The family of the late Steve McQueen is celebrating the 40th anniversary of The King of Cool's most famous work by authorizing official replicas of the Mustang driven by McQueen as Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt in 1968's Bullitt.

Bullitt, in a Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT 390 Fastback, persues hitmen in a Tuxedo Black 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnum through the streets of San Francisco in a sequence that redefined cinematic chase scenes.

Ford honored the Mustang's role in the movie by creating Bullitt edition Mustangs in 2001 and 2008. Last year, Bullitt was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Production and availability information are not yet available.

The McQueen Family and Warner Bros. share ownership of the Bullitt name.

• Photos from Bullitt
• 2001 Bullitt Mustang
• 2008 Bullitt Mustang
• Library of Congress National Film Registry

 

uhm, i don't want to sound like an arsehole, but why the heck does his family have a say in it at all?

 

You are not a hole or maybe I am also. Why do they have any say? They own the movie rights or something?

 

This BETTER NOT turn into another Unique Performance circus, and **** well better not have Shelby involved in it.

 

Amen brother. Are they going to use Chinese Dynacorn bodies?

(manufactured and assembled in our factory off shore in Taiwan under our strict guidance)

 

this is just a guess,
perhaps whoever it is that is doing the replica 68 hg ford mustang gt needs the permission in order to label it a bullitt replica. not just to do a replica 68 hg mustang gt, but one labelled a 'bullitt' mustang, because the mcqueen family has controll/rights to the bullitt name.
its the same as for ford needing permission to call the present day bullitt mustang a bullitt mustang.
just a guess.

 

they'll be $100,000 I'm sure....

 

I hope this doesn't become a mockery of the Bullitt

 

its will certainly open the door.

 

As far as I know this is true. Chad McQueen, I think, holds most, if not all, of the rights to his fathers estate.

 

Kinda Jumping the GUN are we not. Lets Get the Facts before we Start SHOOTING down the new BULLITT. Son of a GUN Guys! Really got Some PISTOLS in this Topic! Lets RIFLE for some More info before we run off Half COCKED on this LOADED issue! Time to take a POWDER on this Topic!

You have Been PUN ished!

LOL!

KC

 

Damnit, I was about to pull the trigger on my 67 project. I'll wait until the release to see what this pans out to be. I'm interested but I don't think they'll be able to keep it at a reasonable price point. For $50k you can buy an original show quality 68 s-code. I'd love to see some modern handling improvements and upgraded interior, but I'm not going to pay $100k for any mustang, let alone a repro.

 

I'd like to see what year one would do with it

 

Does this mean it will be nigh-on impossible to just find a regular, Ford built fasback with no shelby/foose/unique/bullitt stuff on it?
Ack- the "special" editions aren't all that special anymore...

 

Couldn't have said it better myself ...

 

Whatever they do I hope it stays true to the origial and doesn't have 18"-20" wheels, low profile tires, lowered suspension, stupid body kits, or some goofy emblem on the car. I'll keep my judgement to myself until we get more info.

 

Looks like my plans to find an affordable '68 Mustang fastback are flushed down the drain.

 

If it did have all that stuff, then it wouldn't be a replica now would it. I doubt it'll be any Chip Foose/West Coast Customs creation.

 

Sigh, fair enough. Im just worried that it might be another thing that drives up the cost of fastbacks even more, and is ridiculously overpriced. I would love for them to be perfect, but we've been hurt before

Stupid Unique Performance

 

For what it's worth...

Bullitt is a trademark of Warner Brothers AND the Chad and T. McQueen Testament Trust.