Fort Lauderdale 2013
1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429
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Not Sold
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Identification No.
0F02Z129403
- One of only 500 built for 1970, this example is beautifully presented throughout in Grabber Blue with black interior and all of the visual and performance aspects that make this car so special
- 429-cid, 375-hp overhead valve V-8 engine with Holley four-barrel carburetor, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs and upper and lower wishbones, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, front disc and rear drum brakes
- To homologate the Boss 429 for NASCAR competition, it was offered as a limited-production option for the Mustang and not the Torino/Cyclone intermediates, with the conversion work performed by Kar Kraft in Brighton, Michigan. For the engineers, shoehorning the new Boss 429 V-8 into the Mustang’s rather compact engine bay was no easy task, and major structural modifications were required to the shock towers and front suspension, which also resulted in a wider front track and a menacing stance.
- Fewer than 900 Boss 429 Mustangs were created for 1969, followed by a smaller run of just 500 copies for 1970, prior to the cancellation of Ford’s corporate racing program. Although the Boss 429 was conservatively rated at 375 horsepower in street trim, it easily developed over 600 horsepower in racing tune, and today, it remains one of the most exotic racing engines conceived and produced by Ford during the “Total Performance” years.
