Perception and reality are often widely disparate things. That couldn't be truer than with the legendary Boss 429 Mustang and the semi-hemi engine for which it was named. It is the darling of the ...

Developed during the late 1960s to one-up Chrysler and its fearsome 426 HEMI in stock car racing, the Boss 429 didn't quite reach its goal. Nevertheless, it was a marvelous brute of a V8 that became a ...

In some cases, real Boss 429s may have indeed gone to the junkyard. Check out the story of Keith Clark’s Boss 9. He tells us, “In 1975, my future brother-in-law needed a car to drive to work.” Being a ...

From the Shelby GT350 and GT500 to the Mach 1 and the 428 Cobra Jet, the first-generation Mustang spawned quite a few cool performance cars. But none is as spectacular as the Boss 429. Introduced in ...

In 2013, Tom Marcucci told Kevin Manley of Kevin's Klassic Cars in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, that he wanted a 1969 Boss 429 Mustang. But it had to be Raven Black, and it had to be an early model with ...

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

The Boss 429 Mustang is one of those halo cars that many kids of the 1970s dreamed of owning, thanks to its outrageous appearance and that NASCAR-derived engine. More than five decades after its debut ...

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

Despite winning six straight Manufacturers’ Championships heading into 1969, Ford refused to ease off the gas. So it cooked up the 1969 Mustang Boss 429. Though it never actually raced in NASCAR, the ...

Hoards of car lovers insist that a person cannot enjoy a car unless that car is driven. Driving, they say, is the fun, period. No driving equals no fun. How can a person enjoy a car that is parked ...