Most Ford dealerships don't have access to the specialty vehicles. Ford allocates only so many to each of their best dealers. Best includes volume, customer survey responses, etc. If they weren't allocated one in the beginning, they wouldn't be able to order one after word hit the streets.
I live within walking distance of a large Ford dealer, and they never heard of the Bullitt. Didn't have a clue when I went to order mine. Tried to sell me a Premium GT coupe first then a PGT convertible. Kept calling even after I told them I oredered the car I wanted.
I went to one of the 2 dealers in the Houston area that I knew was an SVT dealer. Low and behold, they knew what the Bullitt was and could order it as one of their allocation.
Too bad te non-Bullitt dealers couldn't just come clean and direct you to the dealewrs that were.