Bullit - the Chase (Steve McQueen)

[Survivor 69/Z28]

A nice 68 Blue Chevelle SS that they almost take out...

[king_midas]

I moved from the city of S.F. in 2003, and it was still a rolling car show out there when I left. On the other side of the Haight, there was a '68 Charget R/T parked on the street that I used to ride my motorcycle by every day-- One day it wasn't there anymore. Clapped out, dents, and needing a complete cosmetic restoration, but rust-free...

There are all sorts of cool cars in the city, mostly cars that are under the radar like old Datsun 510's, BMW's of all sorts, VW's, etc... A friend of mine had a '62 T-Bird that he drove every day.

Depending on what part of the city your're in, though, cars will rust terribly. I passed up a '69 RS Camaro before I moved: LeMans blue, A/C, 350 4-speed, original owner. It was rough (EVERY panel needed to be addressed/replaced, including the roof), but it was all there.

[mockingbird812]

Never tire of that chase scene. Notice on the jumps thru the streets how much more nose-heavy the 440 car is than the 390? 'Stang lands flat and the Charger lands nose first. Music build up is priceless too. Damn that's good stuff!!!!!!

[Canuck]

i have probably watched that chase scene 100 times. Really got it down to slomo on my DVD player and on my computer. I am restoring a 68 Charger as a Bullitt tribute car. Black/black/black 68 charger 4 speed.
Movie experts state two Mustangs and two Chargers were used. In looking at the sceens where the cars are used you can spot differences in the two cars and what was used where. The chase scene used both Chargers,one was a 4 speed one was an auto. The sound for the shifting was done at Cotetti race track and dubbed into the scenes. the Ford sound was a GT40. The Charger sound seems like its own and must have been the auto car. You cannot speed shift a Mopar A833 with an Inland shifter the throw is 3 to four feet.

[Monte_SS]

sort of off topic but a friend of mine thinks he has one of Mcqueens old busses that he took his motorcycle racing with. It would be cool if he could ever verify it as such.

Monte_SS

[TimG]

Ever notice that the Charger lost five hub caps? Three during the chase and two when in the air at the end.
Right at the begining when pulling out of the service station parking lot, a '65 green Corvette with FI emblems goes by. You need to look at it in slow motion.

[agtw31]

the movie channel runs an expose on mcqueen very now and then,and it has a detailed sequence showing mcqueen and the guy driving the charger practicing at some race track,i believe it was Ontario.
he tore that mustang up before the shooting of the actual chase,did a lot of donuts at a parking lot.