Photo: Barrett-Jackson
When Ford started making various versions of the Mustang back in the 1960s, it probably had no idea what a business for private citizens these cars would become. Once these cars turned classic and desirable, their value increased exponentially, and some are now worth in the hundreds of thousands.
Case in point the 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429, pictured in the gallery above. The model, considered by many one of the rarest muscle cars ever made – the lines stopped after about 1,400 of them were built – was on the block of cars selling during the Barrett-Jackson online auction earlier this month, and went for $195,000.
This sum places it third on the top ten list of cars going for the highest amount at the event, right behind champion 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window ($375,500) and the 1941 Lincoln Zephyr ($203,500). So, what’s so special about it?
First, this Candy Apple Red with black interior machine is one of the first 150 models with the 429 engine to be made as part of Ford’s efforts to homologate the Boss for NASCAR use against Chrysler’s Hemi.
The Boss 429 engine fitted under the hood has 71,000 miles on it (114,000 km) and is good for 375 hp, but that’s only the official number, as separate measurements showed it can develop much more than that.
Together with the car, the new owner of the Boss 429 also received the Kar Kraft number (KK1333) and the NASCAR identification label. There was also a series of 2-foot by 3-foot poster boards that comprise all the documentation for the car.
The boards are exactly what one needs to advertise the car during auto shows, but we’re curious to see whether we’ll get to see it at such events, or if it will rather show up once again on an auction block somewhere, as often is the case with this kind of rare vehicles.
This sum places it third on the top ten list of cars going for the highest amount at the event, right behind champion 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window ($375,500) and the 1941 Lincoln Zephyr ($203,500). So, what’s so special about it?
First, this Candy Apple Red with black interior machine is one of the first 150 models with the 429 engine to be made as part of Ford’s efforts to homologate the Boss for NASCAR use against Chrysler’s Hemi.
The Boss 429 engine fitted under the hood has 71,000 miles on it (114,000 km) and is good for 375 hp, but that’s only the official number, as separate measurements showed it can develop much more than that.
Together with the car, the new owner of the Boss 429 also received the Kar Kraft number (KK1333) and the NASCAR identification label. There was also a series of 2-foot by 3-foot poster boards that comprise all the documentation for the car.
The boards are exactly what one needs to advertise the car during auto shows, but we’re curious to see whether we’ll get to see it at such events, or if it will rather show up once again on an auction block somewhere, as often is the case with this kind of rare vehicles.
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