History Film / Bullitt

** Also, the black Dodge Charger R/T driven by the hitmen. Said black Charger R/T was not only so much faster than the Mustang that the crew had to remove two of its spark plugs and install thin tires from a base Charger to slow it down, but it survived the repeated jumping and abuse of the chase scene filming with ease, while the Mustang needed constant repairs. Cool car indeed. Specifically, there were two of both cars, but only one of the Chargers was an R/T. Afterwards, one Mustang had to be destroyed for liability purposes,[[note]] At one point the oil pan on one was ripped open during a rather hard downhill scene, spewing smoke and oil everywhere; you can see it if you watch carefully.[[/note]] and the other was sold to a production crew member, and disappeared sometime after [=McQueen's=] death.[[note]]Until [[http://jalopnik.com/the-lost-bullitt-mustang-may-have-been-discovered-in-me-1792985833 it showed up again in 2017]], having spent the intervening years in a Mexican scrapyard and been bought to rebuild into [[Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000 Eleanor!]] Additionally, the surviving stunt car driven by The King of Cool himself, resurfaced in 2018, having developed a story of its own as an unassuming, if unabashedly cool, family car and [[https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/cars/bullitt-mustang-auction-record-price/index.htmlsold for $3.7 ''million'' at auction]], making it the most valuable Mustang, period, beating a ''Shebly'' that sold for 2.2 million in 2019.[[/note]]The R/T Charger was sold to [[http://www.ponysite.de/charger_welch.htm Arnold Welch]], the non-R/T was sold back to the Chrysler dealership, repainted yellow [[HonestJohnsDealership and sold to an unsuspecting customer]] (the same thing happened with ''Film/VanishingPoint'').

** Also, the black Dodge Charger R/T driven by the hitmen. Said black Charger R/T was not only so much faster than the Mustang that the crew had to remove two of its spark plugs and install thin tires from a base Charger to slow it down, but it survived the repeated jumping and abuse of the chase scene filming with ease, while the Mustang needed constant repairs. Cool car indeed. Specifically, there were two of both cars, but only one of the Chargers was an R/T. Afterwards, one Mustang had to be destroyed for liability purposes,[[note]] At one point the oil pan on one was ripped open during a rather hard downhill scene, spewing smoke and oil everywhere; you can see it if you watch carefully.[[/note]] and the other was sold to a production crew member, and disappeared sometime after [=McQueen's=] death.[[note]]Until [[http://jalopnik.com/the-lost-bullitt-mustang-may-have-been-discovered-in-me-1792985833 it showed up again in 2017]], having spent the intervening years in a Mexican scrapyard and been bought to rebuild into [[Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000 Eleanor!]] Additionally, the surviving stunt car driven by The King of Cool himself, resurfaced in 2018, having developed a story of its own as an unassuming, if unabashedly cool, family car and [[https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/cars/bullitt-mustang-auction-record-price/index.htmlsold for $3.7 ''million'' at auction]], making it the most valuable Mustang, period, beating a Shelby GT350 that sold for 2.2 million in 2019.[[/note]]The R/T Charger was sold to [[http://www.ponysite.de/charger_welch.htm Arnold Welch]], the non-R/T was sold back to the Chrysler dealership, repainted yellow [[HonestJohnsDealership and sold to an unsuspecting customer]] (the same thing happened with ''Film/VanishingPoint'').

Highly influential 1968 cop movie set in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] stars as the eponymous Lt. Frank Bullitt, a TV dinner-eating, workaday CowboyCop (in fact, he's the TropeMaker) who goes after the [[TheMafia Mafia]] hit men who killed a witness he was protecting.

** Also, the black Dodge Charger R/T driven by the hitmen. Said black Charger R/T was not only so much faster than the Mustang that the crew had to remove two of its spark plugs and install thin tires from a base Charger to slow it down, but it survived the repeated jumping and abuse of the chase scene filming with ease, while the Mustang needed constant repairs. Cool car indeed. Specifically, there were two of both cars, but only one of the Chargers was an R/T. Afterwards, one Mustang had to be destroyed for liability purposes,[[note]] At one point the oil pan on one was ripped open during a rather hard downhill scene, spewing smoke and oil everywhere; you can see it if you watch carefully.[[/note]] and the other was sold to a production crew member, and disappeared sometime after [=McQueen's=] death.[[note]]Until [[http://jalopnik.com/the-lost-bullitt-mustang-may-have-been-discovered-in-me-1792985833 it showed up again in 2017]], having spent the intervening years in a Mexican scrapyard and been bought to rebuild into [[Film/GoneInSixtySeconds1974 Eleanor!]] Additionally, the surviving stunt car driven by The King of Cool himself, resurfaced in 2018, having developed a story of its own as an unassuming, if unabashedly cool, family car and [[https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/cars/bullitt-mustang-auction-record-price/index.htmlsold for $3.7 ''million'' at auction]], making it the most valuable Mustang, period, beating a Shelby GT350 that sold for 2.2 million in 2019.[[/note]]The R/T Charger was sold to [[http://www.ponysite.de/charger_welch.htm Arnold Welch]], the non-R/T was sold back to the Chrysler dealership, repainted yellow [[HonestJohnsDealership and sold to an unsuspecting customer]] (the same thing happened with ''Film/VanishingPoint'').

** Also, the black Dodge Charger R/T driven by the hitmen. Said black Charger R/T was not only so much faster than the Mustang that the crew had to remove two of its spark plugs and install thin tires from a base Charger to slow it down, but it survived the repeated jumping and abuse of the chase scene filming with ease, while the Mustang needed constant repairs. Cool car indeed. Specifically, there were two of both cars, but only one of the Chargers was an R/T. Afterwards, one Mustang had to be destroyed for liability purposes,[[note]] At one point the oil pan on one was ripped open during a rather hard downhill scene, spewing smoke and oil everywhere; you can see it if you watch carefully.[[/note]] and the other was sold to a production crew member, and disappeared sometime after [=McQueen's=] death.[[note]]Until [[http://jalopnik.com/the-lost-bullitt-mustang-may-have-been-discovered-in-me-1792985833 it showed up again in 2017]], having spent the intervening years in a Mexican scrapyard and been bought to rebuild into [[Film/GoneInSixtySeconds1974 Eleanor!]].[[/note]]The R/T Charger was sold to [[http://www.ponysite.de/charger_welch.htm Arnold Welch]], the non-R/T was sold back to the Chrysler dealership, repainted yellow [[HonestJohnsDealership and sold to an unsuspecting customer]] (the same thing happened with ''Film/VanishingPoint'').