Richard Rawlings Recreates “Bullitt” Car Chase! | Fast N’ Loud

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Steve McQueen film “Bullitt”, Richard Rawlings works together with McQueen’s son, Chadwick McQueen, to rebuild the car seen in the film and recreate the epic car chase scene.
From Season 6 Episode 19
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[@maxstein2011]

Legend has it, that green Beetle is still rolling down the hill.

[@felixmadison5736]

Those VW's Beatle's were all over the streets like locust back in the 1960s and 70s.

[@cliffcosynerflight5253]

​@@felixmadison5736 Bullitt 1968, Alcatraz 2012, Fast N’ Loud 2022 Lets keep the Tradition bring car chases to SanFrancisco

[@cliffcosynerflight5253]

@@felixmadison5736 could have use a the 98 VW Beatle to keep in modern

[@felixmadison5736]

@@cliffcosynerflight5253 I'll bet there are people who can't tell the difference between an old Beetle and a 'new' Beetle. They were great little cars. I purchased a used one back in the 1970s just before my late wife and I took our kids to see 'Herbie, the Love Bug' at the local drive in theater.

[@matthewbarry7026]

I wondered if they used it multiple shots like the original. Pretty sure they pass that beetle like 3 times at different parts of the chase.

[@kelinjohnson7421]

that green beetle "when will these dang kids every learn"

[@bwoolno]

You left one vital piece out of the chase . The 6 hubcaps the Charger lost 😂

[@Obeijin]

The new one had one piece rims ....

[@OneArmCarGuy]

That Challenger wasn’t even built back then. As a Mustang enthusiast that challenger would have left that Mustang in the dust. Just saying.

[@Obeijin]

@@OneArmCarGuy Not an accurate recreation ...

[@ryanmorrison3699]

@@ObeijinThat’s the joke bud

[@ryanmorrison3699]

@@OneArmCarGuyBack when they were filming this chase for the film, they had to reshoot several scenes of the chase because Bill Hickman would leave the Mustang in the dust in the Charger R/T. It was just so much more powerful. The Mustang was far more nimble in the corners though.

[@fidelmontagu7262]

Steve McQueen RIP AND RESPECT. But this re-created chase was really really tame...

[@benjaminlutz5075]

Plus, they should've used a modern day Ford Mustang. It would have been much smarter.

[@ulrichskaarsgard7848]

@@benjaminlutz5075 Why, the new Mustang is crap. They should have used a '68 Charger....

[@kennethstegall1075]

​@@ulrichskaarsgard7848compared to the one here where they just about shattered the rear-end by backing up?

[@luvvinlovelock7254]

I asked my mother the other day what it was like in her generation she said we had the best cars they lasted a long time We had the best era because we created it the way we wanted it and we had a lot of compassion love and freedom for everything. We loved one another. ❤️❤️

[@themidnighttavern6784]

Classic cars were generally far less reliable than modern cars. As for the love people comment, again, that applies more to today than the 60s. Lots of wack jobs back in the 60s wouldn't even let my gay friend marry another adult for literally no reason.

[@kennethstegall1075]

The Vega and Pinto were not great cars. And let's not forget segregation and Vietnam.

[@terryschnereger8531]

Classic cars lasted longer and are more rigid and far less disposable than today's cars. And the ppl were far more sensible, caring common sense than today's society. I've noticed this growing up in the 70 & 80s. Today's generation is so traumatized by what gender they are. You can't even walk outside the comfort of your own home without offending anyone.

[@themidnighttavern6784]

@@terryschnereger8531 Everything you just said was incorrect. The average lifespan of a new car in the 60s was less than 7 years on average. Meaning on average, you'd buy a brand new car, and it would be in a junkyard less than 7 years later. That's a statistical averaging tracking the average age of cars on the road. By comparison, 7 years is nothing for a modern car. As for the comment on society being more compassionate, tell those people you're gay, or that you had depression, and watch them turn on you fast.

