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Coles Notes (as mark explained)
Around that time if you saw that car, you knew the guy/gal bought it for a reason and you knew it meant business. No frills/bells...all business
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so when does it become "ok" to spill the beans... Thursday afternoon?
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is their a "leak clause" in that agreement?
lets say someone in the world leaks the story Thursday morning and its all over the net by 10am... are you still sworn to secrecy till Friday?... or can you tell us all you know if the jig is already up?
lets say someone in the world leaks the story Thursday morning and its all over the net by 10am... are you still sworn to secrecy till Friday?... or can you tell us all you know if the jig is already up?
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Sure is going to be an exciting day to see the Boss come back to life and in the state this car will be in (based on info posted in this thread and the speculation). Kudos to Ford!!
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So if the new Boss has more parts in that vein, along with other features that distinguish it from the GT and GT500 driving experiences, at a "reasonable" price, then the success in the marketplace will be high.
The countdown continues...
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Oh my gosh. All these posts in one DAY! I can't wait til Friday!
Are we there yet?
How 'bout now?
I gotta pee...lol.
Honestly though, this sounds like it's going to be the be-all-end-all of the factory SE Mustang. I can't wait.
I'm just a little concerned that I will get my hopes up too high and be dissapointed. I doubt I will, but I'm a little concerned. Nonetheless, I will do everything within my financial powers to own one. This just means that I will be using my current '10 GT500 as a fun car for town and trips, and the Boss for the track! What an amazing world (country--Go USA!) we live in! 'Cuz I tell you what, there ain't NOTHING like this where I'm at right now, that's for darn sure!
Oh! I'm so excited. How bout now?
Are we there yet?
How 'bout now?
I gotta pee...lol.
Honestly though, this sounds like it's going to be the be-all-end-all of the factory SE Mustang. I can't wait.
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Oh! I'm so excited. How bout now?
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I need a brief Mustang history lesson. Where the old Boss Mustangs stripped down cars made strickly for performance or could you get all the bells and whistles offered? From what I could tell looking at them at shows they seemed to have the same features as the other Mustangs. Then again their wasn't as much variety back then.
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Id like grabbergreen!
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I need a brief Mustang history lesson. Where the old Boss Mustangs stripped down cars made strickly for performance or could you get all the bells and whistles offered? From what I could tell looking at them at shows they seemed to have the same features as the other Mustangs. Then again their wasn't as much variety back then.
Hope that helps.
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I need a brief Mustang history lesson. Where the old Boss Mustangs stripped down cars made strickly for performance or could you get all the bells and whistles offered? From what I could tell looking at them at shows they seemed to have the same features as the other Mustangs. Then again their wasn't as much variety back then.
The basic Boss came fairly stripped down with all the performance goodies -- motor, tranny and suspension basically -- though it could be tarted up from there. I think '70 offered even more baubles than the '69, which were mostly decorative filigrees but with the possible exception of the functional shaker hood and real front and rear spoilers.
The Boss 429 was kind of an odd beast in a way, basically a homologation platform for the semi-hemi 429 motor to be used in NASCAR racing. In some ways, that motor was a bit like its little 302 brother in that it was more of a detuned, high rpm race motor that was a bit out of its element on the street, especially if your intentions were limited to drag racing. Hence, the old standby 428CJ could pretty much smoke it in a drag race in stock trim. Now, tune it up properly and the monster 429 could eviscerate pretty much anything else. It too was pretty stripped down with very discreet graphics, in stark contrast to the show boat Mach I, and could only be had with limited options.
The Boss 351 was in some ways the best of the breed, being specifically developed as a street only vehicle with what I think was one of the best motors of the era, the Boss 351. While the '71 Stang was getting ever bigger, fatter and more bunker like -- hmmmm, sounds familiar to today's world -- the overall excellence of the 351 still prevailed and provided what was the best balanced and overall capable performance model in the Mustang barn that year.
I suspect that in character, a neo Boss 302 would more likely reflect the Boss 351 in overall character than the more rough and raw original 302, though perhaps with graphic elements more inspired by the '69 or '70 (they differed both years). While some may wax nostalgic over the race car rawness and purity of a base '69 Boss 302, the reality is that the American market has gotten too soft and comfort orientated to actually buy such a beast in any numbers sufficient to make it production viable. All but a few will quickly option it up with all manner of luxury items and tart it up with every peacock feather available to them.
Of course, Ford could throw a screwball and come out with a more iconically pure Boss 302 -- heavy on functional items only, spare in show off graphics and limited in available options -- a true driver's Boss rather than a poser's pony.
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Nice car...no doubt. Funny how the '70 Boss 302 used to be my favorite Mustang. Now though, if I were to build a "fakey-doo" (I could never afford a real one), it would be a '69. It might not be as pretty as the '70, but it just seems to have a certain no-compromise edginess to it, is far more rare, and is the car with the direct Trans-Am pedigree.
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