Chad McQueen on dad Steve, Bullitt and the Ford Mustang

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8 жыл бұрын

Driving heads to Ireland to chat with Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen, about his dad's role in 1968 classic movie Bullitt, the Ford Mustang that starred in that film, the new Ford Mustang GT... and ask what fast machinery Steve McQueen might have developed a passion for in later years.
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@johnquinn4151 2 жыл бұрын

Steve was cool dude back in the day. 1960’s & early 70’s was great era to be alive

@N-Scale Жыл бұрын

My life is just not the same without your dad !!! At 68 I got my first muscle car and it is a 2008 Bullitt #1925. I likely loved your dad nearly as much as you do. We all miss him.

@jpbernie72 6 жыл бұрын

Dutch from the karate kid!

@MitzGamingTechPH Жыл бұрын

Dutch show his Car Garage to Daniel.

@gunnarguggs2725 Жыл бұрын

Rev In Peace Steve McQueen.

@slyane7320 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Chad for keeping your father's legacy alive & being yourself while doing that.

@rosegeaber7533 4 жыл бұрын

I am just a fan of Steve McQueen. Too young to have remembered all he did but just old enough to see my sister's fawn over him. I don't know of an actor who comes close. The guy was amazing and so charismatic with his subtly it made me crazy. Wish I could have known him.

@Marc816 2 жыл бұрын

The chase scene in Bullitt is the best chase in the history of motion pictures. I learned a lot about high speed driving by watching it over and over again, maybe several hundred times.

@waynester71 7 жыл бұрын

Dutch!

@mohammedyasin6152 5 жыл бұрын

Cobra Kai Season 3

@nunomaduro 4 жыл бұрын

Cobra Kai never dies.

@scottswineford3304 4 жыл бұрын

No Mercy

@XDRONIN 8 жыл бұрын

Love Bullitt, one of the best movies ever.

@waltbullet1287 5 жыл бұрын

The mustang was built by holmen and moody!! Not stock but had a hell of a time keeping up with 440!! Which was stock!! Mopar ruled on the street!! I know I raced the streets!! 71 years later!! Ford sucked ! Love the cars !!

@jasmith1867 4 жыл бұрын

I saw the movie when it first came out. You KNOW all the kids in high school were raving about it. It was double feature nite and Bonny and Clyde was the other show. Lots of Fords in my dreams that nite.

@cliffdr.detroitlynch3903 7 жыл бұрын

steve was a bad ass, the coolest of the cool

@russcattell955i 7 жыл бұрын

Steve McQueen, the "king of cool", it says so on my Triumph motorcycles t shirt that I wear with pride. I was a 9 year old boy watching the movie Bullitt in 68.

@johnd7471 7 жыл бұрын

Chad you are doing your dad proud...keep up the good work!!!

@orvilleblack795 4 жыл бұрын

God love you and all your family chad McQueen I have lost all my family to my mom and dad and brothers maybe they will still love me too PS god speed

@jonathanjimmyshearman2500 Жыл бұрын

Hes still workin hard at getting shit of the house still, trust me.

@edwardsalley1248 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely the best chase scene ever. My favorite movie of all time. RIP Steve.

@ccwamericanwoman3515 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! HIS SON SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE HIS DAD, STEVE. Wow. Takes me back! Loved Steve McQueen.

@martineriksson8737 Жыл бұрын

nice work chad! ur dad is gonna be proud!

@robbiematney6661 4 жыл бұрын

Steve was the man !!

@saber26ful 2 жыл бұрын

He’s the best! All around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep Chad down! 🎶

@MrJubbey 4 жыл бұрын

Bill Hickman was on the scene when James Dean died ..... then with McQueen later .... He kept some pretty cool company .....

@markstrickland8736 Жыл бұрын

Nice guy.

@bwoolno 4 жыл бұрын

I first saw Bullitt in the late 60's . Sat up the front of the theatre . That car chase was amazing with the in car cameras . It felt light were in the car

@bwoolno 2 жыл бұрын

Same here . Up front felt like you were in the car with him

@dennisholst4322 4 ай бұрын

Thank God

@interstategar 4 жыл бұрын

Steve McQueen one of my favorite actors. He dive into a part where it seems like him and not a character he was playing, ad also. the movies he was in were great movies. I've seen Bullitt many times., not just for the car chase, its a good movie.

