Torched10 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Saw a real fun article in WSJ that goes into the actual driving experience of the Bullitt car from the stunt drivers experience heres the article bullit.pdf bullit.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor08GT500 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Very Cool article!! Steve's son Chad lives here in the desert. Cool guy. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2kgt281 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Nice read, thanks for that. Back in the 90s', I was a chauffeur and used to drive the actor Michael Ironsides who at the time of Bullit being filmed, was a friend of McQueen and was around for much of the chase scene filming. He told me a little nugget of info, not huge but little known. Although the cars used were 67 GT badged cars, indicating the 390ci motor, 289 HiPo motors were used in the cars to shed weight to aid in handling around the streets and for the chassis to better handle the jumping section of the scene. I have not been able to validate these claims through another source but it does make some sense, that 390ci was a heavy lump of iron, too bad they did not make an aluminum block 390ci!!! The more things change, the more they stay the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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