True Holy Grail Barn Find, 1969 Drag Pack Mustang Convertible, One of 8

Are the super rare, Super Cobra Jet , Drag Pack 428 Mustang convertibles of 1969-71 headed in the direction of the multi million dollar Hemi 'Cuda convertibles of 1970-71? Kirt Fryer has reason to believe so. He recently acquired this triple black 1969 Drag Pack Mustang convertible with original paint and matching-numbers big block.

[@barenjager1966]

He bought it from a guy who had it parked for 20 years, now he’ll have it parked for 20 more. It’s a car, drive it.

[@JoeBattle]

Just wanted to thank you for doing this like you do or else many of us wouldn't ever be able to see them in such detail. I appreciate it. 👍

[@sarcspark7678]

Bless his heart. He owns a car that most guys will never get a chance in life to see much less own, and he acts like someone just asked him to climb Mt Everest...

[@thewriter2549]

A certain Californian told me I would be happier if I lowered my expectations. I have not been very successful at that, which is an oxymoron itself.

[@16dbuse]

Obviously not a car guy, just owns rare cars.

[@nookam]

It wasn’t a Mustang but my brother found a 1969 Torino Cobra 428 CJ. 52,000 original miles and Dan original paint car. No modifications or anything cut or painted. Interior, black and perfect. Exterior, no debts, a few paint chips and had a good shine after cleaning. Once we cleaned all the fuel lines, tank, the 735 dual line from the factory carb, and the brakes we got it going right away. Decided to keep it as is original. Worth more never painted or modified. It’s parked in southern Ohio. It’s brother was found in much the same way. In an old barn. A 1970 Mercury Spoiler with a 429 SCJ w/drag pack. This one a 4 speed car, all the gauges, the louver on the back window, and checkered seats! Black and white checks. This one like the 69 has original paint. Dulled in some areas, rock chips. No rust. We got this one going and it is a fast car and fun to drive. They sit side by side in his garage. I think he likes the 69 better. I’d damn sure be happy with either. Wonder what kind of money those are bringing?

[@anthonymavrick7238]

This car was sold to the Shelby shop (Legendary) by a guy named Perry in Montreal Canada who got it from the estate of a guy in California in the late 80's, or early 90's Nice car !

[@4067tbone]

That things running on about 5 cylinders no wonder he didn't want to fir it up lol

[@mikeb.4037]

The old cars are from a day I grew up in. My oldest brother had a 68 roadrunner 383 4speed Hurst. But my best was 69 Olds 442 with his/her's shift in it, best of all I got to drive it. Fast is not the word for it. My hot rod was 72 Plymouth Sport Fury black with buckets green. Good times!! Thanks for the memories of Good Times ! 🇺🇸

[@eddiet204]

Great to see a car like this that’s not hidden under a bunch of crap and will actually fire up and run.

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

I felt like this guy was trying to sell me some oceanfront property in Nevada!

[@transformer889]

You are right if he had said RARE one more time I would scream.

[@FireItUpGarage]

Hope somebody buys it and takes it back to the track! A drag pack mustang sitting in a warehouse is like a lion at the zoo- big claws and nothing to fight!

[@funtyes1970]

are you nuts i would drive that car at a track . you know how much that car is worth

[@OldTownRanch]

Seen this one in person and was quite cool to see the previous owners collection, quite the amazing cars in there!

[@toxic1venom]

Well Mr. Heasley, this owner seems kinda shady. Just my first impression.

[@dennisthemenance5433]

FYI- A Guy STOLED it from the guy who didn't want to sell it.. Most "Barn Finds" Are Stolen Cars.

[@icecreamdaycatlin8896]

@@dennisthemenance5433 kinda hard to steal a car thats 1 in 8 and get away with it you fucknut

[@perrykioussis9741]

@David Mc not I stolen car it used to be my car

[@perrykioussis9741]

sorry typo, this was my car and its not a stolen car

[@sabref8667]

Hardly a "barn find" when it's part of a collection.

[@thewriter2549]

The owner emailed me when he found the car in Canada, which is where and when it was a barn find. I finally got the chance to go by and see the car. He had taken pictures for my Rare Finds column so I could do a story and he has not restored the car. When most people find a treasure they buy it first then tell others later, so being on the spot for a find is rare.

