still pic from steve mc queen movie "bullit" 1968ish

Love the car chase in that movie - it's THE car chase, and has soo many Beetles in the background.

Though the Blues Brothers chases are still my favs - soo ridiculous.

Awesome still shot there, a little too much editing in the chase scene but nontheless a cool flick. I've driven those streets many times and although a '66 type 3 square with 65 stonking horse power is no Charger, it certainly makes the knucles white when negotiating San Franciscos wonderfully hilly streets

Count the beetles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-7IEPTAoTg 

three weks to make that ten minutes of footage

thats not bad

for some of the "Herbie" movies they used and abused

about 30+ beetles...


nice 68 beetle in the backgound with its black and white wheels...

LEE

Just some interesting things to look for in the chase sequence..
- Count how many hubcaps fly off the Chrysler and on which tyres.
- Count how many times the green beetle is spotted being passed by the 2 cars (obviously the driver knows some handy shortcuts!).

My fave is when the Chrysler looses it on a bend and rams the camera....
- Adam

Has anyone else spotted some anonomlys in the clip?? (sorrry I carnt spell).

who spotted the dusty blue oval parked on the hill.

Have a look at this clip of the Corvair powered Manx from another Steve McQueen classic The Thomas Crown Affair. Cool Buggy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW9yFQkcGik 

how many times did Steve ask Ali Mc graw to "punch it baby!", wasn't too shabby behind the wheel, damn sight better than lindsay lohan

There's a story behind that dunebuggy you know. Apparently the producers asked porsche for an engine. Porsche refused, something about not wanting to sulley themselves with some cheap hollywood thriller, so Steve had to use a corvair engine. Then Porsche found out it was for Steve McQueen. They went nuts and offered a whole bunch of stuff...but it was too late.

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Originally posted by pete wood There's a story behind that dunebuggy you know. Apparently the producers asked porsche for an engine. Porsche refused, something about not wanting to sulley themselves with some cheap hollywood thriller, so Steve had to use a corvair engine. Then Porsche found out it was for Steve McQueen. They went nuts and offered a whole bunch of stuff...but it was too late.