Ford offers McQueen fantasy in new Bullitt.(Mustang Bullitt GT)(Brief Article)

You saw the movie. Now drive the car.

Warner Brothers legendary 1968 film "Bullitt" is considered a classic in the adventure genre. Set on the streets of San Francisco, "Bullitt" furthered the cause of two legends in American popular culture -- Steve McQueen as the action hero archetype and the Ford Mustang as the essence of the American muscle car.

In "Bullitt," McQueen played a tough, loner cop battling the forces of evil at all levels. But the car chase between his character - driving a green 1968 Mustang GT 390 fastback - and the crooks in a Dodge Charger has gone down in film history as one of the best chase scenes ever recorded. The sequence also …