[@fordfairlane662dr]

so true..what a buch of bs barn find in a collection..

[@bigc8300]

ITS THE HOLY GRAIL YEP CARS ON A RACK WERES THE BARN

[@gravely1000]

Keep em coming Mr Heasley. These haters aren't being forced to watch. Don't need a barn or even a decent owner. One of eight, pretty uncommon. Just the rare car and an owner willing to let you come and film. Great content!

[@greggarson9085]

We have 1970 428 cobra jet 4 speed convertible 325 gears. No power steering no power brakes no shaker hood. Order just for street racing sleeper. Marti report on this car says it is one of 5 built with 428cj and 4 speed. Only 15 were built in total sounds pretty rare to me.

[@danw5414]

That's what I was thinking. He didn't even have a Marti report.

[@MrBoomer1515]

“Barn find” sucks us all in to watch these videos. It’s working!!

[@bilstein2410]

The sound of that engine rolling over reminds me of trying to get my ass up in the morning at my age.

[@thewriter2549]

Man, I laughed so hard at this.

[@donaldfuller5041]

Where was the drag pack exhaust??? Sounded like a low compression ratio 429 that was in my 73 TBird. Popcorn Farts!!!!

[@jongallant6054]

They came with a special C6 that was used behind Cobra Jet cars and even the police cars cars used the special C6. Big servo. Wide ratio trans gears. And extra clutch packs e.t.c. The wide ratio gear box is what really made the cars come off the line alot faster than standard C6's First gear was really short. Made the car have excellent torque from a dead stop.

[@anthonypiligno7618]

He is 100% correct.... It's very hard to find any convertible mustang........JJ...

[@grabasandwich]

The only thing he said that I found interesting was mentioning Peter Klutt from Legendary Motor Car. I loved watching that guy drive the shit out of really rare cars that were freshly restored!

[@edwinstorz2776]

Yes Sir, 1969 is my favorite and this is definite the Holiest of Barn Finds!

[@cameltube-vk7el]

yes agree 1969 was the best looking....I got one [Fast Back] when was a Jr. in HS [class -o- 78] and had to sell it in 84\85.....great style, dual headlights

[@Rob-on5tz]

""So who are the heavy hitters trying to buy this car"?... "Oh i can't say".... Immediately thinks of Jay Leno....;-)

[@andrewvillanueva4222]

Most be nice to have the money to buy these Mustangs. Beautiful cars.

[@steve581581]

Work harder and smarter

[@crush42mash6]

Lots of great cars in Canada, just got to know where to look

[@edge2sword186]

The CJ is faster and the cranks don't break in the middle taking out the whole block .Yes the rods are stronger and heavier in the SCJ but it's not worth the headache .I had both and 427' too .

[@my83roadster4me]

That's truly amazing.I don't believe I've ever seen one.

[@stevenpatnode1740]

Definitely has a miss, could hear it while it was turning over, still nice car

[@C.S.Sensei]

Awesome car, the only thing I don't like about Mustangs is that cheap looking shifter handle. They used the same one in every automatic Ford.

[@kimosabbe50]

So glad you had him pull it outside 👍😊

[@fw1421]

It may be a rare beast but the convertible isn’t as good looking as the fastback. Amazing to find this in the Great White North.

[@crazycanuck2578]

I agree with you, I like the fastback look, convertibles just don't do it for me, I always think that if I roll the car, I'm dead, at least a hardtop, you might stand a better chance. lol

[@Bruce6001]

Kelli Andrews sorry for you’re loss 😔

[@travisbg44]

Don't understand the fascination with Mustangs. I'm more of a Chevelle, Camaro guy myself. But it's cool to see how rare some of these models are.

[@carlweidman3026]

I would have started foreign but it would been staying right on the rack

[@freedomfighter69]

I like the stock hub caps on it :)

[@radioguy1620]

wrong way to start a stored collector car , should have primed the fuel system, spun the oil pump , etc etc, good way to ruin a motor

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

It primed by the starter when he was cold cranking forever and not tapping the gas, then he added the gas down the throat and sparked it off. The battery was right there next to it on the floor and they've recently gone through the entire fuel system so pretty sure it's been run more than a few times since he got it so it's fine.