[@themidnighttavern6784]

@@terryschnereger8531 Modern generations just want to have the freedom to live their lives. Being gay isn't a choice, basically every gay person will tell you that. Their attraction to same sex people is as natural as the attraction you and I have to the opposite sex. You can't force a gay person to become straight anymore than you can force a straight person to become gay. Yet despite this, you had truly evil people deny them the right to be married, and be happy for no reason.

[@matthewbush2371]

RIP Steve McQueen 😭😭😭 🙏🙏🙏

[@christiansanden8005]

There is nothing like the original chase❤❤❤

[@OneArmCarGuy]

Amen

[@blaineburns9957]

@@OneArmCarGuy Amen!!!!!

[@melvyncox3361]

Yep.Original is better!

[@frankwhitson2191]

​@@melvyncox3361: When Steve missed the turn and then had to back up quickly , he made the tires "chirp and smoke" before resuming the chase !! Best car chase ever !! Was a tall condo built on the site of the exploded gas station ????

[@melvyncox3361]

@@frankwhitson2191 Not sure there mate,as l'm from the UK.Perhaps it is on Google maps though.l wouldn't be surprised!

[@exploringsydneyandbeyond9059]

Beautiful Tribute to the Beloved Steve McQueen, well done everyone.

[@joe-hp4nk]

I went to the theater to watch this movie. When the chase scene came on I stayed to watch it again.

[@relic69]

Darn, saw it double dating at the drive in. Buddy had dad's car, 65 impala 350. Pretty exciting drive home.

[@joe-hp4nk]

@@relic69 How did you see the movie through the steamy windows with double dating?

[@relic69]

@@joe-hp4nk We had the back seat, windows open, legs flailing. Buddies date needed a paper towel. No wonder he drove crazy

[@rjmacreadyoutpost3121]

I always liked it when the charger driver buckled his seatbelt before burning down the tires. Gave a great “it’s on!” moment to the original.

[@blaiseuriarte8296]

That part at the end with Steve McQueen's son in the car makes me tear up. This is an awesome tribute.

[@timshort9692]

Fantastic job!!! One little shot I think you forgot was the driver fastening his seatbelt.

[@Cheezwizzz]

Nice catch

[@sixstanger00]

They already had their seatbelts on, that's why. Back then, seatbelts were not required by law, so it was kinda the "only when you really need them" mentality. They also dropped the scene of the passenger in the Challenger getting his gun out.

[@erock736]

That little detail is very important, it lets the viewer know shits about to get real!

[@paulwojnar2291]

A great tribute to The King of Cool. Thank you Richard and crew. That was f#%king AWESOME!!!!

[@stevealoia]

That was one of my favorite movies. RIP Steve Q

[@John-cr2tn]

I was sixteen when this came out and saw it more times than I can count.great job guys brought back memories

[@RobinTakolander]

You even got the Beetle there - NEVER FORGET THE BEETLE! 😄

[@rexxparkor900]

When I first saw this movie in the theatre I did not know but had the feeling of what struck me as so very important. That important part was when the driver of the 1968 charger looked at the passenger then clicked his seat belt. It's like seeing a gun shoot out and just before you see the thumb pull back the hammer.

[@chriswright9218]

An awesome tribute to one of the best chase scenes ever. Great job 👍

[@felixmadison5736]

DAMN!!! That was nice! Not as good as the original (and didn't expect it to be) but still, the sound of the V-8 engines is music to this old man's ears.

[@Miles1965]

Was expecting a modern Bullitt mustang as well as the dodge, that would have been cool, but a classic mustang is always better anyways! Nice surprise 😃

[@zekelucente9702]

Absolutely the greatest car chase in cinematic history.

[@jeshkam]

Nah, it's excellent, but "To Live and Die in LA" is the ultimate movie car chase.

[@ludosanderz]

Such a big budget setup and it still looks like a highschool student film.

[@jimmygarcia3068]

I closed my eyes as i go back to 1968...... i was 11 years old along with other neighborhood kids went to see Bullitt.......the famous car chase 😊.....im 67 now that my eyes are open.......great memories

[@dannyharris5310]

Dutch behind the wheel at the end looking just like pops!

