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January 2012 Sergio Costa Devoti from The Mustang Club of Italy would like to invite all Mustangers in Europe to their meeting on June 2nd/3rd 2012 in Milano Maritima.  These pictures were taken at the recent Verona meeting of the italian club. |
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January 2012 "Alcatraz" TV Series News The producers used their own stunt car for the production finally, after a first agreement with a member here. The treatment in the scenes probably made that necessary in the end. |
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Don DeHart brought this TCM commercial to my attention and it is a very nice clip for the OSCAR movies with a blend of most famous Oscar movies. Of course a sequence of Bullitt is in. TCM12th
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November 9th, 2011
The International Mustang Bullitt Owners Club is planning an exciting event for 2012 in conjunction with the Friends of Steve McQueen show in Chino Hills. The Legend Lives Tour will include Bullitts and Chargers making a 5 day run from Chicago to Vegas and then on to Chino Hills for the show. The goal is to raise money for The Boys Republic and to have a great time! Arnold is planning on attending with the found Charger and we hope to have numerous movie Mustang cars at the show. More details to follow at www.bullittevents.com. |
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November 1st, 2011 Arnold and Carol sent exclusive pics of the Bullitt survivor Charger at the SEMA. Visit the Optima Batteries Booth to learn more abbout this outstanding beauty. See further down for the full scope of his restoration or click here for more pics from the booth. |
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October 30th,2011
Arnold Welch likes deadlines (30th. of October) and he really worked around the clock to make it. ...to be at the SEMA 2011on the Optima Batteries booth with the Top 5 best known Chargers. So watch out for it. The "surviving Bullitt
movie Charger" as Arnold claims it. Nail him for the proofs on site.
SEMA pics from 1st. of
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How to surprise a BULLITT
MANIAC
Question: How does a True Bullitt Enthusiast from the United Kingdom celebrate her 60th Birthday? Answer: Return to Southern California, and take a cruise in her favorite 68 Mustang Fastback on the Pacific Coast Highway!
Last Spring, Teresa Peacock wished to return to
Southern California in order to celebrate a personal milestone, her 60th.
After meeting "T" as she likes to be called, at last year's
Tribute Event to Steve McQueen and Bullitt, my wife Dianne and I offered her
a place to stay at our home in Redondo Beach.
Hesitant at first, T pulled the trigger, and
booked her trip for the last week of September into the first week of
October.
Little did T know, a major surprise was now set
into motion involving her two daughters Kelly and Tracy, and her sister
Sharon.
As the Summer passed, the girls planned to make
T's 60th Birthday a day to remember.
The
Plan: To fly themselves to California without T's
knowledge, and surprise her by showing up at my home in Redondo Beach
unannounced.
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 Teresa and the Mustang at Woody's Diner located in Sunset Beach, California  Kelly, Teresa, Sharon, and Tracy
The
Result: Arriving on September 28th, I picked T up at LAX,
and drove her to my home. Unbeknownst to T, her girls would arrive just 28
hours later.
The next evening T was enjoying a home cooked
meal, talking to my wife when suddenly Kelly, Tracy, and Sharon walked
through my front door. Classic!!!!!!!!
Completely shocked by their presence, T and her
family would enjoy the rest of their holiday, and T's 60th birthday
together.
All as a result of Ponysite.de, our
passion for Steve, Bullitt, and the 68 Mustang!
Mike Farrell |
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October 4th,, 2011 Steves Home on sale at Lemon Rd, Santa Paula, California. Make sure you place your back-up bid at carproperty.com to relive the glory days in style. A bid over 1,2 million Dollars may win and think about using that hangar again for your car collection. |
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September 21st, 2011, updated
October 17th, 2011
TOP SEMA NEWS 
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Arnold Welch and his "survivor" Charger
joins a special display at the SEMA! We had been contacted by somebody earlier this year, if Arnold would be interested and yes, he was and is. Now he is being in a hurry to finish it in time for the all-time-big Charger show. High 5. Or to be more exact - the 5 best known (surviving) Chargers will appear together in one big show display at a sponsor very soon. 
