Posted on 09/09/2020 11:37:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Now, why would y’wann’a do THAT ?
I wondered what happened to the BULLIT car after it was featured in HEMMINGS MOTOR NEWS a couple of years ago.
(FYI, the OTHER “movie” Mustang was, the last time I heard still in the wrecking yard near Tijuana, Mexico & priced at 1500.oo. = It was, about 3 years ago, “more or less in one piece” but needed a COMPLETE restoration, as a PO ran off the road & hit a tree with it. - The “reporter” in HEMMINGS estimated that it would cost about 100,000.ooUSD to restore to “factory stock”.)
Yours, TMN78247
My first new car was a Bullitt Mustang I bought in early Sept. of ‘68 when I was 23 and had no money......incredible story.
My roommate totalled my ‘66 Mustang in the spring of ‘68 and my insurance company made a big mistake and gave me way too much money. A friend of my Dad’s was a used car dealer, I asked him to get me something that could carry 6. He took my money & delivered my an almost new ‘67 Buick Wildcat convertible loaded with everything, including a 454 cu.”, 8 mpg engine......not a car a 23 yr. old wants to be seen in.
Hated it, in early Sept. drove past Ford dealer and in the center of the showroom floor was the Bullitt. I knew the Buick was worth a lot, low mileage, like new. I asked if they would trade me even. They drove my car and said they needed my car and $300. I didn’t have $300, so I walked away.
1st lesson I learned about buying cars: walk away! Sales guy came running after me, “If you can wait 3 days, we’ll take your car and $100.00!” I didn’t have $100 either, but figured for this hot beautiful Mustang fastback in dark metallic green (”Highland Green”), I could come up with the $100. I said, “Ok, but I can’t wait 4 days as I start a new job the next state over and have to be there in 5 days......why the difference?”
Sales guy told me for every ‘68 they still had in their inventory on Sept. 5th, Ford would give them $200.
So I got my Bullitt Mustang and drove it in the ground, putting 100k miles on it in 3 years. And with “planned obsolescence” back then, that’s all you’d get out of a car before it needed everything replaced and engine rebuilt. Passed it on to a friend who then moved to Richmond, VA and it was junked there about 1973.
Loved that car........not sure, but think sticker was around $2,895....????
With the continuing debasement of currency, it should only take 30 years.
I was trying to recall seeing a red beetle but I think somebody was playing with the colors in that other photo. The one that shows up in multiple segments of the chase scene was green. Actually, the same spot filmed from multiple angles. (I'm surprised a camera crew doesn't appear in any of the shots). And in most other pics you can see the tail light of a Fairlaine parked across the street. The same one shows up in many pictures of the VW in that intersection...
You could do like I do, build up one of the original 60’s models yourself. You could have a cherry original for about 20K in parts and paint if you do most the work yourself.
I don’t buy new cars, I build up old ones and have a real car when I am done. Current project is a 57 Apache stepside.
If you pay someone else to do it all maybe. If you are willing to get your hands dirty it can be done for about 20k even with paying someone else to paint it.
I couldn’t afford 50k but I found a rebuildable 69 fastback that I could afford. It’s been up on blocks as much as it has seen street action (pulling motors ain’t as easy as they were in my 20’s) but it sure is fun when I can drive it.
Mechanical repairs are almost complete and then it’s on to bodywork and paint.
“Nice car.
But I’ll be with my Challenger for at least a few more years.
Made some changes to the exhaust system to add another 50ish in HP
Thing is LOUD.
I should grow up!!!”
Before I bought my Challenger (sold several years ago) I test drove a Mustang. There was no comparison. The Mustang had no room and rode like a tank. The Challenger was roomy and had old school driving and riding characteristics. I loved that car.
I loved that movie!!!
I prefer a larger car.
Very nice car...
FWIW, I have ZERO interest in doing a complete restoration on the car, even if I had the $$$$$$$.
(I just thought that someone here might be interested in the other BULLETT car.)
Old-school S-class MB cars are “my thing”. = I’m in the process of buying a ONE OWNER Euro-spec 500SEC drop-head convertible in MAROON/maroon leather, that has less than 200K KM on the clock, out of a FL estate sale. - The big convertible has been in inside storage for over 8 years.
(My research tells me that there were less than 50 such cars ever converted. = ALL of the convertibles are re-built from NEW 500 or 560 SEC coupes by independent conversion shops in Germany or Belgium, at a cost of about 40,000USD.)
Yours, TMN78247
>>>And seven hubcabs<<<
In the Movie, the Dodge Charger ended up with five Hubcaps.
My older Brother took me to see Bullitt when it came out. I was really jazzed after watching that Chase Scene.
My Brother has a Photographic Memory. On the way out of the Theater he says, too bad the Charger had five Hubcaps. He ruined the fantasy for me. LOL
The premature explosion when the Charger ran off the road was a problem, but they really couldn’t reshoot that scene.
The chase scene in the Seven Ups was pretty good as well.
Downright PURTY Chevy.
Yours, TMN78247
My buddy's dad had a convertible gull wing '59 Chevy Impala like this one. Exactly these colors! It was an eye catcher, a bit crazy looking in the butt, but a ball to ride in. Three people could easily sit in the front or back. Exactly these colors!
Those were fun years. You could easily tell what brand of car you were looking at. My guys and I went to all the car dealers near us to see if the new models came in yet. They would let us sit in them. They smelled so much better than new cars now.
AGREED 100%
Oddly, just about an hour ago, I saw the same year Chevy 2DR coupe in the parking lot at the Ft Sam Houston Commissary.
I talked to the owner (an Army SGT/E5) & she said that, “Granny bought it new & when she died, she willed it to me.” & “NO it is NOT for sale”.
(IF it was mine, I would NOT sell it either!!!)
Yours, TMN78247
USA, Retired
BTW, speaking of “family cars” & collectables, I have LOOKED FOR YEARS (& still haven’t found) the green 1960 CORVAIR 4DR sedan that I learned to drive in, in NOV 1961.
(My Aunt Gladys bought the VERY FIRST CORVAIR that anyone in the USA bought. - She “knew somebody” & NEEDED a “cheap to drive” car to drive to/from work at the hospital, where she was an RN.)
About 18 months ago, I “got a lead” on where the little sedan is. = A man in Ft Worth has been seen driving it BUT so far I haven’t found him/the car.
(Laughton T. G____________ does NOT live at the address where the car is registered.)
Yours, TMN78247
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