Bullitt Mustang found?

This claim showed up a couple days ago that the car was found in Mexico and has now made it's way to more mainstream news

original thread that brought things to light

I say it's BS, but we shall see.

Edit: Well I just read on another web board that Kevin Marti says it is the missing and "crushed" Bullitt stunt car.

One Mustang expert seems pretty damn convinced it's legit.

Of course, it does seem awfully "convenient" how it turns up a year before the 50th anniversary of the movie... with just enough time to restore it. I'm sure Mecum and B-J will be lobbying like crazy to get the car at one of their big auction events.

There should be a remake of this film. God knows you could make a more interesting plot. What I would fear is the lack of realism With today's car scenes. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they make the whole charger/stang chase CGI.... whatever happened to the good old days of real cars? /rant.

Trackmouse wrote: There should be a remake of this film. God knows you could make a more interesting plot. What I would fear is the lack of realism With today's car scenes. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they make the whole charger/stang chase CGI.... whatever happened to the good old days of real cars? /rant.

Being more remakes than not usually suck is reason enough to leave the original alone.

A determined cop who tracks down two organized crime hit men who murdered a "protected" testifier, add in a self serving politician, a very attractive female and one of the coolest movie car chase scenes ever? I don't think the plot needs any help.

As mentioned, the timing of this latest find could be looked at with a suspicious eye.

drainoil wrote:

Trackmouse wrote: There should be a remake of this film. God knows you could make a more interesting plot. What I would fear is the lack of realism With today's car scenes. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they make the whole charger/stang chase CGI.... whatever happened to the good old days of real cars? /rant.

Being more remakes than not usually suck is reason enough to leave the original alone. A determined cop who tracks down two organized crime hit men who murdered a "protected" testifier, add in a self serving politician, a very attractive female and one of the coolest movie car chase scenes ever? I don't think the plot needs any help. As mentioned, the timing of this latest find could be looked at with a suspicious eye.

Also, do we need Hollywood to ruin more 2nd-gen Chargers and Mustangs? I guess at this point, its kind of a moot point, as I'll never be able to afford the 2nd-gen Charger that I want anyways

Bullitt could have been a little better in the period, I might have dumbed down and pumped up the events post-car chase-- the second act is a snoozer after the Charger crashes-- but there's no way a remake could improve it. That kind of style and atmosphere just doesn't exist anymore.

Brad Pitt bought the rights to remake the movie a few years back...

Tell Brad this:

Keep the FAX SCENE, or we riot.

Bullitt is typical of movies from the era, both good and bad. It's hard to say if a remake could improve it, but it would definitely be different.

Mighty Car Mods just released a video where they go visit the build shop to see the F&F8 cars. The builder commented how they really need to start stamping the core shell parts for 68-70 Chargers as they are starting to run out of wrecked/rusty cars to rebuild as stunt cars.

Dynacorn already offers a '68 Mustang shell, so no need to use original cars there. They also sell Challenger bodies. Why they chose to offer the Challenger before the Charger is beyond me, but I'd guess Chargers will happen in time.

Ian F wrote: Dynacorn already offers a '68 Mustang shell, so no need to use original cars there. They also sell Challenger bodies. Why they chose to offer the Challenger before the Charger is beyond me, but I'd guess Chargers will happen in time.

Challenger is actually the more desirable. Remember, during the big Mopar bubble, it was the E-body 'Cudas and Challengers going for more than $1 million dollars. Meanwhile, the first B-body to hit $1 million just happened 2 or 3 years ago, and it wasn't even the iconic '68-'70, it was a fuselage-body '71 Charger.

In reply to NickD:

Yeah, I remember that... made no sense to me then either. I like the E-Bodies well enough, but I want a Charger.

In reply to Ian F:

I think it's because E-bodies are rarer. They never sold particularly strong, were only available for 4 years, and only 2 years with the good engines (whereas the B-bodies had Hemis for 5 years). I'd like a 2nd-gen Charger, but I certainly wouldn't kick an E-body out of my driveway. Or the performance A-bodies.

if the ever do remake Bullitt then i feel like they would have to have Daniel Craig play Steve McQueen's roll

johnnie wrote: I might have dumbed down and pumped up the events post-car chase--

They did a whole series of modern movies based on this description- Fast and Furious.

NickD wrote: In reply to Ian F: I think it's because E-bodies are rarer. They never sold particularly strong, were only available for 4 years, and only 2 years with the good engines (whereas the B-bodies had Hemis for 5 years). I'd like a 2nd-gen Charger, but I certainly wouldn't kick an E-body out of my driveway. Or the performance A-bodies.

The Challenger was sold for 5 years vs. 3 years for the 2nd Gen Charger, but after some digging, you are correct, the Charger did sell better (except for 1970) overall.

Charger:
68 - 93K
69 - 69K
70 - 40K
Total: approx. 202K

Challenger:
70 - 53K
71 - 23K
72 - 16K
73 - 28K
74 - 11K
Total: approx. 131K

I still think there is enough demand for Dynacorn to reproduce the Charger. Hell - these numbers pale when compared to how many Mustangs and Camaros were built.

I don't see what would be gained by keeping it a period piece and using classic cars. There are new Mustangs and Chargers.

I'm not going to lie, I fell asleep watching this movie. Ended up just watching the chases