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September 20th, 2011
Fred Nolan owns a special Bullitt replica. A real 390 S-code plus many more similarities to the real 2 cars used in the movie. See his car and description here. |
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September 15th, 2011 Glen Kalmack did it again... he is a regular show participant meanwhile. This shot got into our news from him of the Luxury Car Show at Vandusen Garden in Vancouver/BC. "There were a lot of real nice high end
super cars and classics as well. Mine was for display only at this fashion
show with a Steve McQueen theme. Had a real nice time. Filming with the new TV
series Alcatraz has been going pretty good.My car has been used alot the first episode
of my car will be out later this month.
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August 18th.
BULLITT Tribute Mustang to win at Watkins Glen on Dec. 3rd. Final call for buying tickets online The video alone is worth to see, but wait you can still win this one. 2500 raffle tickets are sold and the 390 cui equipped 1967 stang might be yours. Tickets from 60 Dollar and you need to be present at Watkins Glen on December 3rd, 2011!. |
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August 13th. THEN AND NOW series The Coffee Cantata details  |
The city sleuth of San Francisco
deserves credit, when he digged this story out with a blog reader about the
jazz band playing for Lt. Bullitt and Cathy back then in 1968. It is an interesting read about how Steve McQueen influenced the movie making in many details. Read here
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August 10th., 2011 Sebastien from France updated us about his rim and tire changes of his Charger, so it looks way more original than before. He also sent along a link to a youtube movie of his car idling. For all of us to enjoy! |
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June 15th, 2011
Another pair of Bullitt replicas! Christoph Meyers 1968 Bullitt replica and Sebastiens 68 Charger met in June in France at an event and they meanwhile repeat their rendez-vous more often.. Christoph's Bullitt Mustang features a 347 Stroker. It was restored about 6 years ago and came from Michigan. More in the related european Bullitt replica sections. Sebastiens Charger, who bought his original 440 powered Charger in 2008 is in fact an original Chrysler France export car from 1968. |
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June 10th, 2011 Sergio Costa Devoti from Italy joins our Bullitt Maniac community in finishing his 1968 replica. His final touch was the licence plate from Carl Genatassio on this car, a must have for any 67/68 DHG Mustang owner... at least. Finally added July 28th |
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June 7th, 2011 The Friends of Steve McQueen Show in Chino/California featured a very thrilling display  Read the full story here |
 "I visited this last weekends Friends of Steve McQueen Event. My Bullitt was the display car along with the Charger from Picture Cars. It was a great event, double the size from last year. I got to spend some time with my dear friend Chad McQueen. Couple a words about Chad. In my book and I'm sure in a lot of other people's books Chad is considered an one of a kind, a true genuine person, who has endless love towards his Dad - The Great late Steve McQueen. He carries the Legend with honours and lots of love to the people. Chad is an Icon - a man's man and I am proud to be his friend. G-d bless him and his family." Much obliged, Ben Maccabee |
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May 19th, 2011
James Lawrence Garner aka Larry from Arkansas is our latest Bullitt family member. His Bullitt replica has a very low stance, since the front is lowered by 2". Larry likes to drive fast, but since the car starts to wander at about 100mph, he is thinking of some improvements to participate in real track races. We'll add more information soon. |
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May 4th, 2011
The official Music Video "FUN"
from Sharam I
Anousheh is finally officially out, featuring
the Frank Panacci Charger and Mustangs Plus Tribute 68 Mustang. |
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April 24th, 2011 Bullitt Maniacs stick to their icons for a long time. It was a pleasure getting a mail from Bernard Decoene from Belgium - one of our meanwhile 58 worldwide Bullitt replica owners- whose car I spotted at a Mustang Meeting about a dozen years ago or so. This licence plate of course sticks to your memories easily. It is good to know this car is still around and even looks better today. Thanks to Bernard for sending us a short update on his 67 Fastback with a 302 claiming it has real 520 RWHP on a dyno. Who dares to challenge him for a race? Remembering the sound from back then, I think you're gonna loose. Here is the original replica entry |
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April 5th, 2011 The first private owner of the new series of McQueen tribute cars from Gateway Classic Mustangs contacted us and hopefully will provide us soon with pics of his first coming out in San Francisco at the famous spots. Mike D. is proud about his new Bullitt car - being a Bullitt maniac for a number of years already. Having already a Bullitt 2008, he researched all the streets to drive in SFO for a total recall of McQueens ride of the century. |
For 135.000 Dollar, this tour really deserves to be the ultimate driving experience. We hope he returns safe to be able to give us some insight, how that lifetime experience felt. 
