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That is what a "FE" really does sound like
Love it my self.

McQueen drove the mustang in the chase
scenes with the charger. The charger was
a 426Hemi!The mustang was a 390GT. I worked
for a guy that was at the ford dealer where
the mustang from the movie ended up. He said
it was beat to death after McQueen got done
with it. It stil ran!!!! These are tough
little cars.

There must have been two Chargers as well,it starts out as an automatic and ends up a 4spd when it gets near the end..

Does any one know if the Charger was saved ????

Cory

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Gary M
'46 Ford 1/2 ton, '46 Mercury 1/2 ton, '47 1 ton, '57 Fairlane 500, '70 Mustang 63B SportsRoof, '95 Mustang GT coupe

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William

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Originally posted by Jake11:

That is what a "FE" really does sound like
Love it my self.

McQueen drove the mustang in the chase
scenes with the charger. The charger was
a 426Hemi!The mustang was a 390GT. I worked
for a guy that was at the ford dealer where
the mustang from the movie ended up. He said
it was beat to death after McQueen got done
with it. It stil ran!!!! These are tough
little cars.

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This is what an 'FE' sounds like? Not really...excelpt for the few docile street scenes, all the sound effects for the Mustang were recorded from a vintage Ford GT-40 done at Sears Point Raceway.
Secondly, there is still some controversy over what the Mustangs had in them. Some say 289s others say 390s. There were two Mustangs used, a de-chromed and de-trimmed GT, and a plain fastback that matched (somewhat). You could spot the differences if you look closely, especially the exhaust, overhead console and the door mirrors.

McQueen actually drove very little of the chase scenes, less than half of the total footage. Stunt driver Cary Loftin bleached his hair and did the tough stuff. You can tell by loking at the wristwatches.

Of the two Mustangs used in the film, one was destroyed and sent to the bone-yard, and the other was sold to a secretary for 'Solar productions', who worked for McQueen. That car has subsequently changed hands privately over the years. It was never sent to a Ford, or any other kind of 'dealer'

There were two Chargers used, bought from local dealerships, and they both had 440 Magnums/auto trans. No 'Hemi' engined cars in the film.
Bud Eakins, another stunt driver was the guy who drove the Charger, and he also played the part of the driver in the close ups.

Dave Kultz (not sure of spelling) who owns the only Ford approved clone of the Bullitt Car has seen the vehicle and states it is very bad shape. Still has the extra bracing and the brackets for the cameras.

I've found the web site before but has been a while, a German named Wolfgang has great site and he works in conguction with Dave on keeping all Bullitt things and happenings up dated.

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Originally posted by Jake11:

The Charger was a "unibody" as all the
60's Chrysler products, with the exception
of 1 model, which was so overbuilt, it's
banned from demolition derbys here in my
are. I heard from a few people it was a Hemi. But don't know for sure. The friend
that told me about the stang, said they had
a frame built under it. A GT40 has an "FE".
Unless it was one of the small block cars
they built for testing, back then. A 289
no sound even close.

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68 Chargers were full frame cars.

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You might want to check your sources on that one, Cobravenom. I have a '66 Charger. It's unibody construction, but 4200# worth!!!

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=105686

From the above article in the '68-'70 section:
But under that all-new skin was a very familiar car. The entire chassis and simple suspension system from the first Charger (and hence the Coronet) carried over intact along with the 117-inch wheelbase to the 1968 model. At 208 inches long overall, the '68 stretched another 4.4 inches longer than the already long '67 but most of the other dimensions were within fractions of an inch of before.

From the above article in the '66-'67 section:
Except for the two-door fastback roof and some unique trim, the Charger was every inch a Coronet. That meant it was a simple unibody structure with an unequal length control arm front suspension that used torsion bars as a springing medium and a solid rear axle on semielliptical leaf springs in the back. Except for those torsion bars (then Chrysler's trademark suspension design), there was absolutely nothing unconventional about the Charger's engineering.

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Mark Walton '83 Mustang GT 2.3 Turbo NHRA SS/O
'69 "off brand" NHRA SS/EA

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Originally posted by mustangs68:
Hello Wolfgang my friend
Sam

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