1967 Mustang Fastback Body Shell CDC - Cinematic Flashback

Lieutenant, Your New Ride Is ReadyWe'd happily go to Vegas on the odds that nearly all of this magazine's readership is at least vaguely familiar with Bullitt, Steve McQueen's 1968 production that is, for most of us at least, a half-decent movie punctuated by one of the most electrifying car chases in cinematic history. That it happens to star a Mustang is icing on the cake. Call me weird, but what has always made this infamous San Francisco pursuit so utterly engrossing to this old boy is its complete sensory package--not just cinematographer William A. Fraker's amazingly frenetic, high-speed, car-to-car camera work, but also the absolute ear candy of the accompanying exhaust-driven soundtrack. This brilliant piece of aural engineering almost musically contrasts the black Mopar's characteristic deep rumble with the higher-pitched, utterly raucous cackle of Lieutenant Bullitt's Mustang being endlessly double-clutched through the gears. Four decades later, it still raises pulse rates.


Photo Gallery: 1967 Mustang Fastback Body Shell CDC - Mustang Monthly

Photo Gallery: 1967 Mustang Fastback Body Shell CDC - Mustang Monthly


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