1970 Ford Mustang BOSS 429 Muscle Car Of The Week Video #32

[@orwellknew9112]

Gorgeous car. My favourite year for the early mustangs. This was the pinnacle of the muscle car era. There were so many great muscle cars built in the late sixties and up to 1970. After 1970, things went downhill very quickly due to emission regulations and the rising insurance and fuel prices. If you could go back in time, you could easily make yourself into a multi millionaire today by just buying a sampling of the choicest muscle cars off the showroom floors. Some hemi Cudas, Challengers, Chargers, a few Boss 429’s, some LS6 Chevelles, a few Buick GS Stage 2’s and some Yenko specials and you would be set. America was having so much fun in those days and the muscle cars were symbolic of the unbridled enthusiasm of that era.

[@BonheurEsperer]

One of the most sought after mustangs. Gorgeous machine. Love the engine

[@FlatPlaneCranky]

AC Cobra is my all time favorite car. 1970 Boss 429 is #2.

[@tomgeorge9025]

One of my favorite old School Muscle cars. 1969 & 1970 429 Boss Mustang. 1971 426 Cuda

[@branon6565]

Gotta love that Grabber Blue....

[@markjmaxwell9819]

My favorite is the 351 Cleveland M code fully optioned with a four speed.

[@knowthetruth1032]

HOT CAR BEAUTIFUL IT'S SICK!!!!!!! PRETTEST CAR AND ENGINE!!!!!!! THE ONLY ENGINE THAT LOOKS BETTER IS ALSO A FORD ' THE 427 CAMMER '!!!! BOY THAT COLOR IS RIDICULOUSLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!! WHITE INTERIOR IS SOO HOT!!!!! THE 70S WOW!!!!!!!!

[@jamesmata2945]

boring looking!? better than almost anything ive seen on the streets.

[@whocares2227]

I'm not much of a ford fan but over the years I have seen a bunch of mustangs that are definitely fine cars, this is one of the best I've seen. I've seen some nice cougars too.

[@scdevon]

A 735 Holley would have been stock. Boss 429s routinely made 450+ crankshaft hp stock. 375 hp is a ridiculous rating.

[@gregorytimmons4777]

scdevon It's about more than peak h.p. rating. How about true dyno numbers instead of a factory assigned number? Also, the torque curve and power vs rpm range. I read someone claiming a certain magazine shootout where 429 Mustang beat em all. Given that why would there not be more of them on the strip? Going against MOPAR Hemi's and B.B. Chevy's and the rest of the top muscle? Doesn't make sense.

[@neilwhitmore]

Hemis made between 460 and 490 hp

[@jeremythompson9122]

@@neilwhitmore I saw a bone stock 1970 426 Hemi on an engine dyno and it made 493hp at 6000rpm. Can't remember the peak torque number but it was well over 500 lb/ft. The Hemi had hydraulic lifters too in 1970-71...so I'm sure the 1966-69 solid lifter Hemi made even more power than that...but I'm sure it had way better street manners with hydraulic lifters

[@neilwhitmore]

@@jeremythompson9122 it's a rough estimate, I've seen a hemi built to close as stock as possible (bored to around 432 cubic inches I believe) it made 493 hp and 493 ftlbs of torque

[@wes326]

Probably a correct HP rating for the listed RPM. But it could rev higher.

[@Gunslinger1875]

My dream car!

[@Iconhulk]

1 of 5 of my Dream Cars

[@terribleTed-ln6cm]

375 hp ? Yeah right if you pull out two of the cylinders !

[@fread51]

Lol

[@mikescaffo4850]

Not particularly a ford guy but I absolutely love this beautiful beast what a time in history with the big 3 pumping out American iron with big engines was possibly the best time in history In my eyes we as a people were in better shape than what we are today dying in debt

[@acts2211]

That is the baddest Mustang ever in that color oh my god. Is Drop Dead Gorgeous

[@tomwolak3362]

I want one in that color.Mesmerising.

[@5inthehole]

One mean looking car. If it could speak, it would say, “ Watch out! I’m comming”!!

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Fascinating. Fabulous old beast!

[@acts2211]

Great mustang

[@opera93]

.., what a year, and 1969 too.

[@artschamberg4470]

No cup holders in this 🚀 rocket ship. You really have to hold on when you unwind that 429 and that is not easy when you steer and go through the Gears at the same time .

[@clooperman3745]

Loved the look of this Mustang without any of the stripes, would look good in white.

[@josephmercurio1024]

I would have loved seeing this Boss 429 do a burnout!!