[@Tiffany.1970]

Steve McQueen and his 1968 mustang 390 gt was a perfect marriage of man and a cool ride .... Long may steve McQueen be forever the king of cool respect to chad McQueen aswell 👍😁

[@4touchdowns1game29]

chad mcqueen sounds like the name of a guy who will steal your girlfriend and smoke your cigarettes.

[@Tiffany.1970]

@@4touchdowns1game29 Chad McQueen is Steve McQueen's son in case you don't know ....

[@4touchdowns1game29]

@@Tiffany.1970 yeah I know just always thought his name was funny.

[@Tiffany.1970]

@@4touchdowns1game29 me too shame Chad didn't remake his dad's movie bullitt

[@TheNerdForAllSeasons]

Very cool, but it just isnt the same without the Lalo Schifrin banger in the background.

[@seanbeag7]

I met Chad in Galway a few years ago, wonderful man and I just wish I could have met his dad

[@robertgibbs65]

Sorry but Challenger is not a Charger , good car but not the same,after I saw this I stopped watching.

[@benjaminmatute9085]

@Robert Gibbs Wha?

[@didisenft]

Nice tribute, but why not with old Charger ? :)

[@SHAWNGAMINGHD]

There's none of them left 😂 so many movie used them they got destroyed like dukes of Hazzard, fast and furious, ghost rider, and several more

[@cuda426hemi]

​@@SHAWNGAMINGHD They sold about 200,000 of that 2nd gen body style Charger from '68-'70. You can find them listed all over the place, these guys were just lazy.

[@tapio2207]

As I was a young men - I saw Bullit - I could not afford to buy Mustang my own: but it created an affection! Today, I have one. Not the legendary 390 but 2019 model with manual gearbox. This is a great re creation....

[@gabrielthesingingpilot]

It was so great to watch this!! The best chase scene ever! Thank you for recreating such an iconic masterpiece in film and production 👏

[@pauldashwood2897]

Wonder why they didn’t use a 68 charger…great vid

[@davidharrell8890]

It’s amazing to see San Francisco still looks the same in the scenes, as it did in 1968, Great Job Guys & Gals. 💯👍👍😊

[@CorporateZombi]

This is great! The green beetle is a nice nod to the original film! (Although they stuff up the continuity in the original movie and pass it twice!)

[@leegraves101]

Just needed to toss some hubcaps out of the Dodge .

[@nir507]

FANTASTIC This Recreate Scene For memory of LEGEND American men STEVE MCQUEEN For his Stuning unforgot chase in the Bulit 1968 Film with The Dark Green FORD MUSTANG 1968 390 CUBIC INCH Engine But with the SOUND OF THE 289 CUBIC INCH = K CODE ENGINE 271 HP !!! MCQUEEN Was EXCELLENT Races Driver in his La man races carier. Also very charming Actor and also good men !!! Again FANTASTIC

[@wtfisgoingonaroundhere]

Great! Love this... Had a 65 Impala SS, 56 Belair and 72 Nova 434 Stroker. Many people here love american v8, old an new... Greets from germany

[@toddmartin6572]

Steve’s legend lives on…. Especially in his sincere generosity with the boys orphanage he lived at as a youth. He always visited it after becoming famous../ a true amazing man.. rip Steve

[@adamolszowski1552]

Great revival of the cult film Bullit, there was no boredom, there was no background music and of course the song "Mustang engine and good".

[@Schoolshorts456]

Steve McQueen with James hunt, the greatest.

[@petermostyneccleston2884]

The car that is the real Star in this film, is the Green VW Beetle.

[@lincolnmarkviiguy366]

Well there is 10 minuted I’ll never get back.

[@blaineburns9957]

Thank you!!! Exactly.....efn dreamers to recreate......

[@cmans79tr7]

Awesome recreation! But, as someone else mentioned, this missed the absolute #1 cue which signified the beginning of the Chase, which was the buckling of the 1960's lap belt in the Charger. Might have added a bit of humor to buckle the three-point harness instead, or splice in an actual lap belt buckle🤷. Also, i was waiting for the Mustang reversing uncontrolled wheel hop at 6:39 and was dissapointed that that piece was shortened with no wheel hop. I grew up in that era, and those Mustangs without Traction Bars were notorious for wheel hop under uncontrolled acceleration. The smoky burnout by the escaping Charger exceeded the excitement of the original. And my hair stood on end with the absolutely perfect timing of the Mustang showing up in the Charger's rear view mirror.

