Mystery of Steve McQueen's 'Bullitt' Mustang solved
The green Ford Mustang from the Steve McQueen film "Bullitt" is one of the most famous cars in history, but it hasn't been seen in decades. Now its owner is finally telling the tale of what happened to the iconic automobile.
X marks the spot … where to start.
A series of maps has been created that show the last-known location of 20 of the world’s most famous missing cars, which have an estimated value of $200 million or more.
Select Car Leasing compiled the charts, and would likely be happy to provide financing for the purchase of any of the vehicles, if they are ever found.
The list includes one of James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5s that was featured in "Goldfinger." It was stolen from a hangar at an airport in Boca Raton, Fla., in 1997 and never seen again. A sister car also used in the film was sold in 2010 for $4.6 million.
This map shows the last-known location of several classic cars. (Select Car Leasing)
There’s also the wreckage of the 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder that James Dean died in. It went missing as it was being shipped to famed car customizer George Barris’ garage in Hollywood in 1960 and might sell for $5 million or more today.
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Many of the cars have been missing for decades. (Select Car Leasing)
Easier to locate, but much harder to recover are a Chrysler Norseman that went down with the Andrea Doria in 1956 and a Renault Type CB Coupe De Ville that was aboard the Titanic, which lies two and a half miles below the surface of the Atlantic. Their estimated values are $1.25 million and $250,000 today.
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A Chrysler Norseman is in the hold of the Andrea Doria. (Select Car Leasing)
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Much higher on the price list is a Duesenberg SJ-506 that was left behind in Algeria by its car racing owner Emile Beghain, who fled the country’s civil war in 1962. Another Model J became the most-expensive American car ever sold when it was auctioned for $22 million in 2018. Beghain’s car would likely command a similar price if it ever surfaced in good condition.
La Voiture Noire is believed to have disappeared as France was invaded at the beginning of World War II. (Bugatti)
However, the biggest mystery and prize is the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic that was last seen at the company’s headquarters in Molsheim, France, in 1938 and thought to have been shipped to Bordeaux for safekeeping as the Nazis invaded the country. Only four were produced and La Voiture Noire – the black car, as it is known – is estimated to be worth $100 million if someone finds it parked in a French barn, or anywhere else, one day.
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And while we're not suggesting that you venture into the Sahara or dive the ocean depths, you never know what might show up. One of the Ford Mustangs used to make the Steve McQueen film "Bullitt" was discovered rotting away in a junkyard in 2017, while a long-sought Mustang Shelby GT500 showed up in a Texas field the following year.