If it was stock I’d want it, but those mods don’t do much for me.
Pick your poison.
Pick your poison.
So you've always wanted a new 1969 Boss 429.....
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Im surprised Ford doesn't have a small production facility somewhere just making reproduction bodies and panels.
My #1 fantasy car, in original form, but I'd take this in a second! Too rich for my blood though.
That motor was laughably de tuned. For instance the carb they put on the 429 was a single 4 bbl 735 cfm vs. 780 cfm on the Boss 302.
Give me modern performance and handling in a vintage car all day. I love stock vintage cars don’t get me wrong...but restomods offer the best of both worlds. Sign me up if I can only have one or the other.
Price is steep but the cars are dope.
Not impressed! I could build for 120k out of real Ford parts
I haven't had much luck finding it but I saw it only a few months ago. The google searches that pop up say 500-520hp but I think they are referring to what it actually dyno's stock with the factory carb, not a more realistic carb which is where the 650hp figure came from. It was always said to be really underrated.
Edit: I found the full article and Im slightly mistaken. I think what I had seen was a paraphrase of this article that made it sound like it was a stock motor. Couldn't tell what all was forced to be changed for better or worse but this guy basically built a Boss motor for the Amsoil Engine Challenge but it has a lot of other modification that got it to that horsepower.
Boss 429 Engine - Popular Hot Rodding Magazine
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Wow, that Boss sounds awesome. I love stories like that. That guy is very fortunate to own it. There's a guy in a nearby town who owns a 1969 Royal Maroon Boss 429. I have to say that I, personally, swoon when I see a Boss 429. There is just something special and majestic about the Boss. It grabs my attention and heart even more than a Hemi Cuda.
This is a glorified clone at best.
I wish I had your 69. That is an amazing car.
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My first car was a project 69 Fastback with a 302 that I got for $2500 when I was 15. I think I traded it off sometime in like 03-04 and I regret it every day. That's the one car I want back.
I saw the article yesterday. Yes, I know the original 1969 is the best, but having today's creature comforts ain't bad either. It is hot looking. If I had that kind of money, I'd have one....maybe not. I'd foresee trouble for me LOL
That picture makes me all tingly in my bathing suit area.
You would've been more than tingly if you'd been there to see all the cool shit in that room.
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Now I want to see all of the other stuff in the room.
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