The Bullet Mustang get $3.4 Million!

[myk]

And with that kind of money to spend, I hope the new owner restores the thing...

[Mike DC]

And with that kind of money to spend, I hope the new owner restores the thing...

The Bullitt car?   Please, no!

Hollywood props are valuable for their history, like any other historical item. 

There are lots of Bullitt clones out there.  You can build a really nice clone for about 2% of that auction price.  Heck, the other car (the stunt car) was found as a bare shell - just restore that one and leave this barn-find closeup car alone. 



A piece of the Titanic's hull was brought up a few years ago.  It's in raggedy rusty shape but that doesn't mean they should restore it. 

[Ghoste]

I agree, preserve it but leave it as it is.

[djcarguy]

     What year was Steve trying to buy stang back ,any year on paper work or his offers to buy his stang back  

     


            What year did steve pass on to race track  or next phase of events   




            Wasn't there several mustang fastbacks,,1 being green with mags to look like the bullit stang    In Chad McQueens movie 

     RED LINE   MOVIE   made in or released in 1995

[Ghoste]

He tried to buy it back in 1977.

[JB400]

Looks like the new owner is going to keep it like it is for a while longer:  https://mustangforums.com/articles/bullitt-mustang-will-not-be-restored/

[TX9AAR]

I wonder if the Brothers Collection purchased the car. I was told by an owner of a big restoration shop that did work for the brother's that they were 7th Day Adventists and their sabbath is on Saturday. He had to sign a contract with them that no work would be done on their cars on Saturday. I thought it was strange that the auction sold the car on Friday and not Saturday.  Guess we will find out sometime

[tan top]

Looks like the new owner is going to keep it like it is for a while longer:  https://mustangforums.com/articles/bullitt-mustang-will-not-be-restored/

ridiculous amount for any car full stop ! & all it is ,   its  just a movie prop.   as for not restoring it I think its silly I could kind of understand if it had been put in a barn or storage locker directly after filming & not touched or saw the light of day for 50 years .   still each to their own

[Mike DC]

    

ridiculous amount for any car full stop ! & all it is ,   its  just a movie prop.   as for not restoring it I think its silly I could kind of understand if it had been put in a barn or storage locker directly after filming & not touched or saw the light of day for 50 years .   still each to their own

The thing you gotta remember is that the Bullitt car is not a '68 Mustang.  Nobody pays $3 million bucks for a '68 Mustang.  They pay that much to get the Bullitt movie car.  The buyer paid for $20,000 worth of Mustang and $3,380,000 worth of movie-prop history.  

Props are always most valuable in their original screen-used visual condition.  This car still has 80% of it.  It's best to leave it alone.  No question.  

[Homerr]

And with that kind of money to spend, I hope the new owner restores the thing...

An awesome way to make a $3.4m car in to an $80k one.