The Bullitt Mustang Steve McQueen Begged For and Never Got — The Full Story in 11 Minutes

The Bullitt Mustang Steve McQueen Begged For and Never Got — The Full Story in 11 Minutes In 1968, Steve McQueen turned a Ford Mustang GT into one of the most iconic movie cars ever made — then had it taken away from him. He spent the rest of his life trying to get it back, and never did. This is the full story of the two Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT fastbacks built for Bullitt: how McQueen trained for weeks to drive the chase himself, the hidden hand-off to stuntman Bud Ekins mid-scene, the myth of the Golden Gate Bridge chase that never actually happened, how the "hero car" was quietly sold off and vanished into an ordinary life in New Jersey, McQueen's handwritten letter begging owner Robert Kiernan to trade for it back, the decades it spent hidden in garages across four states, and the $3.4 million auction sale in 2020 — fifty years after it first roared through San Francisco on screen. Bullitt Mustang Steve McQueen If you love the real history behind the cars that made Hollywood icons who they were, subscribe — there's another story just like this one waiting for you. Bullitt Mustang Steve McQueen Steve McQueen, Bullitt Mustang, 1968 Ford Mustang GT, Bullitt movie car, Steve McQueen Mustang story, Highland Green Mustang, Bullitt chase scene, Robert Kiernan Mustang, Bullitt Mustang auction, classic Mustang history, Steve McQueen cars, Ford Mustang history, Hollywood movie cars, Bud Ekins stuntman, Bullitt 1968 film, Bullitt Mustang Steve McQueen