staring Steve McQueen and this Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT fastback? If you haven't, you better go out and get the movie and watch it. The movie has the best car chase scenes ever filmed. The scene featured this Mustang chasing two hit-men in a black 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnum. It was 9 minutes and 42 seconds long. Speeds exceeded 110 mph and Steve McQueen did most of the actual driving!
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2001 Bullitt Green Mustang GT Bullitt with a 270hp, 281 cubic inch, 4.6 liter, electronic fuel injected, single overhead cam, V8, special Bullitt engine. Ford had a Bullitt optioned 2001 Mustang which was based on the 1968 fastback driven by Steve McQueen in the detective movie Bullitt. Bullitt modifications included unique side scoops, 17-inch American Racing aluminum wheels, a lowered suspension, modified C-pillars, special quarter panel molding, rocker panel moldings, brushed aluminum fuel cap door, special Bullitt badging, polished-rolled tailpipe, and came in Dark Highland Green and True Blue and Black. The original 1968 Mustang fastback used in the movie was Dark Highland Green. The movie's director called for speeds of 75 to 80 mph, but the cars (including the ones containing the cameras) reached speeds of over 110 mph on surface streets. Filming of the chase scene took three weeks, resulting in 9 minutes and 42 seconds of film. During the chase scene, the Charger loses six hubcaps and has different ones missing at different times. The production company was denied permission to film on the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Left side view of the 2001 Dark Highland Green (Bullitt Green) Mustang GT Bullitt showing its 17-inch American Racing aluminum wheels.
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Dark Highland Green (Bullitt Green) 2001 Mustang GT Bullitt, rear end view.
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2001 Mustang GT Bullitt in Dark Highland Green or Bullitt Green paint, showing off its Bullitt option brushed aluminum fuel cap door.
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Front view of the Dark Highland Green (Bullitt Green) 2001 Mustang GT Bullitt.
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Close-up of the Bullitt lower doorsill badge.
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Close-up of other Bullitt badging.
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Interior of the 2001 Mustang GT Bullitt showing its brushed aluminum ball shifter and shifter bezel; and the only option available for the Bullitt, a 6-CD in-dash changer with the Mach 460 sound system.
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270hp, 305 lb-ft of torque, 281 cubic inch, 4.6 liter, electronic fuel injected, single overhead cam, V8 special Bullitt engine. This power system has cast aluminum intake manifold, optimized alternator and pump pulley ratios, and high flow mufflers for increased power and aggressive performance sound making it a few horsepower over the standard GT powerplant.
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I own one of these 1968 Bullitt Movie Posters. The 2001 Mustang GT Bullitt was inspired by the 1968 Mustang fastback driven by Steve McQueen in the detective movie Bullitt. Bullitt is most-remembered for its central car chase scene through the streets of downtown San Francisco, one of the earliest and most influential car chase sequences in movie history. The movie's director called for speeds of 75 to 80 mph, but the cars (including the ones containing the cameras) reached speeds of over 110 mph on surface streets. Filming of the chase scene took three weeks, resulting in 9 minutes and 42 seconds of film.
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Highland Green 2001 Mustang GT Bullitt with the Police Interceptor, 270hp, 281 cubic inch (4.6 liter), single overhead cam V8. Bullitt modifications included unique side scoops, 17-inch American Racing aluminum wheels, a lowered suspension, modified C-pillars, special quarter panel molding, rocker panel moldings, brushed aluminum fuel cap door, special Bullitt badging, polished-rolled tailpipe, and came in Dark Highland Green, True Blue and Black. Ford optioned this 2001 Mustang to resemble the 1968 fastback driven by Steve McQueen in the detective movie Bullitt. This Bullitt example was also our Attitude Of The Week for 11-04-2007.
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Highland Green 2001 Mustang GT Bullitt, front left view.
