It was the highest price ever paid for a Ford Mustang at auction, according to David Morton, marketing manager for the auction house in Kissimmee, near Orlando. McQueen, playing the no-nonsense police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt, was chasing bad guys who drove a black 1968 Dodge Charger. After filming, the Mustang was sold to a Warner Brothers employee, and later to a New Jersey police detective. Kiernan rejected multiple offers for the car, including one from McQueen himself, according to the New York Times. “I would like to appeal to you to get back my ‘68 Mustang,” McQueen wrote to Kiernan in 1977, according to the Times.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 11, 2020 14:03 UTC