The Ford Boss Mustang is the most iconic pony car ever created, and this
book covers it more extensively than any other. Boss Mustang: 50 Years
includes the complete history of its creation; racing and street
histories of the 302 and 429 models; and new photos and interviews with
Boss Mustang designers, engineers, racers, and more. Of all the
legendary names in the history of the Ford Mustang, one stands apart:
Boss. Originally created to homologate the new Boss 302 engine and
option package for SCCA Trans-Am racing, the Mustang Boss 302 debuted
for the 1969 model year and was built in limited numbers for the street
through 1970. This book features never-before-seen production and racing
photography, interviews with designers and engineers, and keen insight
from author Donald Farr, a renowned Ford historian and Ford hall-of-fame
inductee. Designed by the legendary Larry Shinoda, the Boss cars were
easily distinguished from their less potent stablemates by their
race-bred powerplant, standard front spoiler, and bold graphics. In
2012, Ford at long last revived this most revered of all Mustang models.
With a new racing counterpart and a modern street version that delivers
more than 440 horsepower, the Boss was truly back! And now it returns in
2019 on the 50th anniversary of Mustang’s premier marque. In Mustang
Boss: 50 Years, to mark this historic occasion, Mustang historian Donald
Farr offers a complete history of the car—from its late 1960s origins in
Ford's boardrooms through its Trans-Am successes and untimely demise in
1970, up to the conception and development of the spectacular new 2019
Boss Mustangs. Packed with brilliant photography and firsthand accounts
from the people who created the original Boss, as well as the team that
resurrected Ford's most iconic Mustang, this is the story every Mustang
enthusiast has been waiting to read.
