Ravenwood - 01/17/06 07:15 AM
I've always had a soft spot for Fastback Mustangs. Perhaps it was the first time I saw Steve McQueen racing through the San Francisco streets in Bullitt. It is that fascination that draws me to the raw power and rarity of the 1969 Boss 429 Mustang. While this is not the 1968 Fastback GT that McQueen drove, the BOSS 429 holds a place of it's own in history, with only 859 units produced in 1969, and 500 units produced in 1970 (including the Cougars and Quarter-Horse). The Boss 429 World Registry notes that the cars featured "the stock NASCAR version 429 engine," and that each car was assembled by hand. In fact, the Boss 429 Mustang's very reason for existing, was to homologate the 429 hemi engine so that it could be used on the NASCAR racing circuit.
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In case you are interested, a pony like this will set you back at least $100k. This one is priced at nearly twice that. (and it doesn't even come with an FM radio.)
Photos courtesy of Musclecarcalendar.com.
Best of Ravenwood's Universe, originally posted 05/09/2003.
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Wow there issomeone in our community that owns a MUSTANG and a THUNDERBIRD as well
Posted by: sandpiper at January 17, 2006 10:22 AMI suppose that seeing as how this post is over 2 1/2 years old it would be a bad time to make a correction?
The Hemi was actually 426CI, not 429.
Posted by: AnalogKid at January 18, 2006 2:16 AMMy late mom always wanted one of those cars when they first came out
Posted by: sandpiper at January 18, 2006 10:12 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014