After 44 years, the streets of San Francisco resonated with the sounds of high powered exhaust and squealing tires of a car chase that set the standard for cinematic excitement. It all started when the folks over at MustangsPlus.com got a phone call that they didn’t quite think was real at first.

The Stockton, CA, supplier of contemporary and classic Mustang parts had previously built a Bullitt tribute car and a Malibu, CA, video production house was interested in using it to film a new version of the world famous chase scene.

All turned out to be on the up and up, so an agreement was made and excitement began to grow.

The yet-unnamed production company was entirely professional at several levels. Production arrangements were made, including getting the City of San Francisco to shut down the appropriate, original streets for filming.

As you’ll see in the video below, they were also savvy enough to catch the key scenes and the essence of the original work. The sample video was put together by Jeff Bramlett at MustangsPlus.com

It will be some time yet before we find out who the music video is for, but the characters in the video might offer some hint for those deeply into the music scene. It’s hard to say. This is far from the first time the Bullitt chase scene has been recreated for a music video. Sheryl Crow used the theme in a 2003 music video for the lead track on her 2002 album, C’mon C’mon.

Both the MustangsPlus’ Bullitt tribute Mustang and a black 1968 Dodge Charger were used in the video. Let’s hope that the Charger’s hub caps were more securely fastened this time around. Thankfully, the ubiquitous green Volkswagen Beetle is missing – unless it might appear in the final release. We’ll just have to wait and see.