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Original Bullitt Mustang sells at Mecum auction for $3.74M

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I didn't see a thread on this sale. Nice little nest egg for the family.

‘Bullitt’ Mustang sells for $3.74 million at Florida auction

KISSIMMEE — The Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT featured in the film “Bullitt” was sold Friday at a Florida auction house for $3.74 million.

The sale at Mecum Kissimmee marks the most expensive Mustang ever sold, surpassing a 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake that sold last year for $2.2 million, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

Owner Sean Kiernan, with his sister Kelly Cotton riding shotgun, drove the car across the auction block at Silver Spurs Arena and then addressed a crowd of about 25,000 before the bidding started.

“This car had sold twice in its life, it’s been in my family for 45 years. Each time it has sold, it was $3,500,” Kiernan said. “So we’re going to start it off at that price and go from there.”

The auction house posted an 11-minute video of the auction on YouTube.

Bidding surpassed $3 million in the first minute. The top bid went back and forth between someone present and a bidder on the phone for several minutes before the mystery buyer on the phone won, agreeing to pay $3.4 million plus a 10 percent buyer’s premium.

Kiernan’s father, Robert, bought the car after seeing an ad in a 1974 issue of “Road & Track.” The New Jersey family used it as a daily commuter until the clutch gave out in 1980. In the late 1970s, Steve McQueen, who played the title character in “Bullitt,” tracked down the Kiernans and asked if he could reclaim the muscle car in return for a similar Mustang. His pleas went unanswered.

Robert and Sean Kiernan began working on the Mustang in 2001. After Robert Kiernan’s death in 2014, Sean Kiernan finished the car and revealed it to the world. Following the car’s sale, Sean Kiernan said he doesn’t think a more expensive Mustang will ever be sold.

“As far as Mustangs go, this is it. With dad being down in the record books forever, that’s what matters to me,” he said. “I’ve been at peace with the sale for probably eight months now. We’re just having fun with this.”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2020/01/11/bullitt-mustang-sells-for-374-million-at-florida-auction/


 
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Man , that Bullitt sounded awesome during the chase scene,the Charger was no slouch either. The Bullitt got pretty banged up during the chase, it must have been restored to fetch $3.74 mil?....no posi on the Bullit??
 
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Love that Steve McQueen tried to buy it back but they wouldn't budge. I don't know that if it were me, I would have made some kind of deal to let him have it.
 

Ludachris

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I've always loved that car. If I had the type of money required to buy a collector car like that I'd definitely do it. Even the high quality 1/24 die cast makes me think really hard at this point. :D
 

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That explains why the auction Bullitt was in decent shape...The one in the chase scene got banged up pretty bad trading "paint" with that Charger, and also with a shotgun blast thru the windsheild.

Those should rub out.
 

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