DC -- Mall -- Historic Vehicle Association display -- 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback – Bullitt – '559:
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1968 Ford Mustang Fastback – Bullitt – '559
The “Highland Green” Mustang piloted by legendary car enthusiast and actor Steve McQueen through the streets of San Francisco in the visceral cops-and-mobsters flick Bullitt has become an indelible part of international car culture. By the 1980s though, the car was thought to have vanished. It wasn’t until 2018 that the car was finally shown to the world again by the Kiernan family, who have owned it since 1974. Featuring rich patina from a life well lived, the big block Mustang is unrestored and retains many of its modifications from filming for the movie.
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BULLIT_180422_004.JPG: The "Highland Green" Mustang piloted by legendary can enthusiast and actor Steve McQueen through the streets of San Francisco in the visceral cops-and-mobsters flick Bullitt has become an indelible part of international car culture.
By the 1980s, the car was thought to have vanished. It wasn't until 2018 that the car was finally shown to the world again by the Kiernan family, who have owned it since 1974. Featuring rich patina from a life well lived, the Fastback Mustang is unrestored and retains mainy of its modifications from filming for the movie.
BULLIT_180422_012.JPG: 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback '559
Bullitt
VIN 8R025125559
HERO CAR from the 1968 Steve McQueen movie BULLITT
BULLIT_180422_014.JPG: 1968: Warner Bros. purchased two '68 Mustang Fastbacks for Bullitt movie VIN BR0251255558 ('558) and BR025125559 ('559)
1968: Chase scene filmed over a four-week period in April. Steve McQueen drove '559 in several iconic portions of the 10-minute chase.
1968: Warner Bros. employee Robert Ross purchased '559 from studio after filming was complete.
1970: Robert Ross sells '559 to New Jersey police detective Frank Marranca for $6,000.
BULLIT_180422_019.JPG: 1974: Frank Marranca advertises '559 in Road & Track magazine and sells it to Robert & Robbie Kiernan for $6,000, who use it as their sole family car until 1980.
1977: Steve McQueen offers to buy '559 from Keirnans.
1980: Bob Kiernan receives New Jersey "Bulitt" vanity plates as a gift from his spouse Robbie. '559 is moved to storage in New Jersey.
1989: '559 removed from New Jersey storage and brought to family's horse farm in Kentucky, and six years later to Tennessee.
BULLIT_180422_021.JPG: 2001: Bob and his 20-year-old son Sean begin restoring '559.
2014: Bob Kiernan passes away and ownership of '559 is transferred to Sean Kiernan.
2015: Sean discloses family secret to filmmakers Ken Horstman and Casey Wallace.
2016: Sean completes rebuild of '559 and starts it for the first time on July 4.
2018: Sean Kiernan collaborates with the HVA and Ford to reveal '559 to the public for the first time in 40 years at the Detroit Auto Show.
BULLIT_180422_114.JPG: The guy being photographed had named his dog after the movie
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2018 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences in Greenville, NC, Newport News, VA, and my farewell event with them in Chicago, IL (via sites in Louisville, KY, St. Louis, MO, and Toledo, OH),
three trips to New York City (including New York Comic-Con), and
my 13th consecutive trip to San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles).
Number of photos taken this year: about 535,000.
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