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Of course not, that is why McQueen drove a GT-390...

I stand corrected on the cubic inches, but still stand my the intent of my statement. Unless that is a 428 CJ, it aint hangin with the mopar.


Clyde

Check the stories I linked above.

The truth is that they originally shot the chase scene with McQueen driving a 1965 GTO, but he kept passing the Dodge. They then detuned the Dodge and gave McQueen a Mustang to make it look like a closer race...

I hear that original GTO resides somewhere in Montana these days...

Bullit Facts:
From articles and DVD extras I've seen

The Charger (440) was pretty stock compared to the 390 Mustang but it was still faster.

The Mustangs's engine sounds in the chase were actually recorded from a 289 powered GT40.

The script didn't make sense to Robert Vaughn at first.
But the more money they offered ,the more sense it made.

That is true. What few people don'[t know, is that there is no rear view mirror in that car, because what is behind you is not important. Check that tach and speedometer, it isn't easy driving and taking pictures at that speed...

Wow, that picture is a flashback.

And you are right about "what is behind you is not important" in a Goat. That's where the Super Sports always were.

Haha! That's pretty cool. Also cool to read in that article that the stock Charger could run circles around the Mustang. I was more of a Mopar guy as a kid, around the time that movie was made.

The article points out that the way they shot the chase had audience members "jumping out of the their seats". Too true! My best buddy and I saw it in the Grand Theatre in Calgary... we sat near the front and the realism of the chase was so powerful we were literally bouncing around in our seats in response to the film.

You just don't get that same visuo-spatial effect when you watch it on the small screen, or from too far away on the big screen.

Read the articles RufusG quoted in his post earlier.

It wasn't a 289, and the Charger still blew the doors off the (modified) Mustang. No surprises there... anybody who attended the drags in 1966-69 knew that the Mopars were the cars to beat.

IIRC that Mustang had about a 7 speed gear box as well, at least judging by the constant shifting...



I was stunned by the revelation that sometimes Hollywood "bends" the truth a bit in their movies for dramatic effect. I know, I know, it sounds implausible if not downright ridiculous but I swear it's true. For instance, I was 14 years old before finding out that a Colt SAA does not actually hold 87 rounds.

I always figured that the VW beetle was faster than the mustang.

It had to be to get in front of him on that same hill at least five different times.

Remember the fat detective named Cannon?
I saw him shoot the tires off an airplane trying to take off using a small Colt snub nose.

Who hasn't shot the tires off an airplane with a colt?

This is what happens when rank amateurs try to alter the mileage on a car to get a better sale price. Shrapnel clearly chucked his variable-speed electric drill to the speedo cable correctly, but failed to reverse the motor...

I remember reading an "interview" with Steve McQueen about Bullitt, in which he said the Mustang was REALLY fast.

If you enjoy cars, you'll enjoy this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtdtGgf1BF0

If I remember correctly, Clint wasn't holding a 29 all of the time, either.

What those old cowboys could do with a lever action and iron sights was amazing.

Now I know I hate you....