[@randyjohnson5583]

Is this guy a real car guy?? I mean dam!! 😂

[@JayCeeMax]

07:35 I love the piano black finish on this one.

[@mailemcdevitt7930]

We love hearing the old timers fire up

[@robertkinholt621]

Sounded like it wasn't hitting on all cylinders

[@josmarz3841]

Any ford sitting for a while doesn't, not even the new ones, that's the thing with them , they're very picky at maintenance, when a chevy can start ok even after years of been sitting, back when chevy was serious about making cars.

[@ynotdrappehs7440]

I think this old boy got took. It doesn't even have the flare of a SJC anything.

[@randalltufts3321]

Only a Marty report will tell the take.

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

67 was the best looking hands down!

[@SVSecondChance]

My uncle had a boss 429 one of the Carl Shelby cars it was very cool. It was one of the 1st 52 built by Carl out of the factory.

[@nowitsabadtime]

5:41 missed a splash of fresh fuel in the carb. I don't even use Starter Fluid, friend accidentally started a fire with it once. May as well use fresh gas.

[@Kickinpony66]

I think the Owner needs some Cheese to go with his Whine: "I'm going to have to prime it, because I didn't know you'd want to hear it run. It doesn't have a battery, so I'll have to put a battery in it." Seriously! If I take the time to come look at one of your cars, you better have it ready to fire up! I see why he didn't want to start it... It needs a Tune Up.

[@volvoman1096]

Depends. Did the guy want to buy it or did he just want to come and look at it? If he just wanted to come and have a look then he is the one who is imposing.

[@muchograssyass1]

Why should the owner be obligated to start the car just because you show up to look at it? If it was for sale and you were a buyer serious about purchasing the vehicle I understand. But I mean really, how arrogant of an attitude is it to expect the owner to start and run the car just because you show up and want to look at it. If you came to me with that attitude I would tell you to pound sand, and so what it needs a tune up. Really dude what the hell?

[@1980bwc]

@@muchograssyass1 Tell him! What an entitled jerk. This world is full of them.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Exactly, he's trying to drum up interest and educate people about what he has to raise the potential buyers pool and looks like he got over 300k views just here so when a guy with 30k subs ask to come see it, expect to show it off... do a fuggin' burnout even!!

[@sawtnpeppa]

I don't think the film crew showed up to " buy" the car, 1 of 8 makes it special, it's not like they showed up unexpectedly, and it was a big surprise that "we" wanted to hear it run , Uh, yeah, here it is ain't a beauty??? well??? does it run?? and it does have 82K mi on it, not like is a treasure cove now if it was 8200 that would be a different story , and then it was like a big surprise that it be taken OUTSIDE .. nice car, the owner is a dork

[@greatdaneacdc]

CAN SEE WHY HE DIDNT WANT TO START IT RUNS LIKE A B.S. LAWNMOWER!

[@nowitsabadtime]

If he paid less than 50 grand for that, I'll be ultra-jealous, haha

[@markw208]

As a Ford guy it always irritated me that Ford made so few really well equipped cars and the other manufacturers did. Too many 428s with automatics and 3.00 rear end.

[@sillenHDsportster]

A friend had a -69 Cougar convertible with drag pack and a 4 speed manual . 1/10 built cars .

[@callumjohn4548]

This guys hard work 🤣

[@Cortney_Whitecotton]

I don’t think the owner was very pleased to have to start that ol stang up lol I was like wow

[@deesmith5600]

Its a good thing to be running it without the air cleaner cover.Nothing to go wrong there.

[@fireonhigh2294]

That guy is a ball of fire!

[@raphaelbernal2841]

You're not making it easy on me. Damn!

[@markrigsby2425]

What a chance find.

[@cammer68oliver2]

If it’s so rare why don’t he know the EXACT number that we’re made?

[@299charles]

8

[@elobiretv]

May as well still be stuck in a barn somewhere. I would be suprised if it ever saw another road and didnt just sit around in some old guys collection of other cars that will never be used.

[@seankohler5919]

Just think. When you die, the car goes on. Drive it. Live it.

[@AAhshitsun]

Cool, but I do believe that the top 67-68 fastbacks bring much more money than that car.

