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1968 Mustang "Bullit Car"
1968 Mustang "Bullitt Car" is one beauty back in the days when people actually payed attention to them and saw the worth that it had. In many of my articles or sources, they talk about how this type of car was such a big deal back in the day because it became a big hit in the movie industry. While Warner Bros bought this car for movies, it became known as a "chase car" since any actors used it as a speed racing car. It's body gave it a big eye catching for people since it was a model that was known in many famous films. This type of car had many things done to it. Meaning, many things were fix in order for it to be a film car. In many articles,it gives people an insight of how this type of model is different from any other type of car there are. It talks about the types of material used and pieces that make this car. Also, how ford had the idea of it and how it came up with such a thing like this for it to become and amazing film type of car.Also, information of Steve McQueen and how he became the one to drive this car in many type of films done.

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen was born on March 24 1930 in Indiana, US and died November 7 1980 in Chihuahua, Mexico over a heart attack. He was known as " The King of Cool" as he began to become huge in the acting career. His Hollywood career began in the western and this all led for him to become one of the most high paid actors. Not only was he into cars in the movies but also into motorcycles and racing in them. Beginning his career into chasing films, he later became a collector of vintage automotive in the world. Steve McQueen was nominated for an Oscar and four Golden Globe awards and even received a star in the Hollywood walk of fame. One of his best known and successful movies was : The Great Escape" in 1962, in which in this film, he won the admiration as a stunt men by creating and doing crazy stunts on a motorcycle. His filming career ended with 27 films all together including "Bullitt". The first time being in big screens was on television with the 1958--61 CBS series.

History
1968 Mustang " Bullitt Car" started as an ordinary car back in the days until it became a big hit in Hollywood as a movie car. This special car became a film movie when Warner Bros decided that they were interest in this type of car for one of their movies. The Bullitt Mustang is an unclutterred piece of art that surfaced in the lates 60's. This car was a phenomenon in the the film" Bullitt" many scenes were captured and caught the attention of millions. The most influential scenes were presented on the scene and bidden increased for this model. It helped propel car and motorcycle enthusiast, especially actor Steve McQueen. The nine minute and forty two seconds chase scene took weeks to film but only seconds to catch the eye of film lovers. The " Bullitt" film was the first such dangerous scenes. The first to buy off the car bought it for $920.16 and has yet to be seen by the bidder. Many stories have evolved on what could have happened to it but no one is really sure and some think the car has ever existed or yet to exist. To many car lovers till this day, would consider the discovery of this car a " Cultural automotive treasure".

Background
Bullitt Mustangs are evolving from generations to generations. The Ford Mustangs is an American Car Manufactured by Ford himself. The start of the Mustangs models were to be sporty, personal and appeal to women. Mustangs began making big screen appearances in 1964 and have figured prominently in hundreds of notable films ever since. They have put out models and have been on multiple platforms for production but his most popular one was the Bullitt. Before creating the popular Bullitt many people during this era asked for performance credentials in the making so they went ahead and created a race car. Style was crucial in the late sixties so therefore they wanted to give these models a more aggressive look. By adding more features to the car sales went up as well. Overall, the second generation mustangs have become much more valuable and prestige.