@ericjshorts3203 2 жыл бұрын

This guy was 'Dutch' in Karate Kid.

@branco6942 3 жыл бұрын

I can't even recognize Chad as being Dutch in the Karate Kid , poor Chad very big accident and the way he moves you can see that it still affects him in his daily movements , nice interview though , respect 4 Chad hope he does well with his injuries.................nice guy , his dad was a grumpy man from time to time but he can be proud of his son Chad , very sad that Steve died so young , R.I.P. Steve!!

@dansiri8155 2 жыл бұрын

Best thing is real action with no special effects or digital editing. The best ever.

@davidbellamy1403 2 ай бұрын

I agree, greatest chase scene ever.

@stephenm6100 Жыл бұрын

Still miss by us petrol heads 🙏🏼 RIP steve

@jmuduke99 5 жыл бұрын

Sweep the leg, Dutch!

@scottswineford3304 4 жыл бұрын

Dutch of the Cobra Kai dojo. No Mercy

@stephensimpson4022 4 жыл бұрын

I saw Bullitt when I was 9 in 1983. From that moment on my love affair with the Mustang and McQueen began.

@kennyshipp5973 3 жыл бұрын

We need Dutch to return to the Karate Kid saga on the Netflix show #CobraKai

@stretch54 3 жыл бұрын

There were two Mustangs used and they both had 390's.....no 427.

@sergeantmasson3669 2 жыл бұрын

Vin #558 and Vin #559.

@ronlynch7744 6 жыл бұрын

Best car movie ever, due to Steve, the Mustang, great driving and directing. The thrill is always there every time you watch Bullitt. That's why I own a 2008 Highland Green Bullitt #1659 Thanks Chad, great video.

@Skipjack7814 Жыл бұрын

Youre right, great chase, except the Charger flings about 7 hubcaps!

@pl5624 3 жыл бұрын

427? I thought they had factory 390s

@Imnotyourdoormat 3 жыл бұрын

they did...both of them. 335-horse versions.

@sergeantmasson3669 2 жыл бұрын

@@Imnotyourdoormat modified to 400 hp by Max Balchowsky at his shop in Los Angeles CA.

@spookerredmenace3950 2 жыл бұрын

chad seems like a cool chill guy... love most if not all of your dads movies, i saw Bullitt when i was 16 in 1996, loved it, STILL love it

@ninjapirate123 2 жыл бұрын

And Karate Kid made in 1984

@akfreed6949 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if his Dad ever told him what happened when he got arrested in Anchorage Alaska . There's an actual mugshot of him .

@Harrison2253 7 жыл бұрын

He looks and sounds like his father

@blueberrycobbler 6 жыл бұрын

Robert M he doesn’t sound like his father.

@rb30athorn 2 жыл бұрын

Wow looks just like him

@sheafan1971 4 жыл бұрын

The 68 is 100% celebrity

@tkleo2006 2 жыл бұрын

So Steven McQueen was the chilliest adrenaline junkie!

@MapleSyrupPoet 2 жыл бұрын

Chad wears really cool shades 😎 🗣

@oke215 8 жыл бұрын

love that car

@susansperrazza2790 6 жыл бұрын

It's funny how the charger became the focus of a bad guy and the driver became a prop . Like an old western horseback chase . A mustang chasing a charger . Great movie .

@minibikemadman 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the hero car had a 390 not a 427? Well the one that sold at mecum.

@anibalbabilonia1867 7 жыл бұрын

You're right chad! Your dad was a legend! Love all his movies, specially bullit! No one can imitate his style of driving and that scene. No one! To me is the best car chase scene ever! There's been others. And they are good! But not like bullit. Man you look just like your dad! You should remake the bullit movie! I think it would be awesome! And to pay homage to a legend like your dad.

@Hithere-ek4qt 4 жыл бұрын

No way. Leave the classic alone, To try a remake is just inviting disaster.

@AJ-ld5mv 4 жыл бұрын

@@Hithere-ek4qt I agree

@1339LARS 7 жыл бұрын

Great film !