[@merrickgould5620]

Had them all and fixed them all. Painted Best Of Show

[@only1true540]

She looks awesome 👏🏿

[@garywood9525]

In 1969 there were complaints by BOSS 429 owners over the hood scoop chips in the paint from road debris where they needed to buy the Touch-up bottle because the scoop was the colour of the car. So in 1970 Ford went to the Black scoop on every BOSS 429 which helped hide the small chips easily filled by commonly supplied black paint . The 69 was also the first year for quad headlights and the last for almost a decade until the rectangular ( smaller) quad lights were allowed by the DOT in 1979 which help Ford shake off the perceived death of the Mustang when the Mustang II pretty well had this Pony on a truck to the glue factory .

[@sebjoeko]

@6:00 RE: actual HP power output - 'some people say 500 HP, some say 600...' Why would there be any question? Why not test output - definitively - on a dyno?

[@lawrencemick1665]

I knew there would be 1 atleast. A comment that goes something like this. I'm not a Ford guy but. lol gotta love it.

[@hanktorrance6855]

"They" was Bunky Knudsen...who told the engineers I want this in the Mustang, and so it ended up built by Kar Kraft, and the rest is history....it was never designed to be a Mustang engine option...the engineers were figuring on the Galaxie or torino. also the battery in the trunk also shifted weight to the rear, batteries in the day were not the smaller packages we know today .

[@ericfitzpatrick5319]

I'm so buying one, obviously not the boss 429, but I'll put a basic 429 in it.

[@josephmercurio1024]

I would take a basic 429 and rebuild it to run like a super cobra jet 429

[@ericfitzpatrick5319]

@@josephmercurio1024 Isn't the super cobrajet more for high rpm, im just doing a moderate street machine. I have to also upgrade my trans. I mainly do small block 302's and 351's, but I want to try the big block since I have one.

[@larrybralley1942]

True, the ones sold to the public were sold with a streetable cam. But, you could order the cam from Ford that these heads were designed for and output would be over 600 hp. Even the FE 428 Cobra Jet, rated at 335 hp , actually put out 410-450 hp.

[@Doomreb]

It's definitely more simple looking than the 302 like you mentioned but honestly, if i had to do anything to change that all i would do is get the classic black panel with the tail lights and that's it. the hood and the back, that's all. and man how nice would it be to have those big badges on the back on the modern S550's.

[@steveallred1330]

Kevin another nice car and always good information

[@chrishack6825]

Great insight, thanks.

[@nilla003]

For Ford, there was zero incentive to sell these cars with the engine tuned to their potential. It was strictly a homologation exercise. From everything that I've seen the hemi's and ZL1's spanked the Boss regularly. But a clever guy with a wrench could even the playing field pretty quickly. But the factory tune was a "warranty" tune. In this article, they built it very close to stock except for the fact that they used heads with SMALLER ports, and made 670HP. www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp-1006-ford-boss-429-engine-buildup/

[@tomwolak3362]

Like hell. I know a guy that had a match set of boss's. Both 70's. A 302 and a 429. The 302 was a rocket off the line and he beat every car he raced.He beat a 69 427 chevelle and the guy went out a bought a 70 440/ 6 pk challenger and only beat him by a fender and the boss was a SB going up against a 440BB. The 420 he said was just sick.He had it tuned by a great mechanic who brought out the motors true potential and put on some stickys and he ran a mid 11 quarter. God almighty he said that thing moved.

[@ThePaconmartinez]

WE were told 'the boss 429 put out 500 horsepower'---then we observed a couple at Orange County International Raceway....turning 14.5 sec in the 1/4 mile...WTF? My friend Barry Murray's 340 Duster turned 14.42 G/pure stock. I bought a Winchester Grey metallic 340 Duster, 727 Trans., 3.91 Sure Grip rear end AND we topped it off with a Paxton Supercharger kit from Mr. Norm's dealership in Chicago, ILL.--kicked butt. Best thing I DID was ditch that POS Carter Thermo-bog carburetor and put on a Holley spread bore 800 cfm double pumper with nitrophyl plastic floats.

[@tomwolak3362]

Those mid 14s were due to junk skinny tires and burning them half way down the track. Take that 429 and put N4015 stickys on it and someone good on that 4 speed stick and youlle turn mid 11s easy.

[@rondleswango6046]

Stunning big bucks wow

[@niklasnotgreta]

Nearly a street legal "Can Am Car"! The power could tear up the tarmac!

[@gregoryhagen8801]

Love that shade of Blue.

[@tscooter22]

I prefer the '69 because of the 4 headlights. Still, this is a GREAT car.

