Raven Black 1969 BOSS 429 (full restoration)

[@guy9732]

The Boss 429 is the epitome of classic American muscle cars.

[@thesearcherman6652]

In 1969-1970, there were two Boss 429’s at Mechanicsville Ford, a very small dealership in a very small town in Virginia. A black and a blue one. If I remember right, they were just over $5000, like $5100-5200. They were there a long, long, time on the lot. Very difficult to sell. I drooled over them many times as a 14-15 year old. Just walking around staring and looking at that monster engine. Good job on that one, takes a lot of patience, skill, and talent to do that rust repair. Unbelievable. Best Wishes!

[@invoxicated]

I also remember seeing a Raven black B9 at my local Ford dealer back in 1969. The sticker price was $5300. Thats what a original Holley carb would cost you today for this car. Unreal !!!

[@allendaigle6351]

Yea pretty sad prices on any thing

[@troyehnisz9907]

The 428 cobra jet was a faster and cheaper car new I remember these cars not selling well also

[@charlieb3943]

Sometimes it's good to have rich owners and skilled artisans to keep this awesome machines going for as long as possible

[@lumpjones6459]

Thanks again for saving THESE mustangs . Awesome job 👏👏👏

[@Rev22-21]

Apparently I missed this episode but glad to have found it. GREAT LOOKING CAR.

[@danielmarek4609]

I always wondered what Ford used to build the Boss 429 shock towers from. I once heard some might have been from a Fairlane, I can see the tower must have also been stamped a second time as I see ridges towards the mid to bottom on the engine side. Any knowledge on that I'd be curious to hear some day. By the way watching you replace a floor on a 69 gave me the courage to do my 69's full floor. I also pay attention to the tools you use, like your favorite pneumatic hole punch. I bought one to put the holes in for plug welds were possible and it was a real time saver.

[@jimrockford3662]

Great work man, look forward to watching you complete the BOSS

[@eddiejeselink2996]

My 70 Boss 302 sat for 41 years in an old cattle milk parlor on mahogany slabs and only has 3 small rust holes from rat piss. All original. I love. About to do a mechanical resto. Thanks

[@dougsrustics3657]

Looking forward to seeing the build!

[@1194video]

From mustang builder to mustang builder, that’s a great build 👍🏻

[@SeanJoseph-s2s]

Very nice car...and workmanship....good content and hope to see more of the project completed....thanks

[@brcron007]

Looks Great ! Famous last words. Not planning on selling it. Ought be phenomenal when your done with it.

[@harveymushman8209]

Did it sit outside? Someone knew to keep the mileage low but did a lousy job storing it!

[@jonlennon3348]

You work is total excellence!

[@jamesdamron2065]

Forget people,,bro you do hard work in a fast time period!!

[@erniehoffer1784]

Glad you are back.

[@letmein2460]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@gregsly1247]

Beautiful job as usual sir. Again, you are an artist 😊

[@stevenhollingsworth733]

I remember as a kid seeing a 1969 black boss 429 at Paul Harvey Ford in Indianapolis sitting in the showroom

[@Shadowbgone]

You always do incredible work, man. I'd love to have a 68 fastback of yours one day. I'm only 1 state hours away. I have a 68 shell myself, I just don't have the time to put in it.

[@Spock-yt3dd]

Amazing work! That paint is glass

[@gsteele2612]

Awesome! Love your work!

[@larryjones9868]

Really like your work. Do you have any videos of replacing the rear torque boxes?

[@carlosgarza1962]

Awesome build. Great job as always

[@jeffmiller6100]

Saving a beast ! Awesome. !

[@richardmcdowell2129]

Wow awesome work, my lottery winning dream car . You do some great work 👍

[@garryhatchett775]

Beautiful car!

[@chevelleranch7481]

My dream car! Unfortunately that's as close as I will ever come to owning one.

[@t.s.gilmer8397]

Keep on keepin' on!!! ❤️😎

[@drew7767]

great car, thanks for sharing! looking forward to the videos

[@rubenpatterson1446]

You are worth the wait stay true to your craft

[@leonardgilbreath9004]

Great job on this project only 18.000 looking forward too seeing the progress made on this thumbs up 👍👍

[@ronwatson4902]

My dream car right there!

[@r3d_ti3_guy]

Beautiful.

[@paulkravitz4306]

That was my first car . I sold it to buy my first house.

[@davidklauer3422]

Good to see you back

[@3wbasie]

Always a good day when you post

[@kevinmcpherson6999]

Another great video.

[@troyehnisz9907]

Do you know if you have to remove the motor to replace the main seal ?

[@thinkingofyouto1]

Really cool thanks for the video

[@markeuringer8106]

How much do you sell cars for? Complete cars ? Do you sell completed cars that are ready to be assembled by others? Like the complete car minus driveline and paint?

[@thyubernoob]

Seen one online just sold for $295,000

[@kain4645]

Very nice!

[@65Coasty]

That's the holy grail right there. Makes me tingle lookin at it 😅😂

[@puttervids472]

Paint looks great. The nit picker in me wishes they’d painted the interior black too. Should be body color all over up to at least the bottom of the sail panel. Was this a Dearborn car ? If so the DP 74 red oxide is correct. If it’s a New Jersey car it’s incorrect. They used a batch color that was different day today as primer. They actually used leftover paint from the shift before and mixed it together to use for underbody and insides. Then body color over it. You said pics of red oxide instead of body color inside. I’d love to see you post those. I’ve restored these cars for a living since 2001 and never seen one with no body color inside.

[@jdmckinneyiii7081]

Pretty sure all the Boss 429 & 302s were Dearborn cars as they were farmed out to Kar Kraft to do the frame/suspension/underbody modifications.

[@puttervids472]

@@jdmckinneyiii7081 probably right about the 429s. I have a 70 boss 302 that’s a New Jersey built car. So that might be the disconnect? Although I’ve had many Dearborn cars that didn’t have red oxide in the interior floors. Just a curiosity mainly.

[@nicpary7078]

More fine work ahead

[@tomberg12]

Was the Boss nine originally from Minnesota?

[@benjaminzaifert7550]

Ford stamps motor and transmission back then?

[@puttervids472]

Yep. On all high performance models . Boss 302 428cj. Shelby etc. I’ve seen some standard 302 stamped to. But it’s you and Miss

[@uncleronny6748]

I had a plain Jane Mach 1 from that era that also had the VIN stamped on the back of the block and was a lowly 351. Several years later I picked up Boss9 like this one in the video (black also) missing the original engine. I sourced an original '69 service block...no numbers stamped in it. Slowly building engine now and each part very costly, but you knew that.

[@paulkravitz4306]

18000 and it was full of rust ?

[@matzrat5006]

Rust never sleeps, especially if it was kept in an unheated garage.

[@woodwelder]

So at the end of the day it will look as if it had just a new paint job !! Would the experts tell what you have done..? I recon no !

[@jameswilson2576]

Is there a place I can buy those boss shock towers from ?

[@petersonrestorations]

Not that I know of

[@Raytags123]

If you need a build sheet for your Boss contact me. Thanks!