[@mohammedashian8094]

2:34-2:51 is pretty much our reaction on that part of the chase scene

[@jeysonlivington]

Make sure to hit camera with charger😂

[@mrsmith4662]

Love the nostalgia & the badass cars.

[@relic69]

Nicely done. Guess there are no vintage Chargers left

[@VchaosTheoryV]

None worth risking the damage

[@richardhammond7494]

Got to say, that really hit me in the chest! Fantastic

[@lvsqcsl]

That Chad McQueen is my age and he looks just like his father. GREAT VIDEO!

[@markmiller2149]

Steve nailed it in 1968...just like he did in LeMans. They really went high speed and pushed the cars to their breaking point. These guys didn't want to hurt the cars and it showed. Richard wants to get as much money as possible when he sells them.

[@juliussanchez7732]

“Guys give it up for the cars!” Drivers: 😔

[@csjames69]

The green beetle!

[@JoshuaSlosser]

There’s nothing like the sound of that old mustang.

[@nyemartin5737]

Good effort but you shoulda used the Lalo Schifrin track, would've made it so much cooler 😎

[@patrickseals5746]

It funny watching the handling differences with the mustang versus new challenger. The guy with the mustang definitely had his hands full.

[@mrmrb04]

You guys forgot the 7 times when the charger loses its hubcaps!!

[@robinaroundtown...2194]

My dad was a Stillman on set and watched the whole chase ... But my dad was actually a block over filming "Eye of the Cat" with Michael Sarrazin who was a good friend of my dad... Steve actually wanted my dad to do the still work on Bullitt but was already scheduled to do the one he was on... In fact everyone took a break from filming Eye of the Cat to go over and watch... When my dad got there Steve asked if he could just shoot it anyways... But that was against union rules...lolol And my dad also was part of the Cameraman's Local Union heads... So it wasn't going to fly...lolol Steve also wanted my dad to do "LeMans" but again Steve was too late again asking my dad because he was already scheduled for another picture... I met Steve a couple of times and he was really nice to me and of course...very very cool 😎...lolol

[@frankbutta9344]

Blasphemy! Well, the ubiquitous green Beetle was a nice touch. 😎

[@eugenenelson5398]

A few years ago , in Slator mo. They had Steve McQueen days , and there was loads of people and cars , and one car club had pictures of all the streets where they ran and they took there own cars and ran the streets early in the moring. With jumps and a real charger. Pretty cool. I don't think they have the festival any more, it's a shame what covid did, it was just cause he lived there on his uncles farm when he ended taming as a teenager.

[@ethansolender4746]

That was great!!!!

[@unknownracer6982]

Very well done 👍🤟 I'm a big car movie nut lol and that would have made Steve proud.

[@hvdiv17]

Why does everyone say this is the greatest car chase seen in history when every fast and furious car seen is way better and gone in 60 seconds as well?

[@jim-stacy]

They jumped higher in the OG! And missed the jump cut when they hit car!

[@datboyjt3649]

They shouldve got a modern bullitt mustang

[@jimgolden9666]

Way cool! Well done!

[@everblack145]

RIP Steve McQueen

[@justinmoran8058]

That’s awesome great job

[@benwalter7487]

R.I.P. Chad and Steve McQueen

[@agautomotive]

That was awesome

[@TrinitaBud]

Super la vidéo et steve mcqueen est une légende 😢

[@sawzawsaw]

Vincent van Gogh sure can drive.

[@LordFlashheart.11]

I'm sure he is all ears!

[@garywalters3007]

ouch......no more amateur night. @@LordFlashheart.11

[@Shoptalk4307]

No hubcaps flying off?

[@golgothapro]

I don't know what inspired you to do it; but that was neat Richard. I even liked the additional under-car B-roll shots. May be production's your bag man. Definitely some fun S ain't it bro ?

