McQueen filmed some of the chase scenes himself in the Warner Bros. classic that depicts a cop chasing hitmen through the hills of San Francisco.
The 1968 Ford Mustang Bullitt GT driven by Steve McQueen in Hollywood's legendary action film of the same name emerged to international celebration after being hidden in a family's garage for 40 years.
"When the auctioneer asked, 'Who will give me $3,500?' Everybody in the room raised their hand. Everybody had a chance to bid on the car," Kiernan explained, having just arrived home after driving through wind and rain storms in a 37-foot RV after two weeks away preparing for the auction "That's what I'll remember."
The sale this month broke a Mustang auction record held by a 1967 Shelby GT500"Super Snake" that sold for $2.2 million in Kissimmee in 2019. The all-time record for"muscle" is held by a 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda convertible that sold for a $3.5 million"hammer price" in 2014.This is a story about a paint salesman whose life and family were changed forever by a car. And when his wife had a terrifying health scare, he reflected on what it all means.
"I had never prepped the car to sell, so I changed all the fluids and did all the car stuff to it," Kiernan said."My sister, my mom, my wife, Sam's dad came down from Dearborn and sat in the car. That car had been in the garage forever. It was her spot. I think everybody cried at some point or another."His mother, Robbie, had driven the Bullitt Mustang back in the day to St. Vincent's parish, where she taught third grade.
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