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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
Yesterday afternoon I closed the shop down early to go to a customers house to work on his 1969 BOSS 429 Mustang. The car had the incorrect shifter installed on it, Hurst instead of Ford. He had been looking for over a year for the original Ford piece and finally found one. So my job was to install that and find the original wiring for the back up lights and get that all working again.

After the work was all done his tosses me the keys and insists I take it for a drive. I really didn't want to drive it at first. This car is in amazing condition and is valued at well over $200k In the end I couldn't resist the chance to drive such a rare piece of Mustang history. I took it for about a 5 mile drive and it was just amazing. Not amazingly powerful or anything like that, but just to know what it is that your driving and that most people will never get an opportunity like this was cool.

Anyway, now after driving that car and a Ford GT I can die a happy man...lol


 

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Posted by NorCalRydaz (Member # 3233) on :
 
lol good shit man. Boss 429... Bad ass expensive car.
 

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Posted by SlowStockFox (Member # 1081) on :
 
thats sick. i guess thats the upside to owning a good shop and making power. you and shaun did that your selfs. u can thanks eachother. u guys do great work and you get rewarded in cool ways. i wish i could drive those cars....shit just to put em on a dyno would be fun. bad ass u lucky sob
 

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Posted by MikeD. (Member # 8060) on :
 

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Originally posted by Yellow94GT:


Anyway, now after driving that car and a Ford GT I can die a happy man...lol

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Yeah, you might aswell start giving up on life. Im sure theres not much else left to experience.
 

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Posted by Slowback67 (Member # 6348) on :
 
Right on..... That's like driving an original Shelby or a original hemi powered mopar. boss 429 FTMFW!!!!
 

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Posted by Notch1320 (Member # 2647) on :
 
Pics or it didn't happen!!!
 

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Posted by 92stangLX (Member # 3252) on :
 
Good shit! I love the old Boss and Shelby cars.

It is kind of amazing though that a little super charged 281 can make more power than the monster 429 of old
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 

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Originally posted by Notch1320:
Pics or it didn't happen!!!

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HAH! I was thinking that some may not believe me while I was driving it. So I snapped a few camera phone pics.

Here ya go;



Anyone recognize the blue vert in the garage? There is a lot of BOSS in this driveway!



[ May 19, 2010, 07:07 PM: Message edited by: Yellow94GT ]
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 

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Originally posted by 92stangLX:


It is kind of amazing though that a little super charged 281 can make more power than the monster 429 of old

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Yeah, way more! At least way more easily.
 

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Posted by SWITCH 625.0 (Member # 9322) on :
 
The Most Awesome Engine Compartment of All Time! I went with a friend to Oroville in the early 70s to meet a guy with several 427 FEs for sale. While in his garage looking at 427 engines and parts, his wife parks a 70 Mustang in the driveway. So as we are talking Ford engines with the guy, he walks out to the Mustang and says "have you ever seen one of these" as he pops the hood and reveals a Boss 429 !! What a Shock! I think my buddy and i were both expecting a 351C since his wife drove up in it, but there it was a Real 70 Boss 429 Mustang!
 

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Posted by BULLITTMAN (Member # 8468) on :
 
am I the only one that can't see the pics?

Drew you are one lucky dude to be able to drive one of the best stangs ever built and of course the rarest...
Like somebody else said you were able to experience it because of your top quality work...
 

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Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 
Lucky
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
Thanks for the kind words guys, but I think it has a lot to do with what 50Reasons said, LUCK!..lol

Can anyone see the pics? If not I'll host them somewhere else and repost.
 

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Posted by 90gtvert (Member # 8697) on :
 
All I can say is F U

I am jealous...

congrats though, not many people can say they have driven one of those

Mike
 

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Posted by RODRIGUEZ (Member # 9104) on :
 
Lucky you, I would have drove it all day not just for 5 miles
 

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Posted by FireVert03 (Member # 9807) on :
 
Your a lucky man...I would drive it more then 5 miles lol maybe the hole day and just say I got lost
 

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Posted by AL STOCK (Member # 1852) on :
 

 

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Posted by 940sick3 (Member # 2713) on :
 
nice!

pics dont work BTW
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
Pics fixed?
 

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Posted by Jesse (Member # 312) on :
 

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Originally posted by Yellow94GT:
Pics fixed?

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They work for me.

Beautiful car.
 

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Posted by phildog (Member # 1214) on :
 
The phuqing donkey dick exhaust tips are ridiculous. Come on, a Boss 429 and the guy can't figure out how to hang his exhaust tips. WOW.
 

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Posted by DLo (Member # 6133) on :
 
How does it swang?
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
LOL @ the last two posts.

Only on CAFords!
 

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Posted by season'd 88 (Member # 169) on :
 


[ May 20, 2010, 09:40 AM: Message edited by: season'd 88 ]
 

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Posted by EPIK (Member # 7481) on :
 
Uncle Jim owns a Boss 429? Just asking because I see the vert in the garage?
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 

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Originally posted by EPIK:
Uncle Jim owns a Boss 429? Just asking because I see the vert in the garage?

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No, I just drove it to his house because he, like most people, has never seen a real one in person.
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 

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Originally posted by SWITCH 625.0:
The Most Awesome Engine Compartment of All Time! I went with a friend to Oroville in the early 70s to meet a guy with several 427 FEs for sale. While in his garage looking at 427 engines and parts, his wife parks a 70 Mustang in the driveway. So as we are talking Ford engines with the guy, he walks out to the Mustang and says "have you ever seen one of these" as he pops the hood and reveals a Boss 429 !! What a Shock! I think my buddy and i were both expecting a 351C since his wife drove up in it, but there it was a Real 70 Boss 429 Mustang!

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Originally posted by essasin:
Crazy experience! Did you happen to take some snap shots of the engine bay?

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No I didn't, but I'll be working on it again at some point and will take my Nikon with me to get some good pictures. The owner of the Boss has several rare classic cars and I'll be doing the up keep on them from now on.
 

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Posted by 94 N.C.F GT (Member # 8722) on :
 
Drew ur a lucky man
 

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Posted by essasin (Member # 4741) on :
 

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Originally posted by Yellow94GT:

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Originally posted by essasin:
Crazy experience! Did you happen to take some snap shots of the engine bay?

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No I didn't, but I'll be working on it again at some point and will take my Nikon with me to get some good pictures. The owner of the Boss has several rare classic cars and I'll be doing the up keep on them from now on.

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