Car Movies

  • The Missing Bullitt Charger

    I received an email from Arnold Welch informing me that he has found the Dodge Charger used in the film Bullitt and will have it restored back to the condition it was in during filming by April or May of… Continue reading

  • Transforming a 2009 Bullitt Mustang

    The movie Bullitt came out in 1968 with Steve McQueen in the staring role, at least as far as the credits were concerned.  In reality the lead was tied with a Highland green1968 Ford Mustang GT that had been modified… Continue reading

    Transforming a 2009 Bullitt Mustang

  • Citroen 2CV ala Ferrari

    Citroen has produced some memorable cars, from the amazing SM to the lowly 2CV.  In the sixties you might have seen a few on this side of the Atlantic.  In the seventies they were a favorite of those who competed… Continue reading

  • Indy 500 – Remembering the First

    As some of us prepare to watch the running of the Indianapolis 500 today we should remember the first Indy 500 run on the “brick yard” in 1911.  Ray Harroun drove the Marmon Wasp to victory as the only car… Continue reading

  • Car Movies – Paris 1976 in a Ferrari

    Decades prior to Getaway in Stockhom Claude Lelouch put a camera on the nose of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a Formula 1 driver take it at high speed through the morning streets of Paris.  At times reaching 140… Continue reading

  • Driving in the MidEast

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  • Tis the Season

     It is that season when we move our minds to just what kind of present we can get for that car nut that we know. Here are a few suggestions that you can wrap your budget around. Books: One suggestion… Continue reading

  • 2008 Bullitt Mustang

      It only took Ford 40 years to get it right. Edmunds has done a test and supplies a video of the result on their web site.  It looks like a much better package than what was tried in 2001. … Continue reading

  • Bud Ekins

    Another great stunt driver is gone.  Bud passed away October 6. Anyone who has seen “The Great Escape” and “Bullitt” has seen the work of Bud Ekins.  He doubled for Steve McQueen often and was a good friend, receiving a… Continue reading

  • Lunch with Chris Szwedo

                          “In the Northwest Corner of Connecticut, far from the pace of the Interstates, is a place that is as private and hidden as its ability to capture the adrenaline in our imagination. Where every year men and women gather… Continue reading