[@erictalkington5674]

Me too, and I like the air scoops by the doors, but these are growing on me a lot. It's very close, but I prefer the 69 too.

[@billyfoster3223]

Awesome car!😁🛠️👍

[@twolak1972]

THE BADDEST OF THE BAD. MY 3 ALL TIME PICS. BOSS 429. 64 427 T BOLT. 67 427 COBRA.

[@merrickgould5620]

Mega Mint, no peppers so thanks I had a 100 plus ONLY Muscle cars fixed,races

[@rickmassey1272]

A 14 sec ,extremely traction limited, time...14 sec with a 2.5 sec 60ft. I've seen bone stock 70 boss mustangs with sticky mickys run hi 12's

[@5inthehole]

What does that “Notice” sticker say near the end of the video? David Pierson had success in his Torino in 1969; what was under the hood of that car, the 427?

[@kimberlyplante1127]

It mentions the manual choke.

[@mjbachman3027]

Early in the 1969 NASCAR season the Ford and Mercury teams were using the 427 Tunnel Port engine. The Boss 429 engine made it's debut at the 1969 Atlanta 500 Spring race, and Cale Yarborough won driving a Mercury Spoiler II Boss 429. For the balance of the year Boss 429's were used on the superspeedway tracks, and most of the short tracks. Occasionally the Ford and Mercury teams would use the 427 on the smallest short tracks, or a lesser sized 396 cubic inch Ford FE size, which NASCAR allowed the teams to be lighter in overall car weight if they raced a car with an engine under 400 cubic inches.

[@cooperparts]

David Pearson driving is not fair he could win if he had a 144 six that guy by far was the best driver petty said Pearson was unbeatable

[@Bigsky1991]

They were NOT fast out of the box... like a Mopar Hemi they were extremely cold starting, idled poorly and fouled plugs. The Cobra Jets and Most Boss 302s were quicker. You had to uncork them to get them to go...

[@jeremythompson9122]

From the factory they came with way too small of a carburetor, way too mild of a camshaft, and a very restrictive exhaust system. But if you ditched the tiny 735 cfm carb for a 780-800 cfm unit, swapped in a 1970 429 SCJ camshaft, and installed headers and a less restrictive exhaust you would unleash an absolute monster of an engine. But most people wanted neck snapping performance right out of the box and a BOSS 429 was a really expensive car to buy even before doing any day 2 mods to it. They were about $5,000 new. You could buy a regular 428 CJ/SCJ Mustang for probably $1200-$1500 cheaper and get quicker 1/4 mile times than a stock BOSS 429 Stang. You could buy a 440-6 or 426 Hemi Roadrunner or Super Bee for probably under $4,000 if you didn't order many other options and get much better performance right out of the box than a stock BOSS 429

[@tedmckinney3944]

It came with a 735 Holly. The smaller Boss 302 had a 785.

[@Rek_Rc]

I like the front end of a 69 mach 1 better, but that boss 429 is a beauty anyways.

[@njfinests]

Eat your heart out Ford. Imagine a Boss 429 in a Ford Notchback Mustang. This would be plenty competition for all you dodge boys ,thinking your the king, with your Demon's & Hellcat's

[@steviedee71]

I’m lovin this channel

[@57clc]

Any gearhead worth his salt would make some engine modifications allowing that boss 429 beast room to breath, turning it into a force on the drag strip. Ford was overly concerned with their muscle cars surviving the warranty instead of turning out straight racing machines from the factory, such as many of the mopars of the day.

[@merrickgould5620]

Better in the smaller motors289 the best and very different

[@williamMikmaq222]

Too bad Ford never put the 427 in a Mustang..... Would’ve been lights out for the Boss........ Ya Fired!

[@Rek_Rc]

To think that only 3 years later, they stopped making cars completely.

[@erictalkington5674]

My favorite is the 69 Boss, but Holy shit that color is outta sight! I have never in my life seen such a beautiful blue color on a car before. Anyone know the exact name of the color blue on this ride?

[@jeremythompson9122]

Grabber Blue I think they called it

[@Theupstateidiots]

Sounds like Nicholas cage narrating a piece of history, as it should be.

[@cooperparts]

I bought a gt500 in 2013 so I can have a updated cammer also bought a gt 5.0 grabber blue had to order it told the salesman it had to be boss 429 blue he called it grabber blue I had many mustangs and 13-14 are by far the beast I have ever had and I had cjs boss and 427 and my 662 gt500 is by far the fastest reliable car ever 5.0 is the best street car you can drive long distance they tell me the news mustangs are even better

[@dowen1511]

And to think my dad had a mercury cougar eliminator with one of the motors in it back in 1981 he paid $1200 bucks for it . drove it for several years too. Wonder what ever happened to it . sold in like 1988 for $5000 though and he was laughing all the way to bank could not believe someone offered that much for it.