@mariopizzorni4134 8 жыл бұрын

I always ask myself about that movie now thanks to Chad I learn about it and thank you to Stella R ...love that car

@MyREDTAIL 6 жыл бұрын

Steve Mc Queen was one of my favorite Actor's May he RIP also Stunt Driver from the Movie " BULLET" The late Bill Hickman May he also RIP bot are Legends Period.

@adesorcuppy4225 7 жыл бұрын

Chad's voice and body mimics remind a lot to his dad.

@creekwalker62 6 жыл бұрын

He walks like his dad.

@cjk247 5 жыл бұрын

i cant imagine that he played dutch in karate kid...dutch seemed like an asshole character...here hes cool as hell

@toddb5686 5 жыл бұрын

dont be crazy,, He's on drugs...

@doorman437 5 жыл бұрын

Wow one hell of a resemblance to his father!

@mgtowproperties 3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea Steve McQueen was his father until now Interesting sidenote Bruce Lee actually taught Steve McQueen martial arts

@bertlambert3817 6 жыл бұрын

The show Blue Bloods...did a pretty dog gone good episode of the Bullet Mustang. .showing the owners son trying to sell it...BUT...Danny "hell of a Detective"...catches him before it happens...At the end of the show watch what all the guys do...gotta see it....GREAT EPISODE !!

@mortishastyles1345 4 жыл бұрын

That morning at 6:00 A.M.I was at 3560 California street as a kid.I spent that hour or so outside listening to that screaming V8 baby I been addicted to the American V8 since then to now.

@Free2choose 4 жыл бұрын

So what happened at 3500 California St. ?

@mortishastyles1345 4 жыл бұрын

s. Giustino I lived at 3560 California st.The morning 6 A.M. Steve McQueen ran that mustang through that chase i as a kid could hear it all.

@Free2choose 4 жыл бұрын

@@mortishastyles1345 But the chase scenes were filmed over the hill on Russian Hill , and next to the art institute and the Marina Green and it started at Bernal Heights on Army St. I've lived here 36 years.

@luckylook4432 4 жыл бұрын

steve mcqueen was my hero he was wery cool , fanastic man ;)

@jasmith1867 4 жыл бұрын

I had a 67 version of that car when I was young. Same color, engine,ect....I drove it like Steve too many times and finally wrecked it. Like you said crummy brakes and crummy stock suspension.....But my waist seat belt held me in and I crawled from the wreckage.

@MitzGamingTechPH Жыл бұрын

Dutch a Car Guy! Imagine Dutch show his car enthu to Daniel XD.

@alexvaldez83 7 жыл бұрын

When he wears his sunglasses he looks like his father

@bertconvey5936 5 жыл бұрын

You know, I never placed a single comment here on KZfaq however, after seeing this piece on the Steve M. and his son Chad, what a great cinematic endeavour it was... The mustang, the director, the cinematography, all of this film was done perfectly as was possible! I'm one of many who miss Steve M, the car, the movie making process 50 years later, we are still talking about this film! Classic! God be with you, Mr. S.M.&, God Bless, Chad as well! Jeff.(actor)

@ninjapirate123 2 жыл бұрын

He needs to return in Cobra Kai

@jerryblake4088 Жыл бұрын

Chad looks just like his dad 👨 😳 😂

@alexabadi7458 2 жыл бұрын

He does look like his dad a lot.

@nickefgen9219 4 жыл бұрын

Cool video

@jbaumun 6 жыл бұрын

Kudos to Steve and Lee Iacoca

@GETUPANDGO 6 жыл бұрын

Well that's pretty damn cool, awesome film, awesome guy, awesome car

@davida6146 Жыл бұрын

Cobra Kai is waiting for you Chad!

@HeavyDragoon 7 жыл бұрын

Really great interview...I like his son..he is a very mellow unassuming chap..but he comes across really well and I like that he does not play into the trap of saying ".....oh yeah..my dad would still be driving Porsche's even now..!" answer!!! Can we see the FULL interview (if there was one) or has this been edited to death?

@antonchigurh3794 3 жыл бұрын

It's crazy that he has already outlived his Father by 10 years.

