McQueen's '68 Bullitt Movie Mustang Revealed At Detroit Auto Show
There was a LOT of things wrong with that car chase, including the 26 speed transmission that Steve evidently special ordered, and the I-don't-know-how many times it was double clutched during shifts. And of course there is "speculation" on how many times various cars re-appeared in the chase scenes, the "VW" and the LeMans being at least two.
Even so, it was a hell of a movie
On a side note, at the time I was in Navy ET-A school at Treasure Island, San Francisco bay. We watched that in a tiny little old theater "downtown" and sat WAY up by the projection booth. You pretty much looked "straight down" at the screen and it made for some VERY queasy effects on your guts!!!!
Our huge ham radio club, at the time, on base:
K6NCG - Treasure Island Radio Amateur Club 1969-1970
The club building was out on the NW end of the Island, a good view of the SF skyline, the Golden Gate, and Alcatraz
There was a LOT of things wrong with that car chase, including the 26 speed transmission that Steve evidently special ordered, and the I-don't-know-how many times it was double clutched during shifts. And of course there is "speculation" on how many times various cars re-appeared in the chase scenes, the "VW" and the LeMans being at least two.
Even so, it was a hell of a movie
On a side note, at the time I was in Navy ET-A school at Treasure Island, San Francisco bay. We watched that in a tiny little old theater "downtown" and sat WAY up by the projection booth. You pretty much looked "straight down" at the screen and it made for some VERY queasy effects on your guts!!!!
Our huge ham radio club, at the time, on base:
K6NCG - Treasure Island Radio Amateur Club 1969-1970
The club building was out on the NW end of the Island, a good view of the SF skyline, the Golden Gate, and Alcatraz
