The 1968 Mustang Bullitt GT that Steve McQueen drove in the iconic action movie, Bullitt, sold for $3.74 million through Mecum Auctions. The sale makes it the most expensive Mustang ever sold, passing the 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake that cleared $2.2 million in 2019. It sold for just under the muscle car record price of $3.7 million set by a 1971 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda convertible.

Prior to the auction, the Bullitt had been stored in a family’s garage for the past 40 years. Sean Kiernan, whose father bought the car in 1974, consigned it to the auction. The bidding started at $3,500, which is what Kiernan’s father paid after finding it listed in an issue of Road & Track.

“When the auctioneer asked, ‘Who will give me $3,500?’ Everybody in the room raised their hand. Everybody had a chance to bid on the car,” Kiernan said.

It took just a minute for bidding to surpass $3 million.

After remaining in the family’s garage for four decades, the Bullitt was brought back into the public in 2018 at the Detroit auto show. Kiernan then took the Bullitt on a two-year tour around the world before it was sold through Mecum Auctions.

“As far as Mustangs go, this is it. With dad being down in the record books forever, that’s what matters to me,” Kiernan said. “I’ve been at peace with the sale for probably eight months now. We’re just having fun with this.”