@46dc9er 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see the Director of Bullitt Peter Yates take on the movie ,his favorite seen in the movie is seeing the car bounce before the suspension was tightened when it comes over a hill right before he gets to Clay and Taylor street and goes into the grocery store on 1199 Taylor Street

@5JORGES 3 жыл бұрын

Cobra kai never die Dutch is now your return

@yafaflores1111 4 жыл бұрын

It’s like a go pro scene. The chase

@vince1638 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, didn't realize McQueen was getting into airplanes. They would have killed him for sure! His kid sure mellowed a lot since the crash. We all get humbled if we live long enough.

@tiddbob4166 6 жыл бұрын

68 Mustang has more character than new ones.

@maureencora1 2 жыл бұрын

The 1967/ 68 Fastback are the Greatest Mustangs

@pumpkin1901 3 жыл бұрын

God , with the provenance, can you imagine what Steve McQueen's first Porsche would fetch at auction these days.

@leernt4158 4 жыл бұрын

Love ya Chad!!! but it was a 390 not a 427 engine

@arfshesaid4325 3 жыл бұрын

wrong

@sergeantmasson3669 2 жыл бұрын

@@arfshesaid4325 You're the one that's wrong. I personally know that it had a 390 engine that it came with from the factory. Engine ID # matched the car's ID #.

@TimeSquareTitts 8 жыл бұрын

l had one restored it was the ultimate leather jacket everyone loved to see it.

@petemedina8446 7 жыл бұрын

That was very interesting tho I didn't know it was running the 427 I had heard it was a 390 very that he kept his father's first race porsche.

@TheGTprix 5 жыл бұрын

It was a 390 not a 427. Not sure what chad was talking about

@ldnwholesale8552 4 жыл бұрын

It was a 390. Never a 427.

@patrickwayne3701 4 жыл бұрын

@@ldnwholesale8552 Only Sean K. could say for sure if the engine was modified. (Bore x Stroke), as he rebuilt it for it's coming out tour. Keep in mind, the car that Sean's family has owned since '74, is only one of two (arguably three), that were maintained for filming by the production company during the time the film was shot. The rumors of there having been 3 of them came directly from the car wrangler who worked on the movie. The known second car, the one you see crush its driver's front fender, in the chase scene, was allegedly found parted out as a shell in Mexico, and reportedly that one has been fully restored with similar but not original parts. Very possibly the car Chad said his Dad had fitted with a 427 could've been the Mexico car, since the 427 would've been major magnetic to anyone who knows their Ford parts. But, obviously, only the people who were there can say. And time is stealing from us all, as we speak. After seeing the one tracked and proven real car sell for 3 million 400 thousand dollars this past week, it makes a guy wonder if the stunt guys who were there when the filming was done are still alive to talk about whether there was actually three cars on set or not. Because if there was,,,, well,,, there could be one HELLUVA barn find still out there somewhere.

@arfshesaid4325 3 жыл бұрын

@Mark Richards he wanted more balls running with that mopar, and 427 it was

@sergeantmasson3669 2 жыл бұрын

@@arfshesaid4325 WRONG !

@brucef310 3 жыл бұрын

If you look close at 1:57 you can check out the horses package. You are welcome.

@TitusFFM 4 жыл бұрын

Who the fuck dislike this video.

@michaeledwards427 2 жыл бұрын

Great video but with a minor fault, why at 2.03 were we 'treated' to a shot of the British Leyland production line (possibly cowley at Oxford) making the Morris marina saloons and vans? If you don't believe me watch it again. Definitely not my own country's finest time in car production. Give me a ford from UK, USA or any other ford factory anytime.

@rmooremarine Жыл бұрын

Chad said it had a 427. I am almost certain it was a 390

@jjmac3561 7 жыл бұрын

Morris Marina production line pic at 2.03. Ooooops

@eddiecollins453 2 жыл бұрын

I never liked Dutch ,but I like Chad

@laragreene8328 3 жыл бұрын

So who owns the original Bullitt Mustang from the movie?? I thought Steve's family did.

@1998gst4611 Жыл бұрын

You still need to do one more thing. Make an appearance on Cobra Kai.

@jesus85ize 6 ай бұрын

DUTCH! We want you BACK BRO! Time to tie up loose ends.

@jesus85ize 6 ай бұрын

The guy who played his father in “once upon a Time in Hollywood “ an awesome job as well

@lameduck3630 4 жыл бұрын

Morris Marina? 2.03?

