A new Ford Mustang will debut at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction, and all signs point to it being the long-rumored Bullitt.
Over the past year or so, there have been lots of rumors of a new Bullitt Mustang. These rumors were started by images of what appeared to be sketches of a new Bullitt in the background of a video with Ford spokesperson Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. More recently, images of what appeared to be a 2018 Mustang with Bullitt-inspired details were captured in Chicago, but the information of a new movie-themed pony car hitting the auction block of the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction is the strongest evidence yet of a Bullitt revival.
A New Mustang at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale
A member of the enthusiast community Mustang6g.com found an interesting list on the Barrett-Jackson website. According to this listing, auction lot #3006 in Scottsdale will be “a special new Ford Mustang to be sold with 100 percent of the hammer price benefiting charity” on January 19th. There are no further details on the car, but the image above is included in the listing, and it appears as though this shadowy classic pony car could be one of the original Bullitt cars.
The key bit of information is that the proceeds of this mysterious new car auction will go to benefit the Boys Republic charity, which runs a special school in Southern California for “troubled” kids. Steve McQueen, the star of the movie and the driver of the original Bullitt Mustang, went to that school back in the 1940s along with serving as the chairman of the group in 1966 and 1975.
So, Barrett-Jackson will auction some new Mustang on January 19th. They are currently using what appears to be the original Bullitt movie car as the image, and the proceeds of the sale go to a charity involved with the star of movie. Could those be coincidences? Yes, but our safe money says that we will finally meet the new Bullitt in 11 days.
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