(from page 54 of the 1968 Collection)
Meadowlark Yellow 1968 Mustang fastback with side reflecting C-stripes and louvered hood. The hood has pinstripes around the recessed louvered areas.
(from page 54 of the 1968 Collection)
Meadowlark Yellow 1968 Mustang fastback, front end view. There is a herd of umbrellas in the background.
(from page 54 of the 1968 Collection)
This the the only standard Yellow paint offered in 1968 on the Mustang. You could special order with other shades of yellow.
(from page 54 of the 1968 Collection)
Meadowlark Yellow 1968 Mustang fastback, right rear view.
(from page 54 of the 1968 Collection)
We caught back up with this Meadowlark Yellow 1968 Mustang fastback at 2010 Uftring show. It was still overcast but the hood was open and the windows down.
(from page 54 of the 1968 Collection)
Meadowlark Yellow 1968 Mustang fastback, left front view.
(from page 55 of the 1968 Collection)
These are the emblems on the front fenders - a tri-color horse and Mustang script.
(from page 55 of the 1968 Collection)
Here is a close-up of the rear quarter roof pillar vents.
(from page 55 of the 1968 Collection)
The fender says this is a 331ci High Performance engine.
(from page 55 of the 1968 Collection)
The interior has many custom items - bucket seats, center console, automatic shift kit, and tach.
(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection)
Have you seen the 1968 movie called Bullitt 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!
(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection)
Two Highland Green 1968 Mustang GTs were built for the movie. One was destroyed during the movie. The other is rumored to still be around but stashed away from the public eye. They were originally modified for filming by Max Balchowski. They received GR70 tires mounted on 15x8 American Racing Torque Thrusts, heavy duty springs, Koni racing shocks, and added reinforcing braces for the inner fenders. Each car had 390ci 4V engines tweaked for higher performance.
(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection)
There is Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt (played by Steve McQueen) driving in the Bullitt Mustang in the movie. Awesome shot!
(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection)
In this shot Steve McQueen is trading paint with a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T in the movie's big chase scene! The chase ends soon after this shot with the Charger flying through a gas station and blows up. The Mustang is suppose to be a GT, but I don't see the exhaust cut-outs in the rear valance.
(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection)
Here is why the Bullitt movie car was built with heavy duty shocks and springs.
(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection)
Long thought gone, Ralph Garcia, Jr. and Hugo Sanchez (in 2016) happened across one of the two Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT 390 fastbacks used in the 1968 Movie called Bullitt. They were looking for fastbacks to turn into Eleanor replicas when then noticed some odd features of this wrecked fastback. It was verified as one of the two Bullitt Mustangs and the story was released to the public in March of 2017.
(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection)
After this Mustang was used in the movie it was taken to Mexico as it was too wrecked to be repaired and put on the road in California. The Highland Green paint was covered with red then white paint. It stayed in Mexico for a while then moved to a backyard in Los Cabos where it was discovered.
(from page 56 of the 1968 Collection)
This Bullitt movie car was restored. The paint is flat. It was originally scuffed to a flat appearance for the original movie shoot.
(from page 59 of the 1968 Collection)
This Lime Green 1968 Mustang GT500 fastback was at the 2010 Mustang Club of America Grand Nations in Bellevue, Washington.
(from page 60 of the 1968 Collection)
View of the Ford, Mustang, R-code, 428 cubic inch, Cobra Jet, V8 engine originally rated at 335hp (at 5200rpm).
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