[@OneArmCarGuy]

Wonder how that would have worked out with a 68 Charger and both with bias ply tires. It’s nice to redream the “good ol days” but oh how we cherry pick the good parts.

[@shanebrbich5698]

No open centres here! (Thank God)! 👍🇦🇺

[@madmeh2929]

Good thing they had a good police presence to protect all their camera equipment. “If there is going to be trouble on the set”, it will be provided by the locals.

[@ryanmorrison3699]

I give it an F for the lack of flying hubcaps 😂

[@paulrussell2452]

Best chase ever!

[@jeysonlivington]

Should of used an old charger

[@bananer9300]

If classic Charger prices weren't through the roof currently, it would be an old Charger. They were thrashed around and beaten to hell back in the 70s and 80s, not to mention the awful rust issues those cars were prone to. It's a shame that they weren't made very well. But I do agree, it's not the same.

[@leegraves101]

They got used up by those Duke boys

[@lvsqcsl]

Don't they have Charger look-a-likes that ride on Crown Vic frames? I think they do.

[@cirinosaldana4289]

Question, why a challenger and not a charger?

[@VchaosTheoryV]

Modern Chargers aren't muscle cars maybe

[@kmac5849]

The gear changing clacks and snarl of the mustang , that dirty music can’t be recreated…..but still a nice tribute ❤️

[@earlputnal9124]

Hey? The Mustang's brake lines didn't shoot out brake fluid from the underside brake lines from under the car on one of the jumps?! Eh. Close enough though. LOL

[@jamesgrounds4098]

Richard, you have always succeeding in entertaining us in the car world. Your next mission, should you choose to accept, will be building and renting cars for the movie industry and/or making movies. I will write the script, OK? We need more movies like American graffiti, and, two-lane blacktop.

[@jamesbenages649]

Beautiful.

[@joe-hp4nk]

The king of cool.

[@toddmartin6572]

Every time I get in my 79 mustang pace car I look out the windshield to see if there is a black charger waiting for me

[@maxkelley2003]

They definitely should capture this footage of Chad from behind the scenes of the Bullitt recreation and put it in the final season of Cobra Kai. Who all agrees?

[@RaymondvanGelderen]

I love this vid Ridge

[@MrSmith-ot9ei]

Im glad that they still used a Dodge product (Challenger) in the chase scene....but to make it look really special...i wish they could've got a real 1968 Charger to reenact the chase scene along with the McQueen Mustang.

[@aniketdutta1567]

That's not a dodge charger, that's a Challenger hellcat 😂

[@shanekasowski6238]

Whoo GET cha summ!!!!!

[@bryancoats5328]

If they really wanted to make this a real deal recreation, they should’ve partnered with Graveyard Carz for the Charger.

[@JF-lt5zc]

The best part of this video is the zoom close up in the rear view in the challenger. The rest? Probably fun to film, but having the modern Challenger vs a Charger is kind of weird. And the seriousness of the Challenger driver putting his seat belt on is sorely missed in this.

[@jamesgrounds4098]

Good Job, Richard & “Monkeys”! 😎

[@JohnDoe-uk1tw]

R.I.P. Chad McQueen

[@SloKenny]

The Green Beetle is still fastest! 😂

[@cherijim2911]

Kinda kills you to beat (fender wells cutting the tires) on a nice car like that.

[@AgentCircus007]

No Winchester pump Richard? ; )

[@MartyInLa]

This makes me sad Dodge doesn't make a 2 door that actually looks like a Charger.

[@sixstanger00]

Yeah making the modern Charger a saloon was not one of their better ideas...

[@MartyInLa]

@@sixstanger00 A Mustang still looks like a Mustang. A Challenger still looks like a Challenger. A new Charger looks more like a Tesla Model S than a real Charger.

[@scottbarker9058]

ive seen this movie..im 66..i still 2 this day am told..the majority of the driving was done by a..yup-STUNT-DRIVER!!!!..i-dunno????DOES ANY-1???...HILLARIOUS!!!

[@michaelvaladez3012]

The guy driving the Mustang looks like Stiffler Lol 😂, and why are they using a Challenger? In the film it was a Charger.

[@marcelosoareshungria9262]

Awesome