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Warner Bros. ordered two identical 1968 Mustangs for filming. Both were painted Highland Green and had the GT package with 390 CID engines. These cars had the sequential [[vehicle identification number]]s 8R02S125558 and 8R02S125559.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Markovich |first=Tony |date=2018-01-14 |title=National Historic Vehicle Register Adds Original 1968 Mustang Fastback Bullitt |url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15159748/national-historic-vehicle-register-adds-original-1968-mustang-fastback-bullitt/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Car and Driver |language=en-us}}</ref> Prior to filming, the cars were modified by Max Balchowsky. Car '558 was modified and used for the stunt driving, while '559 was used for McQueen's close-up driving shots.<ref name=":1" />
 
After the filming was complete, '559 was repaired and repainted, and sold to Warner Bros. employee Robert Ross,.<ref name="machines">{{cite book |last=Stone |first=Matt |title=McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon |publisher=MBI Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7603-38957 |location=Minneapolis |page=90 |quote=One of the Mustangs was so badly damaged during filming it was judged unrepairable and scrapped. The second, chassis 8R02S125559, was sold to a Warner Bros. employee after filming was completed.}}</ref><ref whoname=":4" in/> turnRoss solddrove theit car inuntil 1970, then sold it to Frank Marranca, who had it shipped from California to New Jersey. In 1974, Marranca sold the car to Robert Kiernan through an advertisementad in ''[[Road & Track]]''.<ref name="cnn2020" /><ref name="thirdversion" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Ceppos|first=Rich|date=March 16, 2018 |title=Steve McQueen's Bullitt-Movie Mustang Suddenly Reappeared: This Is How It Happened |magazine=Car and Driver |url=https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a19457341/original-steve-mcqueen-bullitt-mustang-rediscovered/ |access-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026222843/https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a19457341/original-steve-mcqueen-bullitt-mustang-rediscovered/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1977, Steve McQueen attempted to buy it back, but was refused.<ref name=":4">{{cite news |title=1968 Ford Mustang Fastback (Bullitt – '559) |url=https://www.historicvehicle.org/national-historic-vehicle-register/vehicles/1968-ford-mustang-fastback-bullitt-559/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201091255/https://www.historicvehicle.org/national-historic-vehicle-register/vehicles/1968-ford-mustang-fastback-bullitt-559/ |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2018 |website=Historic Vehicle Association}}</ref> The Kiernans used it as atheir family vehiclecar beforeuntil placing1980, itthen input storageit in 1980storage. Kiernan's son, Sean, began to restore the carthe vehicle in 2014, and had it authenticated in 2016, with documentation that included Steve McQueen's letter offering to purchase it. On January 10, 2020, the car was sold by Mecum Auctions for $3.7 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=3700000|start_year=2020}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to an unidentified buyer.<ref name="cnn2020" />
 
Car '558 had been damaged severely during filming and was subsequently sent to a scrapyard. In the ensuing decades, the car was assumed to be lost. In 2016, though, Hugo Sanchez purchased a pair of Mustang coupes from the backyard of a house near [[Los Cabos Municipality|Los Cabos]], Mexico. He then sent the cars to [[Ralph Garcia]] to start work on turning one into a clone of the Eleanor Mustang from the movie, ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]''. Realizing one of the two Mustangs was an S-code, Garcia had the car authenticated by Kevin Marti. The authentication revealed this to be the lost Bullitt car. In 2017, Sanchez and Garcia began to give the car a full restoration.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gastelu |first=Gary |date=March 6, 2017 |title=Ford Mustang found in Mexican junkyard is from 'Bullitt,' expert confirms |work=[[Fox News]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/ford-mustang-found-in-mexican-junkyard-is-from-bullitt-expert-confirms|access-date=March 7, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002040742/https://www.foxnews.com/auto/ford-mustang-found-in-mexican-junkyard-is-from-bullitt-expert-confirms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Brzozowski |first=Aaron |date=July 19, 2018 |title=Second 'Bullitt' Mustang movie car currently undergoing restoration |url=https://fordauthority.com/2018/07/second-bullitt-mustang-movie-car-currently-undergoing-restoration/ |access-date=Dec 8, 2022 |website=Ford Authority}}</ref>
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