@timothymcqueen2740 4 жыл бұрын

Hello chad,

@stellarojas5990 8 жыл бұрын

Some "interesting" comments Chad made about the movie car, specifically the part about it having a 427 and four wheel discs. I saw Bullitt when it first came out and have read numerous articles about the cars and what mods were done. The first such article was years ago in Car Life Magazine and appeared to be quite authoritative. The engine was, according to CL, a stock 390 and significantly slower than the 440-equipped Charger. The Mustang had Koni shocks and underbody skid plates and that was about it. No where was there any mention of rear disc brakes.

@sacooper802 7 жыл бұрын

at 1:08 chad specifically says the bullitt mustang had two front disc and two rear drum brakes? never said all fours corners had disc brakes? but i feel he is incorrect by stating it had a 427, but the fact are two cars purchased for the movie both were Highland Green fastbacks sporting GT packages and 390/4V motors. the one car was heavily welded and prepared for jumping and is long since gone, the other car is on its third owner and in 1977 Steve McQueen tried to buy it back but current owner refused.

@kingfish4242 7 жыл бұрын

you are correct. The Bullit Mustang was equipped with a 390. The Shelby Cobra Jet was the only Ford Model where the 427 was available. .

@hansgruber650 7 жыл бұрын

Stella... correct with the 390. In a long stretch the Charger is Color Me Gone!

@Free2choose 4 жыл бұрын

@@sacooper802 And now sold at auction for around $3.4 million USD

@sergeantmasson3669 2 жыл бұрын

@@sacooper802 CORRECT. Chad was wrong about the Bullitt movie Mustang had a 427 engine. Max Balchowski modified the two Mustang stock 390 engines to 400 HP.

@jeffreykraus4124 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it had a 390... Modified

@sanctuaryism 7 жыл бұрын

one of the 2008 remakes is in my garage now. not my car though.

@hectortrejo1198 7 жыл бұрын

so tell me about the LS460 lexus with there 2ur fe ??????

@loulaahmed5403 4 жыл бұрын

Le pere es beaucoup plus beau que le fils

@SpeakerBuilder 6 жыл бұрын

He said the Bullet Mustang had a 427 cu in motor. I don't think so. The only version of Mustang that used this big motor was the Shelby 500. The Bullet Mustang was the GT that had the 271 hp 302 from the factory. If it was a 427, someone had to put that motor in it. And this Mustang was brand new when the film was shot.

@Mike583 6 жыл бұрын

Speaker Builder not a 302,factory 390.

@bill2953 2 жыл бұрын

Carroll Shelby labeled the first Mustang a secretary's car.. Lee Iococca wanted it to be a sports car but that would mean losing the rear seats. McQueen and Ekins succeeded in tranforming the perception of Mustang to a sports car in Bullitt.

@donjones2988 7 жыл бұрын

Was there ever talk about making a sequel to Bullitt?

@timothymcqueen2740 4 жыл бұрын

Hello chad, we are related as I am a descendant of dugal McQueen thru the William line. I only met my father twice as a child and never met my grandfather as he died early age after coming home from ww2. My fathers name was WC McQueen and his father was William chester McQueen.. I'm really just looking to meet another mcqueen before I kick the bucket! Just wondering if you had any information on mcqueen family? You come from dugals son Thomas so I guess it makes us cousin's or something! Not looking for more than anything but info on meeting someone from my family, any help would be appreciated! Thanks Timothy Mcqueen.. Help from anyone else reading this would be appreciated as well

@cameronwalter2058 6 жыл бұрын

And you bring in a fucking yellow one?

@70centurian 2 жыл бұрын

427...?

@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын

FALSE. the two ''68 Bullitt Mustang GT Mustangs with 390 engines. The engines were modified to 400+ HP by Max Balchowki at his shop near Hollywood CA. BTW, Steve Mcqueen never owner either of them. He attempted to buy the survivor car but then owner Robert Kiernan refused to sell it. The car sold at Mecum FL auction for $3.47 million in January 2021. Needless to say that son Sean is now a wealthy man.

@mrme2483 8 жыл бұрын

2.03 any reason theres an assembly line showing morris marinas after the single pic of a ford falcon assembly? Cant see the link to his reference to having driven all the mustangs?

@jacktheinator1748 7 жыл бұрын

Mr Me mustangs were built on falcon chassis