There was a show car around here that had the computer built in... The owner took out the pass side airbag, used the airbag cover and the glovebox for the frame of the lap top. When you open the glovebox, the airbag cover opened, showing the screen. It was pretty cool...

 

Uh, if you are looking at the photos you might be mistaking all that shiny stuff for leather when in fact it is something you youngsters may never have seen before. It's called vinyl.

 

LMFAO!!! Yea I am SURE they didnt have leather in the 302's in 69 and 70!!!

 

If you took the boss which is probably going to run around 41K and add all the options you will be looking at 48 or 50K so just go ahead and get the Shellby if that's what you want. The Boss is aimed primarily at people who want performance. Thank god Ford is going this route because it makes it affordable to more people.

 

Pretty sure 90% of our seats now are Vinyl. We do only have leather trimmed seats..

 

So you are saying HIDS $500 and Sync guessing $1-$2k = $7k - 9K?

These options aren't expensive.

 

I'm just messin' with him. I did actually own a Black Jade 69 Boss 429 and it came standard with the deluxe interior. The high back bucket seats were covered with something called Comfort Weave VINYL. Oh and so are the ones in my current project car...a 1970 Mach 1 428CJ.

 

I hate you!!! lol

 

Me too

 

LOL!!! Nice!!! Bet you wish you still had that Boss 429!!!

 

So I've been looking into electric cutouts. Couple of companies sell a set with a lifetime warranty for a bit over $200 bucks. Not too bad.

Could be the only mod I do on this car since it's so perfect

 

Some facts ...

In 1969 and 1970, all Mustang (incl. Shelby) seats were a variation of VINYL. The top Luxury model Grande' also had vinyl but with premium "cloth" inserts as an option.

If you wanted Leather seats in a Mustang you were SOL unless you opted for the Cougar version with the XR-7 package from a Lincoln/Mercury dealer. You could also get Power Windows in the '69-70 Cougar's, but NOT on the Mustang. First year for a Power Window option on a Mustang was 1971.

First year for Leather may have been some time between '74-78 on the Mustang II (I'm not very familiar with these), but if not 1979 / the 1st year of the FOX body Leather was definitely available.

For the SN-95 models, A/C, Power Windows, Locks, and a few other comfort features became standard at some point between 1996~98. Since the stripper model hardware already existed, Ford could still delete these features as they did on the 2000 Cobra R and could have on any other SE thru 2004.

To make a 2012 Mustang MORE of a stripped version than a base GT would cost FORD a ton of extra engineering $$$ as no '05-up production Mustang has been built without A/C, Power Windows, Mirrors, Locks, Keyless Entry, etc.

Doug

 

 

So for those wanting to remain faithful to the original.....does that include deleting power windows in favor of hand cranks?

 

This picture has me rethinking Ford's striping choices.

 

That's basically the way I interpret some peoples thinking in here as I mentioned in my earlier post.

 

I just found this post over at www.boss302.com from a person that was involved with this new generation Boss for the last 28 months.

"I drove the Boss 302 a month ago on our Dearborn test track with the group. No restrictions (for the first time in my career). Drove it hard on the road course. I love my 2011 Mustang GT, but this new Boss will put the outstanding 2011 GT on the trailer. Very evil stance, staggered tires, quad exhaust with factory cutouts (basically quadraphonic V8 sound), outrageous handling and a 3-4 shift that generates rear tire squeal. 440+ horsepower...revs like crazy...redline north of 7000 I could go on...cloth Recaro seats, Brembo brakes, runners in the box intake, the graphics...ah nevermind."


He also stated this about production #'s; so somewhere between 1600 and 7000....
Volumes are under discussion, as is price. Rest assured the 2012 number will be way less than 1970 Boss volume, but significantly more than '69
Here is the thread: http://www.boss302.com/smf/index.php?topic=49916.0

 

The boss is more a less a package that Ford believes a certain group of people want. If you get anything you want, then it won't be a boss, it will just be a mustang with certain options.
Money may not be a consideration for you, but for most people it is. You may like HID's others may like the security package or Shaker 1000 but that's not what Ford put in the package. If you don't like the package, buy it and modify it if you are so willing to pay...what's the problem?

 

No, if you can read and comprehend, I never said HIDs cost 7 or 9K I said if you get all the options....meaning all the options that Ford offers. As in a base GT is around 30K but with all options it approaches 40K. You only want HIDs but certainly other people will want other things, even I would like an automatic optionbut that's just not the package. If you can order anything you want, it wouldn't be a "package".
You can easily have HID lights put in but you prefere to gipe endlessly about an awesome car so obviously your glass will never be more than half full.

 

So do we know for sure there are no options?
If there is no Shaker, IS there a radio???
It seems pretty stupid to build a car like this and not offer a security package. I think everyone who buys one is going to be concerned about security.
I can see the LS model being fairly spartan because most people who buy that model are going to track it.
But I can't see Ford turning a blind eye to "options" that have basically become standard features.

We'll know more in a few weeks/months.