The 1968 Ford Mustang pushed by “The king of cool” Steve McQueen in Bullitt is headed to Mecum’s 2020 Kissimmee public sale in January, based on firm President and founder Dana Mecum. As soon as thought misplaced without end, the Mustang, made indelible by the film’s iconic chase scene via the hilled streets of San Francisco, was found intact (although in want of some severe TLC) in Tennessee a couple of years again.
Although estimating the worth of an iconic automobile just like the Bullitt Mustang may be troublesome—it’s not possible to know simply how a lot somebody is keen to pay for a automobile that's each so ingrained in American popular culture and has by no means been at public sale earlier than—Mecum expects the Mustang to surpass the American muscle automobile document of $three.5M paid for a 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda convertible. The very best public sale worth for a Mustang to this point is $2.2M for a 1967 Shelby GT500 Tremendous Snake, so assembly that lofty estimate would entail fairly a leap (pun meant).
“There actually isn't any different automobile to which it may be in contrast,” says automotive professional and creator Colin Comer. “Once you put all the things collectively—a cultural icon, related to a film legend, and it’s a Mustang—it actually stands alone. Then you definitely take into account that most individuals thought it was lengthy gone, destroyed, it was superb sufficient when it got here out of hiding 18 months in the past in near-original situation. Now, for somebody to truly have a possibility to personal it for themselves—a automobile that McQueen could not even purchase—that is an unprecedented historic occasion.”
Who says you possibly can’t purchase cool?
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