Bullitt Mustang
February 21, 2008 by Kris Hoet
I’m really a classic Mustang guy, you know the ‘65 to ‘69 models, those are just fantastic. After that I always found it went downhill, with an absolute low with especially the 3rd and 4th generation of Mustangs. Luckily, Ford realized that (it just took some time) and the 5th generation Mustang is again a car worth the Mustang label. Something I said before and which we all know anyway I guess.
Still, it’s the classic Mustang that I’ve started this blog for, that’s the one I want. Thinking of myself driving a Bullitt-like Mustang one day, makes my day ;) The Mustang Bullitt at the other hand is also a great example of Ford recognizing it’s Mustang roots again and doing something great with it.
Yesterday I saw this video on the Mustang Bullitt and like I mentioned a little in my earlier post I got to admit that again Ford managed to build a mean machine here. But not only that, what amazed me most while watching was the fact that they tuned the exhaust for instance to mimic the sound in the original Bullitt movie. It’s a small thing, but I found it way too cool.
And all of this for $31.000 (and up of course) that’s not bad at all. Although we probably can’t get it in Europe, that’s only little more than €21.000 today! Well, my birthday is coming up, so if you haven’t figured out yet what you will send me, this Mustang Bullitt sounds like a good idea :)
We put a $500 deposit down on a Bullitt in November, 2007. It was scheduled to be built yesterday, 3/10/2008. We should have it later this month, after the paint cures and it’s shipped to our dealer. If you are interested I’ll give you my impressions when we get it.
My e-mail address is e_ross@wowway.com
@Ed: Yeah definitely tell me about your impressions you lucky b…. ;) I’ll send you an email as well
We picked it up on March 18. The weather has been pretty bad here (3-6 inches of snow expected tonight) north of Detroit, Michigan, warmer weather coming in April.
We took it out last weekend. It runs great, like it’s on rails. It feels very solid and the exhaust sound is awesome. We picked it up with 14 miles on the odometer so I haven’t driven it hard (we now have 34 miles). It looks great, I think the number is 3436, I looked at it briefly before we covered it.
The car doesn’t have many of options that I’ve gotten used to on new cars like auto on/off headlights, door opener etc.
We also have 1965 Mustang convertible, poppy red, black interior, 389 4V, automatic and a 2004 Thunderbird as toys.
We got the Bullitt at the sticker price, and were told that there were no incentives available.
I re-read my e-mail - 65 mustang is 289 4V (not the 389 GTO that I’ve always wanted).
Bought a Bullitt 3 days ago.
Runs nice. Good handling. Nice sound.
Excellent accelleration.
The Ford literature says it can go up to 153mph, but I have not had the chance to run it fast yet. I’ll wait until I get more comfortable with it. Plus here in the U.S. there are few oppurtunities to run fast. Based upon my prior experience with Mustangs, I suspect it will get up to 153, but will start feeling very light somewhere past 130mph.
Best thing so far about the car. (and why I bought it)
It has capabilities without any useless flash. It is understated, but capable.
One complaint about the car (after only about 800 miles of driving it) - still have not figured it out yet.
My right knee presses against the center of the drivers cockpit. It’s a little irritating. You have to reposition your right leg. It’s not much of a problem if you are using cruise control, but if you your right foot is on the gas pedal for a while (like while in traffic or on a curvey road) it can be unconfortable.
Maybe I have to keep on readjusting the seat fix it.
Thanks Ed and JustMe for sharing your Bullitt experience - keep it coming!
Considering buying 2008 Bullitt. With the changes in the ‘09 Mustangs, don’t know if getting the Bullitt is worthwhile. Any comments from the experts?