[@CstopCstop]

I own 2 68 fastbacks GT cars a 390 s code n a 302 j code all orig low mileage cars 69 stangs are not even fastbacks they are sports roof the holy grail is a 68 fastback GT 428 cobra jet r CODE not that many because shelby used a lot of them for the GT 500KR

[@johnallen2771]

Who would put an automatic in that car? No, you gotta have a four speed to appreciate it. My buddy had a 69 fastback and it was super fast. We used to cruise all over Ohio and Michigan in that car, racing Camaro's and Super Bee's along the way. What a time it was to be alive back in the 60s. Everybody drove a fast car if you were young. I remember my mom bought a MGB for $2199.

[@thewriter2549]

Automatics were more consistent on the drag strip and favored over manual, but I know exactly what you mean.

[@michaelmckay8719]

I’ve got an all original, never been painted ‘72 Pinto with lime green interior and body full of bondo and various colors of primer. Econo pack under the hood. Four banger with single exhaust and still working cigarette lighter. No, it’s not for sale.

[@thewriter2549]

Have people been pounding down your door to buy it?

[@shakey2634]

Holy Grail.....the most over used term in classic cars.

[@jerrywelter6375]

actually second to "barn find".....taints the entire storyline.

[@shakey2634]

@Marlonisaacs Isaacs And this, my friends, is why I quit going to church.

[@shakey2634]

@Marlonisaacs Isaacs I'm not questioning your research. It's the human desire to give in to mythology that is religion today that has driven me from church. That's what I meant.

[@LeanandG13]

A quote unquote Holy grail would literally have to be a 1 of 1 to be a "holy grail" car

[@UberPilot]

@@shakey2634 This is why some people see this as so weird. They’ve turned these cars into idols worship. I know a car guy who passed suddenly and everything was gone in 24 hours. Very sad.

[@guynoir3116]

Why was it running on seven cylinders ? Please post another video when you've got it home and to your liking .

[@socomu]

The air cleaner has the wrong base on it. The shaker scoop is sticking way too far out of the hood! Note that the seal is stretched out.

[@mrChevyJones63]

I just can’t understand why people have these cars and don’t drive em. Guess it’s the difference between a true car guy and someone who just has them to say he has them. Idc if it’s a og drag pack or straight six, I drive the hell out of it.

[@thewriter2549]

Have you paid 100K for a performance car that is 50 plus years old and driven the hell out of it?

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Nice Job Guys

[@jimmyspears1004]

It's a badass! I like it!!!

[@goodboyringo9716]

Maybe around 1970/71 A guy had a black on black 1969 mach 1 fastback 428 cobra jet 4 speed with the shaker hood . He would wash it in his driveway and every time I seen him , I would ask if he'd like to sell it but he always said no. I didn't have any money but I sure wanted that car and I still think of it today.

[@Scalihoo]

I think '65 & '66 are the most desirable & best looking personally , fastbacks then convertibles ..

[@martymcmannis9121]

Mouth can't stop watering.

[@bradcanning875]

If it's going to be driven I would leave it as is.If it's an investment hoping to reach the level of the Hemi Cuda and LS6 Chevelle convertibles sitting in buildings then restore it.

[@yojimbe1]

Should have asked him to put the top down and do some burnouts in the parking lot. XD. He seemed a bit grumpy to do anything except let you record the car on the lift.

[@chas4780]

Love that stang. What a beauty.👍👍❤❤😱😎

[@The69powerwagon]

I'd never of cranked it without having the cover on the carburetor, a good way to barbecue the car especially since he probably didn't have a fire extinguisher handy...

[@toshyman1]

Kind of happy chappy ain’t he 😉

[@jameslatimer1432]

Been clocked 1 is higher than other didgets a sign it's been played with should be all exactly the same level at the factory they use a pin to assemble the Speedo clock ,,

[@Mercmad]

Some years back i had Ford top loader bullnose trans with close ration gears. I bought it cheap from a guy who was going to use it in a circuit racer ,which never happened. My plan was to use it in my Hemi T bucket salt racer. I checked the numbers on the top loader site and it was originally in a Torino Drag pack car. I wonder how many Torino drag pack pack cars were built?

