Painted My Axle
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https://books.google.com/books?id=Zi...page&q&f=false
Page 131.
"In addition to the standard 3.73 gears in a limited-slip differential with carbon-fiber plates, the rear axle is treated to a cosmetic makeover with a finned aluminum differential cover and housing painted black, unlike other Mustang rear ends, which remain unpainted. Boss 302 team member Shawn Carney recalls a group of engineers walking underneath a Boss 302 on a lift with chief engineer Dave Pericak, 'I asked him if he ever watched the undercar camera during the Barret-Jackson auction telecasts,' Carney said. " I pointed to the unpainted rear axle and said, 'Thirty years from now there is going to be a restored 2012 Boss 302 on the block, and the announcer is going to point out the concours-correct rusty rear axle.' Dave looked at us and said, 'We're painting the axle.'"
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Just the Boss 302's and the Track Pack which uses the Boss rear end. Funny story about that ...
https://books.google.com/books?id=Zi...page&q&f=false
Page 131.
"In addition to the standard 3.73 gears in a limited-slip differential with carbon-fiber plates, the rear axle is treated to a cosmetic makeover with a finned aluminum differential cover and housing painted black, unlike other Mustang rear ends, which remain unpainted. Boss 302 team member Shawn Carney recalls a group of engineers walking underneath a Boss 302 on a lift with chief engineer Dave Pericak, 'I asked him if he ever watched the undercar camera during the Barret-Jackson auction telecasts,' Carney said. " I pointed to the unpainted rear axle and said, 'Thirty years from now there is going to be a restored 2012 Boss 302 on the block, and the announcer is going to point out the concours-correct rusty rear axle.' Dave looked at us and said, 'We're painting the axle.'"
https://books.google.com/books?id=Zi...page&q&f=false
Page 131.
"In addition to the standard 3.73 gears in a limited-slip differential with carbon-fiber plates, the rear axle is treated to a cosmetic makeover with a finned aluminum differential cover and housing painted black, unlike other Mustang rear ends, which remain unpainted. Boss 302 team member Shawn Carney recalls a group of engineers walking underneath a Boss 302 on a lift with chief engineer Dave Pericak, 'I asked him if he ever watched the undercar camera during the Barret-Jackson auction telecasts,' Carney said. " I pointed to the unpainted rear axle and said, 'Thirty years from now there is going to be a restored 2012 Boss 302 on the block, and the announcer is going to point out the concours-correct rusty rear axle.' Dave looked at us and said, 'We're painting the axle.'"
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