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Videos: McQueen’s 1968 Bullitt Mustang Stunt Car – End of the Rainbow

Videos: McQueen’s 1968 Bullitt Mustang Stunt Car – End of the Rainbow
Just imagine the great good luck that accompanies stumbling onto/discovering the 1968 Ford Mustang GT390 Bullitt movie stunt car that the King of Cool, actor Steve McQueen drove as San Francisco Police Department Detective Frank Bullitt. There's also a mountain of work that ensues once such a figurative pot of gold is found at the end of the rainbow, in terms of renovating a historically and painstakingly accurate, 100-point ground up restoration. 
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A 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Built to Honor His Big Brother

A 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Built to Honor His Big Brother
Growing up, Tony King and his older brother were always hanging out with their pop in the garage. Their dad would tinker with old cars and teach his sons to become gear heads themselves, while building cars and dune buggies in the latter 1950s and into the '60s. Fast learners, by the time Tony and his bro were just nine or 10, they could already drive stick shift dune buggies! How many little boys and girls know how to drive manual shift cars these days? Right - not many!
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1966 Ford GT40 Mk III LHD Prototype

1966 Ford GT40 Mk III LHD Prototype
The Ford GT40 debuted in 1964 with the first generation referred to as the MK I. Since the early 1960s, Henry Ford II had wanted a Ford to race at Le Mans. When a deal to takeover of Ferrari fell through, the GT40 was developed with the unilateral goal of beating Ferrari at Le Mans. The MK I’s initial attempt at Le Mans was short lived, with all three entries retiring, although the Ginther/Gregory car led the field for a section of the race. The lessons learned from the 1964 and 1965 seasons allowed for the 7-litre MK IIs to dominate, achieving a 1,2,3 win at Daytona and finally realising Fords dream with the marque’s first win at Le Mans in 1966. 31 MK I GT40s had been built at the Slough factory and fitted with “road” trim, but Ford saw the potential for a purpose-built GT40 road car.
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