used to film Bullitt's famous car chase in the streets of San Francisco – the other was badly damaged but was recently discovered after years in Mexico [19659007] See also …
The Dodge Charger R / T, also one of the two chargers used for filming, belongs to the classic ChromeCars car dealers in Germany, and was brought to the UK to be reunited with Mustang for the first time. times in 50 years. 19659006] Both cars regularly make climbs on the Goodwood track this weekend, the Mustang driven by owner Sean Kiernan, with his wife, mother and aunt all present at the event. The charger is driven by owner Michael Gross of ChromeCars.
The story behind the Mustang is fascinating. He was sold to a Warner Brothers employee after the shooting was over, and then to a police office, before Bob Kiernan bought it. In Kiernans' property, it was used for school runs and everyday family life before being stored for decades. Steve McQueen tried to buy it but it was refused
It was only after the death of Bob Kiernan that Sean decided to resuscitate the car, and it was revealed to the public at the Detroit Auto Show on the occasion of Bullitt's 50th Anniversary and the launch of the new Ford Bullitt Mustang Edition. This is the first time the Mustang travels to the UK.
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