In the late 1960s, Ford added the Boss 302 to the Mustang lineup. Its goal was to give the company a competitor in the Sports Car Club of America’s Trans Am racing circuit. But they went one step further and produced a 429 version of the car in low numbers, making it perhaps the baddest street Mustang yet. The seller has one of these machines, but its restoration has stalled, and a lot of assembly work remains. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, you’re going to have to score big at the casino as the price is $170,000 (no bids so far here on eBay, and there’s still a reserve to be met).
Mustang production in 1969 was just shy of 300,000 units. But with the new styling, it remained the best-selling “pony car” in the field. Based on the SportsRoof body style (aka fastback), just 869 Boss 429s were assembled (and that included two Boss Mercury Cougars). Under the hood lived a bodacious 7.0-liter V8, a street version of a NASCAR race engine. We’re told these motors were hand-built and produced over 500 horsepower, though they were conservatively rated at 375. The seller makes no mention of this engine in his/her description andprovidesd no photos of it either.
As the story goes, the seller has owned this Boss 429 for at least a year and has done considerable work on it. That includes the body and interior, but it’s far from finished, and I’m not sure you could even sayhalfwayy. Unforeseen circumstances have led the seller to stop here and sell the machine, yet he/she offers to finish the job (for an additional charge, no doubt). The Boss is said to have 55,000 miles and a 4-speed manual transmission (somewhere).
We’re going to assume that everything you will need to complete the project is there, especially the all-important 429 V8. Considering the asking price, you would think more details and photos would have been provided to justify the eBay listing fee. If you like unfinished work and have a big bank account, could this Ford be the one for you?
Obviously these are highly desired, highly collectible cars…. peak Mustang, I’d say. Thus they command nosebleed-high-prices when restored to high standards. Given its under-construction status, I don’t really have a sense of where this one stands on the spectrum in relation to the asking price. But we have folks here (gbvettte62?) who do. I hope others will chime in.
Such a high asking price for a car in pieces, it’s just a car. It’s not like you can actually drive it anywhere without worry, scratches, dents, theft, after investing this much and more, most likely it’ll get trailered around to shows, such a sad fate for something that was built to be driven. I’m glad I was able to own cars this, even daily drive them, before people started this absurd craziness, claiming such a high value.
So no engine and rare car equals 170??
A offer for an engine.. doesn’t say the engine within 90 days of build or performance dates/ code.
No thanks..
High dollars are for original matching plus lineage..
Why not finish if all there and get really high dollars..
Does it even come with the engine. No pictures or even a mention of the 429 engine. Maybe i am missing something a very vague add on a $170 thousand asking price. I do understand these are like the holy grail of mustangs and rarely change hands and have seen one for sale for over $300 thousand.
It’s a Boss -429, and it ran when parked.
“Cheap at 1/4 the price”