Few people can forget the car chase scenes with Steve McQueen flying over the hills of San Francisco driving a highland green 2-door Mustang Fastback in the classic film, Bullitt.
Time Magazine claimed it among “The 15 Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time.” At speeds reaching 100 mph, one scene lasted over seven minutes, helping the film win that year’s Academy Award for Best Editing.
The 1968 Bullitt Mustang used in the film is perhaps the finest representation of the 1960s muscle cars with its aggressive stance, and its 6.4-liter naturally aspirated V-8 producing 335 horsepower at 4,800 rpm and 427 pound-feet of torque at 3,200 rpm.
However, a modern interpretation of the classic Mustang, known only to a few enthusiasts is, quite possibly, the greatest muscle car ever.
The Equus Bass 770 with its sleek lines and gradually sloping fastback looks a lot like Steve McQueen’s Bullitt car, but that is where the similarities end. The Equus combines classic elements of the original muscle car, but with modern features.
The muscle car gets its peculiar name from the origins of the modern horse, the Equus caballus, a great land runner that began evolving over 18 million years ago. The automobile version took much less time to evolve.
Based out of Detroit, Equus Automotive spent six years designing and developing the Bass 770 before introducing the first model in 2014.
Ford Mustang Fastback Styling
Via: equus-automotive.com
At the 2014 Detroit auto show, Equus Automotive was received as just another Detroit startup car company introducing the Bass 770 without much fanfare or media attention.
Custom-made, entirely built from scratch, a tribute to late-model 1960s muscle cars demonstrates a 1967 Mustang profile with a 1969 Shelby GT500 front-end. The rear vaguely resembles the Holden Interceptor with mock 1969 Charger lamps. However, despite the similarities, very few visible external parts were sourced from the original versions.