[@johnvanlindingham9490]

Never did understand why Ford had two basically similar designed cars the Shelby GT 350,500 and the Boss 302,429?

[@erictalkington5674]

Anyone know the name of the color. I didn't catch it.

[@shawnturbeville994]

These cars definitely had the hardware to go fast, but the numbers were never impressive. A mid 14 second quarter for a car with this kind of pedigree is a joke. I'm sure they were super bad in full race trim but they stunk on the street. This car should run like a Hemi car or L88 Corvette.

[@anthonylaudano9435]

WELL IN STOCK FORM THEY WERE A MID 13 SECOND CAR AND IN THE SIXTYS THAT WAS VERY FAST MY FRIEND AND I KNOW ALL THIS FROM BEING IN AND AROUND MY BUDDIES GRABBER BLUE 1970 BOSS 429.

[@TheSleepyMechanic0524]

Why is there a Ford video in the Mopar playlist?

[@robinluck2922]

Because they wanted to show a fast car as well as a mopar.

[@brentonkurth7007]

Because the Boss429 is the king, and it's good to be the king. You don't argue with the king lol.

[@johnvanlindingham9490]

Funny Shevy 396=375Hp,Ford 429=375 HP, Dodge 440 MAG=375HP

[@TroysMilitaryHistory]

Who'd win a drag race between a '69 Hemi Charger and a '69 Boss Mustang?

[@SilverRaven1959]

Look up Muscle Car Shoot out on here...the Boss 429 was the fastest, handled the best but didn't stop as quick as the Buick I believe. Ford won more Nascar Races between 69-70 than any other manufacturer. This clown is short on knowledge for Ford cars. He also said sales we're low...it was supposed to be that way...only 500 built each year...sold easily that many!!!

[@neighborscomplaint]

Ford dealers could barely sell the 500 they produced. They languished on dealers' back lots because they were more expensive and couldn't even match the performance of the 428 Mach 1's in stock trim. On the street, they ran lousy cold and stumbled and stalled on takeoff. The Boss 302 and 429 were not very fast on the street as they made no torque in the lower RPM range. If you revved them high enough for a decent leave the tires of the day just went up in smoke. In the so-called stoplight grand prix, the race was over before the Boss engines could power up. I saw a lightly modified 350 Chevy Camaro (cam, carb, intake and headers) dust off a Boss 429 one night. Stoplight to stoplight, my stock Dodge Demon 340 with 50 less horsepower would eat the Boss 302's for lunch. I never got to run that Boss 429. After the beatings he took from other cars, he just disappeared from the places we used to race. The guys that owned the Boss Mustangs learned to race only from a high rpm roll as that was the only way they were competitive.

[@terribleTed-ln6cm]

@@neighborscomplaint a 350 could never take a 429 boss , i don't care how much cam you stuffed into it. Lol...the guy driving the boss was probably high , drunk or both , or you were , one of the two...peace.

[@tomwolak3362]

Boss 429. Lighter and more power than the hemi. Those boss 429's were putting out over 500 hp when tuned to the engines potential.

[@tomwolak3362]

@@neighborscomplaint Only reason you won was cuz the idiot running the boss didnt get or couldnt afford good tires.Friend of mine had a 70 grabber orange boss 302 and he put mickey thompson N4015's on the back and never lost a race. He raced 427 chevelles ' 302 and 396 camaros and BB chalengers and smoked them all.Dont tell me those boss cars were slow cuz I saw the trophies he won at the drag strip with it.

[@hotrodtrucker88]

yes I am already subscribed

[@randymillsjr.1730]

Just bueatiful

[@garykirkland943]

I saw one 69 falcon with a 429 in it and it was stock and it came from ford that way how many of those did ford make.

[@anthonylaudano9751]

The only thing better looking is a 2010 Grabber blue Shelby gt500 Supersnake

[@milkovivaldi]

To become a special car it needs wide tires

[@flagshurmmm]

get some one who can understand english to write the captions

[@tscooter22]

Seriously? Your sentence is full of errors. lol

[@rugerrocker7483]

(Boring) It's beautiful

[@Sinsteel]

Hey why is that sitting in the Mopar section, it must be trying to join the RTS!

[@richardhedd3080]

Did he say they were good for road racing!? The only road racing this would be good at is straight road racing.

[@niterockerone]

Bulit in my former home town, Brighton, Michigan. My 65 big block better ran off an hid from them. No contest.