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March 24th, 2011
The music video that was filmed with Ron and Dave Bramletts Mustangs Plus Tribute car and Frank Panaccis Charger is finally out. Driver Matt in the Charger made a good Bill Hickmann in Franks car and the Mustangs Plus tribute car was again in the center spot. But who will remember the name of the lady?  Watch the video here |
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March 15th, 2011 Gateway Classic Mustang finally announces production start of their Steve McQueen Tribute Mustang We had published the insider news for a long time, now it has become reality. “This Mustang build combines the classic body styles of the late ‘60s Fords with contemporary performance technology to deliver a fantastic driving experience,” said Jason Childress, co-owner of Gateway Classic Mustang. “Each of these limited edition Steve McQueen cars are hand-built by our team at Gateway Classic Mustang." A few features: 30 are planned and the price was calculated a long time ago for 130.000 Dollar. New owners are welcome to join us, if they are true Bullitt maniacs:) |
  It seems like GCM still treats the rearend black. Recent further investigation and close examination on the big screen at the Anniversaryin L.A. revealed that the rear end was simple body color, not blacked out acc. to Dave Kunz. It confirmed his previous statements. |
  The actual scenes in the movie, when Lt. Frank Bullitt bought his meals. |
Glen Kalmack keeps us busy for good with his
cloned movie memorabilia. THE BULLITT TV DINNER SET  We would not be the Unexpected Ponysite, if we don't make room for the UNEXPECTED BULLITT stuff. This is Glens latest creation for his show display, a almost NOS looking TV dinner set, that Lt. Bullitt bought at the shop across his house. See the screenshots on the right or review the movie for the original scenes in the movie. The set looks exactly like the original and Frank bought also onions. The correct paper bag goes with this set. Some may think Glen needs a therapy, but wait until you see his mannequin, he just prepares. Now you are getting curious, are you? |
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Performance
World Car Show in
Toronto
March 11th - 13th was the place for
this outstanding sample of an original 1968 390GT Bullitt replica. "It WAS featured among the newer Bullitt Mustangs 2002 and 2008." tells us Mike Roberts from Canada. "The car was built in San Jose January 1968 (a couple of weeks later)than the WB cars. VIN : 8R02S134808, it is a 4 spd 390 4v with AM radio. The car lived its life in Montana and was 'rust free'. It was completely stripped down and restored. Instruments redone and recalibrated. AM radio rebuilt. Engine, radiator, carb were all redone. More on Mike Roberts Bullitt here |
courtesy Mike Robert/photo Sean Scott Images |
A new Music Video was filmed on the
22nd. of February. Matt drove the Charger of Frank Panacci in the scenes. Mustangs Plus brought their Tribute Mustang over to the locations and they all had fun. Stay tuned for some more insight. A video can be found here . Stay tuned for more from Anthony Bologna. |
 
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February 5th. 2011
"Drive Angry" isn't typically a good attitude, but there may be a reason. Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard are starring in a new movie. Unfortunately they did not put a Mustang in this movie, but our Bullitt Charger friends may get something out of it, even though Nicolas Cage maybe not everybodies supertough hero actor. 
Check out the trailer here |
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February 1st. 2011 Not really Bullitt news, but a dense atmosphere in a well done clip - going a bit wild at the end This youtube vid is worth to see ...from our polish Mustang colleagues - true maniacs going wild, although I like the first half better. BULLITT maniacs will like the sequences from 1"10 on. Now sit back, turn up the volume and click here |
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Huge Archive - Don't miss There is too much to list from the News archive, that is maintained since the mid 90ies. 8 Pages full of interesting BULLITT-Mania are stored for the interested readers including a "How-to-BULLITT" your Mustang story link, interesting leads on eye-witnesses and so on. So just click here to page through them to have a complete picture of our dedication to the BULLITT theme. |
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