Well, ours isn’t the exact vehicle driven in the James Bond movie, but it’s close (and it’s the same color). Click to check it out on our website and read below for a couple of fun facts and interesting stories about the famous Ford Mustang.
(This one on the left is ours!)
The Ford Mustang was featured in James Bond’s Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and in Steve McQueen’s Bullitt (1968). We have the ’66 in stock, and car enthusiasts say ours is better than the two.
The ’66 Mustang is said to be the best Mustang built to date. In 1966 Ford sold its millionth Mustang, and made a name for itself as a vehicle of power and performance. According to an MSN article on James Bond’s famous vehicle, Mustang enthusiasts weren’t as in love with the ‘71 Mustang in the film, but immensely preferred its 1960s predecessor.
Bullitt’s ’68 Mustang is in a renowned car chase with a ’68 Charger, earning the film (specifically the scene) an Oscar for best editing. In Diamonds Are Forever, Bond uses Tiffany Case’s ’71 Mustang to escape local police, famously driving over roofs of other vehicles and most notably tipping onto its side wheels to squeeze down a narrow alley.
(Note: more notable is the famous blooper in this scene, where Bond goes in the alley on the wheels of one side of the car, and comes back out on the wheels of the other side.) The toy version of Bond’s (or rather, Tiffany’s) Mustang is sold as a collector’s item for between 300-800 dollars, and the original vehicle from the film currently resides in the Bond Museum in Keswick, UK.
Ford will soon be selling brand-new 1964-66 Mustangs, only the buyer has to provide their own parts. The Mustang is America’s most-restored vehicle, and with a slightly more modern build, enthusiasts can build their own brand-new Mustang to mimic exactly the famous car of the 1960s. This version will sell for about 15,000 dollars.
But, if you don’t want to build it yourself, and want to ride like Bond and McQueen, come on down to 802 Toyota and check out our 1966 Mustang for yourself!