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Ford Mustang GT 390 - the Brexit Bullitt clone

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Created on November 22, 2018

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

Ford Motor Company

Bonhams

Bruno von Rotz

Herbert Steves

Solar Productions / Warner Brothers

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Daniel Reinhard

Ford Motor Company

Bonhams

Bruno von Rotz

Herbert Steves

Solar Productions / Warner Brothers

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - Fastback-Silhouette

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - kräftige Statur mit 1,8 Metern Breite

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - gleicht dem Bullitt-Filmauto wie aus dem "Gesicht geschnitten"

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - komplett restaurierter Bullitt-Klon

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - wie beim Bullitt-Filmauto fehlen Aufschriften und Zierstreifen

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - wie beim Bullitt-Filmauto ist der Kühlergrill eingeschwärzt

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - rechtsgelenkt - der grosse Unterschied zum Bullitt-Filmauto

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - mit Rechtslenkung für die Nutzung in Grossbritannien

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - der Drehzahlmesser fehlt beim Bullitt-Klon

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - komplett erneuertes Interieur im Filmklon

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - 6,4 Liter Hubraum, über 320 SAE-PS

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - mächtige Vierfach-Vergaseranlage

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - mattschwarze Details am Bullitt-Klon

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - Scheibenbremsen

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - Heckdetail mit ausgeschwärzten Beschriftungen

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - Heckdetails

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - wie beim Bullitt-Filmauto sind keine Aufschriften zu sehen

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - dreifache Heckleuchten mit mattschwarzen Umrandungen wie beim Filmauto

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - viel Raum, wenig Platz im Kofferraum

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - im Film "Bullitt" mit Steve McQueen

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Ford Mustang (1967) - Mustang und Rennpferd

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Ford Mustang (1966) - bis 1969 änderte sich am Aussehen wenig

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Ford Mustang (1968) - Vorderansicht eines Wagens des Baujahres 1968

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Ford Mustang (1966) - Fastbackversion von schräg hinten

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Ford Mustang (1968) - über die ersten Jahre blieb die Urform beinahe unangetastet

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Ford Mustang (1967) - die damalige Werbung für den Mustang

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Ford Mustang (1968) - Fastback-Modell des Jahres 1968 aus einem Verkaufsprospekt

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Ford Mustang (1967) - Inserat von 1967 - Automat statt Eheberatung

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Ford Mustang (1967) - Inserat von 1967 - immer noch der günstigste Wagen seiner Art mit Sportsitzen

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Ford Mustang (1968) - Inserat von 1968 - nur der Mustang macht es möglich

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - historische Aufnahme des Wagens mit der Mutter des heutigen Besitzers

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Ford Mustang GT (2001) - schon damals gab es ein Revival des 68-er-Bullitt-Mustangs

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - der originale und unrestaurierte Bullitt-Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Heckansicht des originalen und unrestaurierten Bullitt-Mustangs

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Interieur des originalen und unrestaurierten Bullitt-Mustangs

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Tacho des originalen und unrestaurierten Bullitt-Mustangs

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Drehzahlmesser des originalen und unrestaurierten Bullitt-Mustangs

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Heckleuchten des originalen und unrestaurierten Bullitt-Mustangs

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - der originale Bullitt-Mustang fasziniert das Publikum nachwievor

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - der originale Bullitt-Mustang in Washington

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - der Besitzer Sean Kiernan des originalen und unrestaurierten Bullitt-Mustangs

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - der originale und unrestaurierte Bullitt-Mustang in Fahrt

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - der originale und unrestaurierte Bullitt-Mustang zusammen mit dem 2019-er-Nachfolger

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - zusammen mit seinem modernen Nachfolger

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Ford Mustang (2018) - der moderne Bullitt-Nachfolger

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Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback (1968) - wie einst im Film "Bullit" (Genfer Autosalon 2018)

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Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback (1968) - nein, das originale Filmauto ist das nicht (Genfer Autosalon 2018)

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Bullit nachgestellt - Dodge Charger R/T (1968) und Ford Mustang GT390 (1968) - an den Classic Days Schloss Dyck 2018

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Summary

Two Ford Mustangs have achieved special film honors and become legendary. Eleanor and "Bullitt", the car driven by Frank Bullitt in the movie of the same name. It's no wonder that these cars are reproduced time and again. But the Ford Mustang Fastback with a 6.4-liter engine was a very interesting car even without this legendary status. This vehicle report looks back at the history of the powerful Mustang from the 1967 and 1968 model years and shows the original film car from "Bullitt" and a clone in detail.

This article contains the following chapters

Stronger, faster
For the passionate car cowboy
Refinements
Use in the movie
Easy to clone
The Brexit version
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

There are two Mustang models in particular that have contributed a great deal to the legend of the Ford coupé/convertible. One is called Eleanor and played the most important supporting role in both the original "Gone in 60 Seconds" movie and its remake, albeit with different model variants. The second Mustang legend revolves around "Bullitt", or rather the 1968 Mustang 390 GT, which police lieutenant Frank Bullitt drove in the film of the same name and made immortal with an epically long car chase. For the 1967 model year, Ford thoroughly revised the Mustang, which had been launched in 1964, for the first time. The body was 7.2 cm wider and now measured 180 cm, while the length increased by 5 cm to 466 cm. The track was also widened by five centimetres to improve roadholding.

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