[@Dimabuildingadventures]

Well alot of things happend during that era. For example Vietnam war

[@cameronbuckler4356]

That guy in Calgary, isn't actually in the city. He has about 5 hangers full of original cars. He has Ferris blurers ferri

[@cameronbuckler4356]

The dude he got the car from.

[@unclerudy9797]

Wild.

[@256garage]

Cool find

[@Promethesis]

The pictures of the car when he picked it up had GT wheels, what happened to those?

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

My oldest brothers, brother in law has a 71 Mach 1 429SCJ with the factory Paxton supercharger. He is the original owner and it’s low miles. He is in Southern Minnesota. He plans on selling it some day for his retirement fund.

[@bobbyd6680]

I wouldn't plan on holding to long. The demographic of people interested is about 60-70's and retired wanting to relive a bit of the youth. As they get older and start dying off the market will soften. Just my opinion.

[@edwardalamo2507]

When prices go sky high the market gone they are no longer desirable, million dollar hemi chargers fell in price they took heavy losses

[@EduardoPerez-fi3gh]

I really thought these didn't exist ......wow ( i was always wondering if this existed)

[@MrZcotty]

Yeah man,,,! I gots the rarest, coolest mustang ever. Drive it!!?? Oh no, can’t do that,, Jus can’t. Pfft.

[@gregh7457]

Its too original. He doesn't want to burn up the original factory gas in it from 1969

[@bluesharp59]

Cool video, I gave you a thumbs up and have a Great Thanksgiving.

[@72mustangfb]

Ya he's got a nice collection but, I think that black convertible has had an engine trans plant because, as the owner of 5 Mustang's 3 of them are 69's a 72 & 73, 3 are also Mach 1's. I also have several big block 60's Galaxie's. Whenever I seen a big block Mustang 390-428 the factory original exhaust manifold bolt pattern is horizontal on the head's to clear the shock tower's, witch are different head casting's also. A lot of guy's will transplant a block big engine from other Ford product's only to find out that the engine verticle manifold bolt pattern hit's the shock tower's. This car may indeed be an original big block car but with the drag pack option somebodies lead foot probably blew the original engine & installed a trans plant. Also big block hi po engines usually came with factory cast iron header's. Some of the head's also had a dual bolt pattern for different application's. Also in the 60's most all hi po optioned car's from Ford were shipped from the factory with the hi-performance part's in the trunk & were dealer installed ie Tri-power & dual 4 barrel set up's. Which make's wonder what ever happened to all of the stock manifold's & 4 barrel carb's & intake's the mechanic's removed, along with the stock exhaust manifold's. Gee if we only knew as car collector's back then where all this was going, I was somewhat lucky & got my 18 or so car's way before the craziness took off, I don't suffer from the 20-20 hindsight issue! but that's another story.

[@svetlanaz7872]

please, please learn how to use apostrophes - they are not meant for plural nouns/verbs (5 mustangs not 5 mustang's). "mustang's" means belonging to the mustang (ex. "my mustang's rims got bent when i ran over that crowd of orphans"). you, on the other hand, stick them on every word you want to make plural and make them look as possessives instead.

[@thewriter2549]

Good one Svetlana. One of my pet peeves is when somebody uses a subjective pronoun as the object of a preposition, so I feel your pain. Please post more.

[@72mustangfb]

picky, picky, picky you must have been your literary teacher's golden boy for sure Shitlana Donald Fuller's comment hit's the nail on the head! Pop corn fart.

[@dalehall2993]

@@svetlanaz7872 You busy this weekend?

[@henrybourdon6712]

and you drive what , a lada?

[@josephtaverna1287]

Out of the three motors unless that motor was taken out and made into a stroker then indeed it would be a contender if it had a 427 side Oiler in it or 429 you would have Mega bidders on that car

[@alexshortsplus]

Love this channel ✔️✔️👍

[@mikep4823]

No doubt its a cool car i never cared for the Mustang all that much but still a cool car to have.

[@jasontruman1215]

Wow that poor car sounds like garbage!!!!!! She needs some love

[@gregh7457]

next thing the keep it all original down to the dents and rust crowd will be saying is thats the original tune don't touch it. Thats the way it ran in 1978

[@euronymous6998]

Just needs a tune and carb rebuilt

[@happydays8171]

This guy gets winded putting a battery in, nothing else will be replaced, this guys in it for the money.

