One of the rarest and most sought after muscle cars of all time is the Boss 429 Ford Mustang. So when Charlie Lyons heard from someone who told him that someone had a Boss 429 hidden in a garage, it seemed too good to be true. You see, Charlie is a muscle car dealer and restoration shop owner from Irvington, AL who is known to rescue barn find cars. He says, “I get those calls fairly frequently, but they rarely turn out to be anything.” Well, in this case, it turned out to be one of only thirteen real Boss 429’s with Calypso Coral paint and a white interior. An article about the amazing find is featured here on msn.com. Thanks to Barn Finds reader Michael for the tip on this great story.
Here is what makes the Boss 429 so special. A rumored 500+ horsepower engine featuring aluminum heads and intake. During the height of the NASCAR wars, cars that wanted to compete had to be “stock cars” meaning a certain number of cars had to be produced for public sale. This created cars such as the Superbird and Boss 429 Mustang. These cars were specifically built to compete in NASCAR and fortunately for the rest of us, some made it to the street.
There has been some aftermarket racing modifications done to this particular car, but it doesn’t appear to be anything too drastic. The new owner can probably put the car back to stock configuration fairly easily. These cars easily command six figures at auction and are the centerpiece of many high-end car collections. This Grabber Green version sold at Barrett-Jackson earlier this year for $230,000 at the gavel!
The article on this car doesn’t really indicate what its future will be. It will probably be restored to original condition and sold or retired to a high-end car collection. If you were lucky enough to pull a car like this out of a garage somewhere, what would you do with it? Let us know.
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