Review Of The 1969 Boss Mustang

Review Of The 1969 Boss Mustang

The Boss 429 Mustang was introduced in 1969 to memorialize the 420 Boss engine that was used by NASCAR. The car had to be designed to fit around the size and the power of the engine and no one was more qualified to do this then Ford. All of the parts came from Ford's assembly plant but were given to Kar Kraft - an outside contractor - to modify them. Ford was forced to move the battery down to the trunk so as to make more room for the engine underneath the hood. This was ideal in more ways then one. It was able to counterbalance the weight of the car - which for many people made it easier for them to drag race. They used a battery cap vent kit to help vent fumes outside of the trunk through a rubber hose. This particular Mustang model was designed to compete against the Chrysler 426 Hemi during the NASCAR oval track racing.

Ford has to qualify the engine and the only way they were going to accomplish this was by making a few production cars that used it. Many people would be surprised to know that the street model of the Boss 429 did not share any parts with the Boss 429 Hemi that was used during the races. Many of the later models were equipped with a solid lifter camshaft. This was different from what was used in the earlier models because it offered more lift. However, they were not given enough time in production and greatly affected the way in which people were able to drive it. The most defining feature of the Boss 429 Mustang is the front spoiler. This is different from what was used on the MACH-1 and Boss 302 models. It is shorter so as to give the car more curb clearance due to the low front end it was designed with.

Our sasquatch-chasing friends at Autoblog recently posted spy photos of what they say is the upcoming 2018 Ford Mustang Mach I. Our tight-lipped contacts at Ford respond that it's too soon talk about a Mach I reboot. We say it is always a good time to gush about the Mach I, a truly awesome version of America's favorite pony car. Possible 2018 Mustang Mach I prototype. Launched in 1969, the Mach I has been a Mustang performance model known for its aggressive styling cues that distinguish it from ordinary GT models and accessible price that makes it more affordable than rarefied Boss and Shelby iterations. 1969 Ford Mustang Mach I. Go-go boots optional, but recommended. The original car's base engine was a 351 cubic-inch V8 and it topped out with the mighty 428 Cobra Jet. The concept of a lower, meaner Mustang was sketched out early on, highlighting the Mach's expected design cues. Ford Mach I design sketches.

Those doodles were rendered in the metal by 1966, when what resembled a squashed '67 Mustang was shown as the Mach I concept car. 1966 Ford Mustang Mach I concept car. Today, the Mustang has a potential vacancy in its model line between the everyman muscle car 435-horsepower GT and the exotic 526-horsepower Shelby GT350. The Mustang has been a license to print money for Ford, second only to the F-150, and a Mach I could help the Blue Oval reap still more of it from the Mustang line. The Mach I has traditionally been visually identifiable by its liberal use of blacked-out panels and by its front air dam and rear spoiler. The original Mach I ran from 1969 until 1973, after which Ford made the temporary mistake of replacing the Mustang with the Mustang II. Ford applied to a variety of other Ford models also, including the LTD II and Bronco II. No one has ever been able to explain Ford's use of the "II" nomenclature, which arose while the company was run by Henry Ford II. However, just as the last of those by-then-obsolete Mustangs were heading to showrooms built on the SN95 updated Fox chassis in 2003, Ford's solution to kindle interest in the soon-to-be-replaced Mustang was to revive the long-dormant Mach I name. 1969 Ford Mustang Mach I 428 Cobra Jet engine with shaker air intake. Count us as in favor of the rumored 2018 Mach I revival. But let's just hope future spy photos are of flaming red prototypes.