Basicley I got bored about reading about Greece and how they are almost bankrupt. So I was looking at pictures of Boss 429's and came across this. I don't know if you knew about the 1970 Quarter Horse Mustang. I never heard of it before but it was the brain child of Bunkie Knudson and was supposed to replace the Boss 429 and Shelbies. In case you don't know who Bunkie Knudson is he was originally a GM exec. who quit his job ( speculation over being passed over for a higher position by Ed Cole) and was hired by Ford and is credited with the Boss 429 program as well as the enlarging of the Mustang and styling ques on certain Ford vehicles at the time. Anyway after he was fired this was created to continue the 429 program and the Shelby program which was later dropped in November. It was called this because it was quarter Shelby quarter Boss 429.
1970 Quarter Horse Mustang.
Best Boss That Never Made It
One quarter Shelby, one quarter Boss 429, one quarter Mustang, and one quarter Cougar, the Quarter Horse Mustang was a quarter horse in more ways than one. Kar Kraft built this big-block Mustang as a proposed replacement for both the Shelby and Boss 429. Interestingly, Ford's proposal for the car came in September 1969, around the same time Henry Ford II fired Bunkie Knudsen, the Ford president who supported the Boss 429 program. Prior to Bunkie's firing, there had been talk about a possible '71 Boss 429.
Even though Knudsen was gone, Ford continued with the horsepower theme to sell Mustangs, so the Quarter Horse was explored because the Shelby was soon dropped (November) along with the Boss 429 (January).
Officially, the Quarter Horse was known as the "Composite Mustang" because it used parts and pieces from cars already in the Ford lineup. The formula was simple: take a chassis from a Boss 429 and mix it with a dash of Cougar XR-7, the fiberglass fenders and hood from the '69-'70 Shelby, and the fastback body and interior of a Mustang. To make it different from the Shelby, the Ford production studio, still headed by Larry Shinoda, placed a large Mustang running horse in the center of the grille and filled in the Shelby hoodscoops.
Two prototypes were built, the Grabber Blue Quarter Horse seen here and a Candyapple Red version.
Here are some other Pictures I came across in my boredom lol
Somkey Yunicks Boss 302
Now this is Boss
Imagine how good of a parts stripper you would have to be to do this while someone was in the car lol
Here's one for John ( RESVON ) don't you wish you lived back in 1980
Also 1 question is this the car that was sent over to the troops in Vietnam. I think that Ford sent over 2 modified Boss 429s to Vietnam or Germany partly because many G.I.s were coming home and buying like 426 Hemi Chargers and Roadrunners and 428 Cobra Jets and killing themselves or wrecking the cars so I think Ford sent them over to kind of give them like a driving lesson or something. I remember reading something like this a while back but I can't remember to be quite honest.
FYI I love American Muscle Car if you can get it on Itunes its worth the money
1970 Quarter Horse Mustang.
Best Boss That Never Made It
One quarter Shelby, one quarter Boss 429, one quarter Mustang, and one quarter Cougar, the Quarter Horse Mustang was a quarter horse in more ways than one. Kar Kraft built this big-block Mustang as a proposed replacement for both the Shelby and Boss 429. Interestingly, Ford's proposal for the car came in September 1969, around the same time Henry Ford II fired Bunkie Knudsen, the Ford president who supported the Boss 429 program. Prior to Bunkie's firing, there had been talk about a possible '71 Boss 429.
Even though Knudsen was gone, Ford continued with the horsepower theme to sell Mustangs, so the Quarter Horse was explored because the Shelby was soon dropped (November) along with the Boss 429 (January).
Officially, the Quarter Horse was known as the "Composite Mustang" because it used parts and pieces from cars already in the Ford lineup. The formula was simple: take a chassis from a Boss 429 and mix it with a dash of Cougar XR-7, the fiberglass fenders and hood from the '69-'70 Shelby, and the fastback body and interior of a Mustang. To make it different from the Shelby, the Ford production studio, still headed by Larry Shinoda, placed a large Mustang running horse in the center of the grille and filled in the Shelby hoodscoops.
Two prototypes were built, the Grabber Blue Quarter Horse seen here and a Candyapple Red version.
Here are some other Pictures I came across in my boredom lol
Somkey Yunicks Boss 302
Now this is Boss
Imagine how good of a parts stripper you would have to be to do this while someone was in the car lol
Here's one for John ( RESVON ) don't you wish you lived back in 1980
Also 1 question is this the car that was sent over to the troops in Vietnam. I think that Ford sent over 2 modified Boss 429s to Vietnam or Germany partly because many G.I.s were coming home and buying like 426 Hemi Chargers and Roadrunners and 428 Cobra Jets and killing themselves or wrecking the cars so I think Ford sent them over to kind of give them like a driving lesson or something. I remember reading something like this a while back but I can't remember to be quite honest.
FYI I love American Muscle Car if you can get it on Itunes its worth the money
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