Mustang Boss may have retired a long time ago, but it’s looking better than ever thanks to a rotisserie restoration.
There are no guarantees that a car will last. You can drive a brand-new one off the lot and get nailed by someone who was paying more attention to their phone than their driving. The passage of time takes its toll, even over the course of a year. Imagine what 49 years can do to a car. Most cars that old are flattened, rusty, weed-choked heaps dying an anonymous death in a scrapyard somewhere. But not this 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302.
It has a new lease on life following a rotisserie restoration, but it’s also looking for a new owner, according to the listing we found on Motorious. It wears a fresh coat of Calypso Coral paint, lots of fresh chrome, and plenty of black accents. A prominent splitter juts out from under the front end. There’s a thick flat black stripe down the hood, as well as two L-shaped stripes that lead to the Boss 302 logos and hockey stick-style stripes that start on the front fenders and lead all the way back to the rear end. A set of louvres covers the back glass. The trunk is topped with a low-profile black fiberglass wing. A set of P225/60R15 BFGoodrich tires and 15-inch Magnum wheels finish off the ’70s muscle car look.
The Boss puts it power down through a Traction-Lok differential and 3.50 rear end, which fits right between the staggered shocks. An H-piped dual exhaust breathes through a pair of Flowmaster mufflers.
Inside, everything (with the exception of the glovebox interior) looks just as good as the exterior. From the padded dash to the ribbed seats, the cabin looks ready for another half century of cruisin’ and bruisin’.
Even if an American muscle car from the ’70s is still on the road, there’s always a chance it has a different engine than the one it left the factory with. That doesn’t appear to be the case here. According to the listing, “It is powered by a numbers matching Boss 302 4V small block” connected to the optional Drag Pack’s auxiliary oil cooler and a four-speed manual gearbox with a Hurst shifter.
The original Boss Mustang was only around for two model years so to find one that’s not just intact, but in this great of shape is a small miracle. You just have to decide if that miracle is worth paying $74,950.
Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.
After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.
While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.
Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. Last year, his JK Forum profile of Wagonmaster, a business that restores Jeep Wagoneers, won prizes in TAWA’s signature writing contest and its pickup- and SUV-focused Texas Truck Invitational.
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