The Boss 429 arrived at a moment when the Ford Mustang risked being dismissed as a stylish commuter rather than a serious ...
It's almost impossible to find any car out there that's more appealing than a homologation model. But within their own ranks, these special vehicles have their own stars, examples that stood out over ...
Ford only built 859 Mustang Boss 429 models in 1969, but this 428 Cobra Jet V8 monster was even rarer.
Developed during the late 1960s to one-up Chrysler and its fearsome 426 HEMI in stock car racing, the Boss 429 didn't quite reach its goal. Nevertheless, it was a marvelous brute of a V8 that became a ...
The Boss 429 is another bizarre Ford racing story—an engine brought to battle only to be banished by Bill France after NASCAR began cracking down on the belligerent, big-block-enhanced, 200-plus-mph ...
If Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen hadn't left General Motors to join Ford Motor Company in 1968, chances are there never would have been a Boss 429 Mustang. Knudsen had risen through the ranks at GM, first as ...
When Bob Perkins restored the Hubert Platt factory Ford Drag Team "Cammer" Mustang, he made a trip to Arizona to Scott Dapron's collection of cars and parts. Dapron worked for Mickey Thompson in 1969 ...
With more than a half-century of production, the Ford Mustang is an institution of American highways. Lauded for its sharp styling, lightweight construction, and excellent handling, it has been a best ...
Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...
What comes to mind when you read the phrase “Ford Mustang restomod”? Hokey digital dashes, floppy body kits, massive chunks of billet shoehorned into modest ’60s wheelwells? Yeah, us too. Over the ...