[@niterockerone]

@Moon Pie Nope, in a former mobile home factory in Brighton, Michigan. Lots of my friends worked there the two years they built them. I saw Larry Lawrence who worked there in 02 the last time I went to Michigan, he owns a body shop on Grand River Ave.

[@niterockerone]

@Moon Pie They built Lincoln's for years in Wixom. And yes Brighton Township is a beautiful area.. Lots of lakes and streams.. That bridge between little and big Kent Lakes. Was with my friend in his 65 Impala S S convertible ,it was just starting to snow but the bridge was slippery enough he spun it around 2 or 3 times.

[@tedmckinney3944]

The Mach 1 with the Super Cobra Jet 428 was faster and a much better street car.

[@1980bwc]

Did he say there were no 429 Gran Torinos? There were several of them made!

[@jeremythompson9122]

There were no BOSS 429 Torino's he said. There's a big difference between the BOSS 429 and the regular 429 and 429 CJ/SCJ. Literally the only thing that's the same is the cubic inch displacement. Internally they are completely different with totally different cylinder heads also

[@davidgriffin4401]

Who are the brothers????

[@davidgriffin4401]

Beautiful, first class cars

[@SilverRaven1959]

Wow, talk about short on knowledge for the Boss Mustang. Just so many contradictions in this display. 500 cars is all they planned on selling and you say sales we're poor lolol. Then it looks boring...are you kidding me? Ford won a lot more races than Dodge, that's why Petty switched over to FORD for the Boss Torino and Cyclone's! This car..handled better , was faster and like he said more comfortable. In the end it kept its value and shot up in value. Look up Muscle car Shoot out on here, the Boss 429 wins hands down!

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Good points. We never suggested that the production level was going to be higher, just that there are many stories of these being expensive when new and sitting in showrooms and being hard to sell, unless someone really knew what they wanted. That was the poor sales comment. As for the look, they are good looking cars for sure, but they have an understated look. Perhaps boring is not a good word, but they don't have outrageous stripes like an AAR 'Cuda, for example. They are great cars, and we appreciate your feedback!

[@davidsunderland9980]

Also that they make 400-500hp on a dyno, and run 14 seconds in the quarter mile ...

[@roccorusswurm3356]

Wie kam es eigentlich dazu das die USA Motoren in Autos baute die den Karosserien um einiges überlegen waren und die man mit der Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung in den USA niemals ausfahren kann. Das macht doch wenig Sinn.

[@rickmassey1272]

15 people have braindamage

[@bentoncox7882]

and if you watch the muscle car shoot outs, they pretty much win them all. y biggest prop is, why in the hell would you paint an aluminum head,[ as it is so rare to begin with, duh? corvette guys dont

[@ronnieking1025]

These were for road racing not nascar

[@jerrywhite9225]

600 horsepower ? , lol ya 600 HP cars run 13 sec 1/4s lmao, that thing would be lucky to put 350 to the wheels, on an engine dyno open headers open air cleaner no accessories, it would be lucky to break 410 415 horsepower

[@anthonylaudano9435]

SO WHAT YEAR BOSS 429 DO YOU HAVE LOL EXACTLY LOL YOU DON'T LOL I HAVE A BUDDY THAT HAD A 1970 BOSS 429 AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND FAST FOR SUCH A BIG CAR AND FOR A CAR THAT WAS 5 GRAND NEW LOL WELL HE SOLD HIS BOSS 429 FOR 315 GRAND SO GOING FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY PROVES THERE A VERY VALUABLE DESIRABLE MUSTANG

[@chadkimmel8957]

Unfortunately these were detuned so a Hemi Cuda would stomp them.😒

[@user-django-u5s]

beautifull 429 mustang boss but I really don't like this color.

[@bentoncox7882]

hey no offense, but the carb size wae 735 cfm, and there r differences between the 69 and 70. most notably . was that the 1970s cars had hurst linkage for the shifters. also the first cars came as hydraulic lifters. and most of the others are solid

[@jackalguitars]

Benton Cox how difficult is it to SPELL ARE idiot??

[@rodneymcgiveron]

this is our mustangs around that time...kzbin.info/www/bejne/laTGnJZtm5qghNE..

[@scottwest1813]

That car was a pooch. My Dad beat one of these cars with his 350/350 HP 66 Nova. It was a 4spd with 4:11s.

[@tomwolak3362]

Yeah right. Whats the color of the sky in your world.

[@mariateresaordenes3340]

The best model Ford Mustang Mach I ¿What prize?....💪💪🧞‍♂️🧞‍♂️👍👍