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1969 Boss 302 Mustang - Fleet for the Street
Boss 302 Facts - 1969 production: 1,628 at Dearborn assembly plant
- 1970 production: 7,013 at Dearborn and Metuchen, New Jersey
- Street versions built to meet SCCA Trans-Am homologation requirements
- Boss 302 development mule was a '68 Mustang GT hardtop
- Stripes, front spoiler, and optional window slats and rear spoiler designed by Larry Shinoda, who also created the Boss name
- Boss 302 engine has a unique four-bolt main block with screw-in freeze plugs that originated with the '68 302 Tunnel Port engine
- Boss 302 cylinder heads are poly-angle valve 351C castings machined for the 302 block
- Boss 302 connecting rod is basically a 289 C3AE forging with 3/8-inch bolts. The 289/302 used 5/16-inch rod bolts
- No Shaker hoodscoop for 1969
- Optional Shaker hoodscoop for 1970
- Special pulley sizing for high-revs, including larger alternator pulley
- Autolite In-Line Four-Barrel Carburetor disapproved by the SCCA
- Reinforced big-block shock towers
- Kelsey-Hayes single-piston front disc brakes
- Staggered rear shocks
- Front and rear sway bars
- Heavy-duty front spindles
- Ford deleted quarter scoops on '69 Boss 302
- Ford shifter used on '69 Boss 302, Hurst for 1970
- Ford Top Loader four-speed
- Nodular iron "N" case 9-inch Traction Lok with 3.50:1, 3.91:1, or 4.30:1 ratio
- Won '70 Trans-Am championship with cars built by Bud Moore and drivers, Parnelli Jones and George Follme
Ford Mustang Research
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1969 Ford Mustang GT - Jaded
Naysayers, poo-pooers, and know-it-alls are some of the pitfalls of owning a car like the ’69 GT. Even editors like myself can get into the act in a moment of brain cavitations. See, we’ve...
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