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The Bullitt Mustang has been found!!

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BDA:
I thought both of them were long gone, but the car that was less abused was found and verified and will be on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit later this month and there'll be a documentary about the car later. Here are a few links you can spend a lot of time in:

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/01/14/mustang-bullitt-found-real-mcqueen?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_term=jgrunewald@nc.rr.com&utm_content=Newsletter_Special_Bullitt_Mustang

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/01/14/authenticating-the-bullitt-mustang

https://www.historicvehicle.org/mcqueens-1968-bullitt-movie-mustang-revealed-north-american-international-auto-show/

The present owners decided not to restore the car so it's pretty rough now. In the movie, the car wasn't pristine. It had some bumps and wrinkles. It got me to thinking: should it be restored? If so, would you want it to look like it did in the movie with the bumps and wrinkles? Would you want it to look new?

For myself, I would restore it. It would probably wreck it's value but I would want to drive my cars and I would want it to look nice. I wouldn't worry much about getting it perfectly straight, though. For example, I would re-chrome the bumpers but not straighten them, repaint the body after minimal body work, and probably freshen up the dash. Of course, If I went to all that trouble, it would probably make more sense to buy a used '68 Mustang fastback and use the specs to make my own replica, instead!

andy harwood:
Interesting article. Great movie, and what a chase scene. Here's hoping we'll get to see the car in the future.
As a aside, a friend had a mustang fastback, purchased new by him. Not sure the year, think 66. Traded it in for a new Ford explorer. He never would say how much the dealer allowed for the mustang.

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