The Boss 429 arrived at a moment when the Ford Mustang risked being dismissed as a stylish commuter rather than a serious ...

Like those classic Greek stories you read in school, the mythology surrounding classic muscle cars often strays quite far from reality--and there is perhaps no better example than the Boss 429 Mustang ...

The Boss 429 and 429 Super Cobra Jet were both vastly underrated for horsepower. But that similarity masked huge differences ...

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 ...

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 ...

While its legendary status is undisputable, in stock form, the Mustang Boss 429 fell short of the brutal performance and real-world dominance that many Ford enthusiasts and collectors currently ...

Jon Kaase drank the Ford blue Kool-Aid a long time ago. His association with the Blue Oval goes back to his NHRA Super Stock days with a 428 Cobra Jet Mustang in the early '70s and has progressed ...

"Ohio George" Montgomery was racing long before the Ford Boss 429 showed up on the scene in 1969. He had raced at Bonneville as early as 1951, but became a legend in drag racing after building a light ...

With more than a half-century of production, the Ford Mustang is an institution of American highways. Lauded for its sharp styling, lightweight construction, and excellent handling, it has been a best ...

From the BMW E30 M3 to the Plymouth Superbird, we’ve all got out favorite homologation cars, machines built to allow automakers to race in competition. The Ford Mustang Boss 429 is one of the most ...

What comes to mind when you read the phrase “Ford Mustang restomod”? Hokey digital dashes, floppy body kits, massive chunks of billet shoehorned into modest ’60s wheelwells? Yeah, us too. Over the ...

Garret Donahue, a Southern California native, has been involved in car culture for the majority of his life. From organizing local group drives to attending open track days, Garret dives deep into the ...