The Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in the movie Bullitt has been rediscovered after spending years forgotten in a garage.
The 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback stars in one of the most memorable of all cinematic car chases, with McQueen tearing it up and down the hills of San Francisco for almost 10 minutes in pursuit of two mob hitmen.
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Two Mustangs were used in filming: one was the 'hero' car driven by McQueen throughout the movie, while the other, called the 'jump' car, was used mainly for stunt sequences. Both had been lost to history, until the jump car was found in a Mexican junkyard last year.
Now the hero car has also resurfaced – and just in time for the film's 50th anniversary.
After the movie's completion, the vehicle was sold first to a Hollywood studio exec and then to a New York detective. When the detective decided to move it on in 1974, it came to the attention of New Jersey insurance executive – and Mustang fan – Robert Kiernan, who gleefully paid $6000 for it.
