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Craigslist Find: Is This The Bullitt Charger? For The Money, It Had Better Be


Craigslist Find: Is This The Bullitt Charger? For The Money, It Had Better Be

Bullitt‘s place as an iconic film is sealed. Steve McQueen, a green Ford Mustang chasing a black Dodge Charger, San Francisco, and all of those flying hubcaps as the cars race on. It’s well-known that there were two cars of each type used for filming. All four cars were heavily modified for stunt work and all four cars were abused well beyond what was expected out of them. It’s known that one of the Bullitt Mustangs is in private hands, but what about the Chargers? One car burned during the gas station scene, and it was claimed that the other Charger went to the wrecking yard as well.

Or, did it? The owner of this particular 1968 Dodge Charger claims to have the surviving movie car and he has been shopping it around for a couple of years now. In 2008, the owner posted pictures on a German enthusiast site showing holes in the body that he claimed were where filming equipment was located. There isn’t any paperwork known that explicitly links the Charger to the movie, or at least he isn’t forthcoming with any documents, but he does make a compelling argument for the car’s authenticity. Even if you don’t believe that the car is really the movie car, it’s hard to ignore a 440/4-speed/Dana 60 equipped 1968 Charger R/T, especially in black. The $130,000 asking price is steep, but in 2013 this guy was asking for a million, straight-up.

Craigslist Link: 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, claimed to be the “Bullitt” movie car

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9 thoughts on “Craigslist Find: Is This The Bullitt Charger? For The Money, It Had Better Be

  1. Cletus T Rickenbacher 3rd

    $870,000 price drop makes one wonder. And without actual proof? Sorry but no.

    Not that I don’t like the car(because I do very much), just too much “I’m sure, but don’t have proof”.

  2. Nick D.

    Without concrete proof, I’m doubtful. After all, the Bullitt Chargers were just black Chargers with a 440, not that hard to clone.

  3. Lee

    Yes . . . it is one of the Chargers used in BULLITT. It was the camera car. The stunt car was used for the explosion at the gas station at the end of the chase. Though it missed it’s mark (never actually hit anything as it was supposed to) it was so damaged that is was crushed.

    BTW. It was not originally black. It was yellow. It was painted black for the movie – to look more sinister. The problem with the car is – it was never on the screen. All you saw was the stunt car. That affects the value of the car.

    The “hero car” Mustang used in BULLITT is somewhere on the EAST COAST in a warehouse. The last person who saw it said it was in excellent condition as it wasn’t used for stunts. Just closeups and static shots. And here is the rub . . . the owner won’t let anyone see it. The car was sold to a policeman right after the movie finished shooting. He sold it about 6 months later to the current owner. Steve McQueen tried to buy it after the movie was released – he was turned down. His son Chad also tried – NG

    The value of the car is speculated as somewhere between $1.5 and $2.0 million.

  4. 75Duster

    If this is the actual Bullet movie car, then why isn’t it at Barrett – Jackson today with all of its documentation?

    1. Lee

      That’s the problem with this car . . . it doesn’t have paperwork to 100% prove it was used in filming BULLITT.

      What it has i.st: Underneath the black paint is the factory yellow and it has holes and plates where the camera mounts would have been placed.

      To buy it is sort of a “leap of faith” because of the lack of documentation.

  5. 66Caprice

    Paperwork is everything with rare cars. If there is none, then it is just another 68 Charger with a cool story. Even if the car isn’t a true movie car, $130,000 would be fair if it had a Hemi…

  6. Nytro

    Without any way to authenticate the car as one from the movie, it’s just another nice Charger.
    You can drill holes in a nice car then claim that’s where equipment was mounted but that’s still not proof.
    If this is the actual movie car, where’s it been all these years?

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