[@danielscott6787]

This guy has some nice Mustangs. I'm convinced that it is a rare drag pack car and it is a convertible. But to compare it to a HEMI powered Cuda convertible, he's missing the HEMI part of the equation. This would be comparable to a 440 automatic cuda convertible.

[@sixpacksandsrts9122]

Daniel Scott or as he said. A 440 hemi cuda. If you caught that in the video. Lmao

[@Redlinesixtynine]

His main argument was production numbers, which if you compare that angle, it might work. But yeah, a hemi cuda convert is much more desirable and valuable.

[@mattkaustickomments]

Years ago, I had the opportunity to buy a ‘69 CJ DragPak Cougar, all black. Alas, it was not to be.

[@perrykioussis9741]

this was my car before I sold it to Peter Klute at the then Shelby Shop in Toronto now called Legendary Motors, I have the whole history of this car as I got it from my friend in California, if anybody is planing on buying it please contact me Perry Kioussis through face book Im the guy with the 70 gto. I have documented history of everything. I have pictures and proof im the previous owner.

[@thewriter2549]

Can you send me an email? [e-mail]

[@dukecraig2402]

A fellow I worked with in the 80's had a 71 or 72 Big block Mustang with the drag package he ordered from overseas and had it delivered to his local dealer when he discharged from the service, his dad some how or the other knew a bunch of the NASCAR people, he took the car to Daytona back when they had an open track day or something like that back then and got his clock cleaned by a big block Corvette, being a Ford man this did not sit well with him, on the way back to PA they stopped in at Hollom&Moody in NC I think he said is where it was, they had one of those huge engines that had recently been outlawed by NASCAR sitting in the corner with a hole in the block, his dad knew the owners (don't ask me how an old guy from PA with a small garage knew them but he did) and got them to sell the engine to his son, it took a couple of years for him to buy a new block and rod, get the engine in the car and get everything working correctly but he did and that thing was a monster, I guess at one point he had to send the car to H&M to get the front modified cause he couldn't get the engine to fit in it, one of the monster trucks, I think The Virginian, came to a local Ford dealership on a promotional tour and someone who saw the engine mentioned to the owners that he knew a guy who had an engine like that, at which time they said "Not like this one", a call was made and the owners of the truck were amazed to see one in a car, I guess they pulled their checkbooks out for the engine but he said no way, he'll never part with it, the car used to run out of Brownsville PA, I haven't seen that guy in years and have often wondered what happened to him and the engine.

[@thewriter2549]

Great story!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@jonathandexter135]

Yeh Ok if you say so.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@jonathandexter135 Yea, I do say so, why?

[@TheCanadianBubba]

There is that Pinto shifter again !

[@jasontruman1215]

TheCanadianBubba mustangs used it first!!!!! My 1970 fastback has the same one.

[@TheCanadianBubba]

Damnit Jason, that was one of my best lines to fire up the blue oval bunch... now after a little Googling i see you are correct. Thanks man... thanks a lot.

[@TheCanadianBubba]

not triggered... much

[@davidcallahan5157]

Lol for sure!

[@jasontruman1215]

TheCanadianBubba haha just giving you crap!!!! I only know because I’ve got one in my driveway.

[@tomft3992]

At 11:53 it states "Modidied Hillborn Injected Boss 429???? It shows 8 carbs. Injected with carbs....WOW !!!

[@dannybeeler9817]

People need to learn what a barn find is it’s not a place where rich people keep their toys and hire other people to work on them

[@robertgobla7079]

Why does every one who has a garage or junk yard full of these cars feel all these muscle cars are so rare? I would say every car guy like myself now a days knows at least one hoarder/collector. One of the most sought after muscle cars is 66 GTO tri power 4 speed. 85,000 of these GTO.s

[@robertgobla7079]

We're made in 1966, I know I had 2 new 66 GTO new back then. Now collectors think the car is worth 75,000 dollars An notrestored.

[@PeterHatch-mx7zc]

Very rare I have two. .bought them in 1988

[@PhenomProductions23]

This car is probably up there with the 69 Trans Am Convertible Ram Air IV only 8 built.