Call me crazy but I'd rather have the clone that Dave (A12 Pilot) built so I could drive the heck out of it.

There's different tiers of cars,this is not a car you drive the heck out of.

Yeah, Dave's car was pretty awesome.

Potential 10mil can buy a lot of fun cars!!

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I guess that was how Ford paid them for using the car in their media exploits.

Never underestimate the king of cool factor and how it relates to valuation. I was at Monterey years ago when the 911 he drove in the opening scene of Le Mans went for 1.3M to a Japanese collector if memory serves. Remember, this is the hero car that pretty much started the whole chase flim genre. It's the little things like how he opens the door at the car wash, it popping up in the Chargers rear view etc..big want from liquid folks.

The owner of the Bullitt '68 Dodge Charger camera car would probably be a very serious buyer too.
https://jesusbehindthewheel.com/2018...spec-chargers/
https://bringatrailer.com/2013/01/14...dodge-charger/

The Bullet Mustang is in Somerset KY. today at the Somernites cruise in.

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http://www.mustangtek.com/Library3/CL_69-08.html

Personally I would not pay 1$ extra for the car even if Steve Mc queen was sitting in the front seat himself. It's a movie car that happened to have someone famous drive it, McQueen probably didn't drive it during the chase scene.

Here's a what if. What if the Bullitt Mustang and Jim Morrison's Shelby went together to auction, which one would bring in the highest bid? Yes I know Jim's Mustangs has never been found. I personally would rather have the Shelby, but then again I really like the Door's music.

The Bullitt Mustang hands down. It was part of THE greatest car chase ever put on film with the actor known as "The King of Cool." Jim Morrison and the Doors popularity were very short lived. There was nothing special about his Shelby other than he tired making a movie with it and failed. It has never been released BTW. It's title is HWY: An American Pastoral

The last time anyone saw his Shelby was right after he totaled it. He didn't buy it BTW. It was given to him by his record producer as a gift for the success of LIGHT MY FIRE.

No actor equals Steve Mcqueen's coolness factor except maybe Paul Newman. In my opinion.

How much over 10m estimate would it be worth if it actually was in a good movie and the car was a desirable year,color, or even a hi performance model ? We are talking about a car that without the movie is a plain jane 20k car.
Cool car no doubt ,mostly to a 70 yr old and up that was at least a teenager in 1968 but the hype on this one is way over the top.. Its future value regardless of what it brings wont be timeless ,it needs to bring the money now....IMHO

I disagree - it's value WILL be timeless. BULLITT still remains a very popular movie. It has been released on DVD, Blu-ray and will be released on the new Ultra HD Blu-ray. The movie holds up against time BECAUSE it is and will always be the benchmark for car chases. There are no uses of under or over cranking the cameras. No CGI or special effects. It won the Academy Award for Film Editing because of the car chase. Ford continues to make Bullitt Mustang versions to this day.

And it will bring the money now. It is being hyped for 5 months - then it will be put on the auction block for ANYONE to purchase. No private sale here. No anonymous buyer. And anyone with an internet connection can watch the sale.

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https://www.mecum.com/

That old letter from Steve himself wanting to buy the car back then,has got to have added to half the cars value today. :burnout:

That car won’t go over 5 million

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https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0120-39...ng-gt-bullitt/

We should have an over under pool!I'm saying under $5m but hoping it goes for a lot more!

Retracting my guess :-)

A Cobra coupe that sold for 7.25 is the most that I know of for a 60s era car. A Duesenberg sold for 20M last year at Gooding. As cool as this car is, there is no way it does that.

The highest amount paid for a Post WWII American car at auction is the first AC Cobra which brought $13.75 million (includes fees)

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1935 Duesenberg SSJ once owned by Hollywood legend Gary Cooper brought the highest amount paid for any American car at auction last year: $22 million

And nobody cares about the classics anymore. Though wonder what Gary Cooper's Persol's would go for ...

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/14037/lot/62/

I remember reading somewhere that Cooper and John Carradine used to race their doosies along Mulholland in the forties.. It breaks the bank IMO. Built by Max Balchowsky,driven by McQueen and Bill Hickman at Cotati raceway, probably the most cloned pony car out there. There is no other star/car combo that gets close, excluding H.B. Halicki and Eleanor naturally.

here is a list of the top ten for 2018

the Bullitt Mustang will probably need $5M plus to make the top ten for 2019

https://www.classic-car-auctions.inf...ublic-auction/

Will be a test of the McQueen-factor if to top the 250 Goat #, but who's the next McQueen?

"LeMans"-starring 917 values higher than an actual LeMans-winning 917 ...?

https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsp...-car-for-sale/

I was watching a Los Angeles-filmed movie from '69 called 'The Model Shop' this weekend. Great, great scenes of late '60s L.A. Anyways in one scene my eyes bugged out at this - I know Max Balchowsky who built the Bullitt Mustang had a shop in L.A. "Bullitt" was shot in San Francisco in April '68. The model shop was shot in L.A. in June '68. Maybe McQueen was taking one last spin after filming? Or Balchowsky brought it back to his shop and was tooling around? I dunno... long shot, probably out-to-lunch, lots of Highland Green '68s with aftermarket wheels in LA circa June '68 I am sure, but something sure does look familiar about the stance of this 'Stang. Hi-def versions of this screen grab are not available but the license plate is dark with yellow letters for sure. Got an actual grab from Bullitt here too...

I love this geeky car movie stuff!
So, did the Bullitt car have it's backup lights removed or were they blacked out?
The 'stang in your move has them.

You raise a good point. At least one car had them removed, maybe both.

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Reverse Lights became standard on all cars for the model year 1966

----You can almost see where the filler work was done on the lower valence......Bill S

Round sheetmatal caps with two screws holding them in

yep, clearly see where they were.

Model Shop 'stang appears to have fender script, too ...?

Getting close!!!!!

Not sure what day it's going over the block.....


https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0120-39...ng-gt-bullitt/

Lot F150 would be on a Friday.

When we get a little close to the actual auction date I will rerun the "Guess The Selling Price" poll thread - to give people a second chance (and maybe for some a first chance) to come up with their best guess.

A friend of mine is headed there and I will give him eight hundred bucks to pick up the Bullitt for me. I suppose it's $880 with commission? I feel that is fair based on condition.

He thinks millions but i'm not sure it is shiny enough for the rich mooks and the young 'uns either have no interest in it or no money.
I was surprised to see it being auctioned, but maybe as someone already posted Ford got their value from it and doesn't need it anymore. I assume it was Ford that was responsible for the car for the past two years?