It was used to tow the unmanned Charger,and the cable was used to release at the moment the Charger veered off into the gas station and exploded. Post #12 shows the final sequence of events!
Bullitt Charger R/T revisited!
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cool thanks , have seen the movie many times the chase scene is the best part .
Yet another 68 Charger that met it's fate on the silver screen,this one in the movie Grand Theft Auto.I would bet over 500 second generation Chargers have met their fate on the silver screen,329 on the Dukes of Hazzard television show alone.
This 68 Charger was also destroyed in the 1976 movie Cannonball.
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Awesome movie. I thought it came out in about 73 74
When I looked up the movie they said 1976.
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Chargerverts Post 11 picture #4 looks like blue paint under where the door handle was. Or is it blue primer? LOL!
The movie production company bought two 68 Chargers from a California Dodge dealership, one was blue the other was yellow. They painted both Chargers black. That is why there is blue paint under the door handle.
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Any idea what happened to those cars?
The mustang went for millions.
The Charger that was blue was sent into the gas station and blown up, but the Charger that was yellow has been found and restored, but there is no documentation or records to prove the cars authenticity. It does have all the holes drilled all over the car for the camera equipment that was used during filming of the movie,.
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The go wing looks terrible in a 68.
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Totally agree. I've made that same move several times over the years.
More often popped the clutch in second at traffic lights and howled away from everyone else.
That is not a factory go wing.
Yet another 68 Charger that met it's fate on the silver screen,this movie starring Ron Howard was called Eat My Dust.
This 69 Charger was rolled in an episode of the television show the Fall Guy.
This 69 Charger was blown up on an episode of the television show Knight Rider.
We know what happened to several Chargers on the set of the Fast and Furious series,this was the first Charger they destroyed!
5:45 is also a great spot in the clip. You can see the small puffs from the tail pipes of the Charger when it shifts and .... walks away from the Mustang like its its job. The FE Ford is just NO match.
According to an interview I read in muscle car review they had brought the cars to a racetrack the day before shooting started,and they said the Charger literally ran rings around the Mustang! They said in the straightaways the stock Charger R/T would pull away from the modified Mustang like you wouldn't even believe. Max said he swapped the camshaft,intake manifold,carb and added headers to the Mustang,and just tuned the stock Charger.
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