Bullit - the Chase (Steve McQueen)

[Donutblue]

The chase scene is great, but take a good look at all the classic cars as he is driving through the city, lots of Pontiac's (GTO's,Firebird) and Cadi's. - Old Ford Fairlanes - cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36MFh4of6lE

[TXSS]

...and one green VW they pass 4 or 5 times during the chase.

[gwawa]

Those seven speed Mustangs and eight speed Chargers were truly rare back in the seventies.......

[68l30]

Still one of the best car chases ever....I like when they put on the seat belt.. ...The 440 drove like it was on ice..but in a straight line....lookout! Great stuff filmed at high speed long before todays computer generated crap..Oh yeah....That Ford was bad A$$....


Steve

[Survivor 69/Z28]

A nice 68 Blue Chevelle SS that they almost take out...

[king_midas]

I moved from the city of S.F. in 2003, and it was still a rolling car show out there when I left. On the other side of the Haight, there was a '68 Charget R/T parked on the street that I used to ride my motorcycle by every day-- One day it wasn't there anymore. Clapped out, dents, and needing a complete cosmetic restoration, but rust-free...

There are all sorts of cool cars in the city, mostly cars that are under the radar like old Datsun 510's, BMW's of all sorts, VW's, etc... A friend of mine had a '62 T-Bird that he drove every day.

Depending on what part of the city your're in, though, cars will rust terribly. I passed up a '69 RS Camaro before I moved: LeMans blue, A/C, 350 4-speed, original owner. It was rough (EVERY panel needed to be addressed/replaced, including the roof), but it was all there.

[427TJ]

I love this then-and-now site:

http://www.rjsmith.com/bullitt-locations.html

I've gone to many of these locations when I have SF layovers and have a rental car.

Anyone spot the Capri Cream/black top '67 Camaro in the movie? Just think, everything in California was "black plate" in those days!