In the years that followed, the car would move several times, first to Cincinnati with the family in 1984, and then to a friend’s home in Kentucky when the family moved to Florida in 1994. Robert Kiernan, also of New Jersey, purchased the Mustang from Marranca and his son Sean, tells the story as follows:For decades, our car has been the subject of numerous rumors, myths and dead-end searches. The hood has two U-shaped air inlets that sit on each side of the crease that runs down the middle.The front bumper slightly wraps around the corners of the car, coming in just above two indicators placed in front of the front wheel wells. The car that was unveiled next to the 2018 The two extra lights positioned inboard within the grille weren’t optioned on the Bullitt cars so the only lights beside the two outboard ones are the indicators placed in the lower apron. There are some red side indicators at the back too.You can see that the gas cap was chromed during a restoration process, but the chromed was peeled away to reveal the original black paint applied in 1968 by Balchowsky. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness, by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike. After the movie, it received a generous application of Bondo (to hide the damage), and a single-stage respray in its signature Highland Green color.The seats, interior, trunk space and camera mounts remain unaltered and consistent with its prior movie life.
There’s more chrome at the front with the two, slim, vertical bumper over riders, the chromed windshield frame, wipers and the grille below the windshield. I know my dad would be proud.We contacted Ford early on, as that had been my father’s wish. Longer, faster and more action packed than anything before it, the 10-minute car chase scene—featuring McQueen as Lt. Frank Bullitt chasing a black Dodge Charger while behind the wheel of this 1968 Ford Mustang GT—was the first to use cameras in a way that put the audience right inside the cars and alongside the actors. When it rained, I have no idea how the luggage stayed dry. With no air-conditioning, windows rolled down and the blaring AM radio, those In 1977 my dad got a call from Steve McQueen. With McQueen behind the wheel during the filming of 1968’s “Bullitt,” it redefined the way audiences would forever view car chases, creating a blueprint for the way those scenes should be shot, and that enduring legacy is something the car will forever carry with it. However, there are only two Bullitt cars which makes this example that much more valuable with some saying that it’s worth as much as $4,000,000, although Sean Kiernan has got no plans to part ways with the car and that’s, I think, a great thing for what was considered to be the long-lost Bullitt Mustang. Under the hood sits a Ford Racing 347ci V8 Engine mated to a Tremec TKO600 5-Speed Manual Transmission. The car was also driven by the family to New York and Maine and, by the time it was parked, it had racked up 46,000 miles.The Ford Mustang received the meaty 6.4-liter V-8 engine in 1967 and, for 1968, it was part of the S-code package. The other Mustang stunt car was deemed unrepairable and reportedly scrapped. The original 1968 fastback Bullitt Mustang on its way from the display case to the auction. Steve had tracked down the prior owner, who gave him our phone number. Mihai Fira started out writing about long-distance racing like the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. It also had a 4:10 Positraction rear end with heavy-duty universal joints. Balchowsky, who prepared the cars, was careful to add as much structural rigidity as possible. By the time it was parked our family had put 46,000 miles on the car.Dad was always a car guy but by the 1980s another passion bit him.
The car as it stands today’s also has the two aftermarket speakers installed by Robert Kiernan, the father of the car’s current owner, who bought it from Marranca in 1974 through a misspelled ad in the October issue of Road & Track.The Kiernans used the car as a daily driver after they purchased it in 1974. Cheers broke out when the Highland Green icon became visible. The ad was slightly misspelt and read: “1968 Bullett Mustang driven by McQueen in the movie. An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. Many consider that 'Bullitt', the movie that sent this 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback into the embracing arms of history, is a movie that's only worth watching if … She must be the coolest third grade teacher in history, because she drove the The mission of the Historic Vehicle Association I’m also grateful to LKQ Corporation (where I’ve been employed for ten years) for flexibility in 2018 to tour with the car.I thank my dad, Robert Kiernan, for the years we shared together, my sister Kelly and my mom, Robbie Kiernan. They’d been built in January of that same year at the San Jose, California plant and received the GT equipment group, the extra cooling package as well as the now-legendary Highland Green exterior color.