If you look at the attached photos, you will probably be horrified by what kind of car it was. Due to the huge amount of rust, it is difficult to recognize.
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Who doesn’t know the legendary chase from the movie Bullit’s Case, as if it weren’t. Therefore, if you are not “at this time”, I highly recommend the video below, as it will introduce you to the problem. And that I don’t write this often – first video, then text. But I can’t do otherwise here. According to many reviewers, the best car chase of all time, and the best ever shot in Hollywood. After watching the video, I guess you will agree with them. This is really extra cool.
Steve McQueen and the Bullit case
And I fully understand the fairer sex that, after seeing Steve McQueen’s azure eyes, they looked at their husbands, partners, and friend a little bit sideways. Just imagine, you go to Bullit’s case with your dear half and then you bring her home in a Škoda Octavia. The original, with rear-wheel drive and a power of 33 kW. The year is 1968, don’t forget. Or a maximum of Škoda 100L. Also no win, we agree. At the rear, a liter four-cylinder OHV and a “crank” on three bearings. Hi-tech pure.
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When you both saw a 6.4-liter Mustang GT 390 with a capacity of 325 horsepower and 325 horsepower under the hood, combined with a four-speed “automatic”. AND Dodge Charger 440 R / Ts “eight” with a volume of even 7.2 liters and a considerable 375 horses. And Mc Queen behind the wheel of the first one. Few have probably been able to represent the difference of the worlds on the opposite side of the Iron Curtain than this. If I take it that way, I wouldn’t go to this movie with my partner.
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Mc Queen was famous for his love of engines and the smell of gasoline. After all, in Bullit’s case he also controls himself, although not in all shots, he is duplicated by a stuntman somewhere. We understand the studio – risking Mc Queen’s health or even life could be very expensive. A few years after Bullit’s case, he starred in the film Le Mans, which shows the race and the backstage of this legendary 24-hour race. And he began looking for “his” Mustang, although he allegedly turned down the original buyout offer.
Found “original” Ford Mustang Bullit
But the original, original Mustang Bullit No.1 was taken by someone from the production so that the finals were lost and could not be found. It wasn’t until a few years ago that it “appeared” and was sold for a massive $ 3.7 million at auction in Florida. But, as is often the case with these “suddenly found” things, not everything may be as it is presented. Recently, a wreck appeared, basically just a rusted skeleton with an equally rusted engine. But, and now it will come: all the VINs on this skeleton agree with the VIN “Bullit No.1”
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And even though its renovation is completely unrealistic, basically the car would have to be built all over again, but for someone he had this “piece of iron”, for which they would give you a maximum of two thousand crowns in the collection yard in Hodonín. such a price that he paid for it at auction, and now hold on, $ 15,650. This is not a bad price for a demonstration of iron oxidation. For that, it would be a well-preserved car, able to drive for many years. This wreck will definitely not ride. But having the original after McQuen simply costs something.
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