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Ford Mustang GT 390 - the Brexit Bullitt clone

Name: Ford Mustang GT 390 1967
Brand: Ford

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Created on November 22, 2018

Text:

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) - powerful stature with a width of 1.8 meters

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - resembles the Bullitt movie car like a spitting image

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - completely restored Bullitt clone

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - like the Bullitt movie car, the lettering and trim strips are missing

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - like the Bullitt movie car, the radiator grille is blacked out

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - right-hand drive - the big difference to the Bullitt movie car

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - with right-hand drive for use in Great Britain

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - the rev counter is missing on the Bullitt clone

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - completely renewed interior in the movie clone

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - 6.4 liter displacement, over 320 SAE horsepower

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - powerful four-barrel carburetor system

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - matt black details on the Bullitt clone

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - Disc brakes

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - Rear detail with blacked-out lettering

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - Rear details

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - as with the Bullitt movie car, no lettering can be seen

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - triple rear lights with matt black surrounds like the movie car

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1967) - lots of room, little space in the trunk

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - in the movie "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen

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Ford Mustang (1967) - Mustang and racehorse

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Ford Mustang (1966) - little changed in appearance until 1969

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Ford Mustang (1968) - Front view of a car built in 1968

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Ford Mustang (1966) - Fastback version from diagonally behind

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Ford Mustang (1968) - the original form remained almost untouched for the first few years

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Ford Mustang (1967) - the advertising for the Mustang at the time

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Ford Mustang (1968) - Fastback model of the year 1968 from a sales brochure

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Ford Mustang (1967) - Advertisement from 1967 - Automatic instead of marriage counseling

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Ford Mustang (1967) - Advertisement from 1967 - still the cheapest car of its kind with sports seats

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Ford Mustang (1968) - Advertisement from 1968 - only the Mustang makes it possible

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - historic photo of the car with the mother of the current owner

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Ford Mustang GT (2001) - even then there was a revival of the '68 Bullitt Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Rear view of the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Interior of the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Speedometer of the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - Rev counter of the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - taillights of the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - the original Bullitt Mustang continues to fascinate the public

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - the original Bullitt Mustang in Washington

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - the owner Sean Kiernan of the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang in motion

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - the original and unrestored Bullitt Mustang together with the 2019 successor

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Ford Mustang 390 GT (1968) - together with its modern successor

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Ford Mustang (2018) - the modern Bullitt successor

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Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback (1968) - as once seen in the movie "Bullit" (Geneva Motor Show 2018)

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Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback (1968) - no, this is not the original movie car (Geneva Motor Show 2018)

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Bullit recreated - Dodge Charger R/T (1968) and Ford Mustang GT390 (1968) - at the 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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