1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Trans Am

Unlike the street cars these were completely reengineered and shared on some very basic components with the road going boss 302.

1969 ford mustang boss 302 trans am. One was raced by a roll call of trans am greats including peter revson dan gurney sam posey and george follmer. Chevrolet has joined the pony car bandwagon in 1967 with the camaro a car that blasted to the front of the pack in the trans am field and won the championship in 1968 and 1969. As it turned out the car was not entered in any trans am race that year or any other year. In mid august a pair of boss 302 mustangs will cross the auction stage at the rm sotheby s sale in monterey california.

The yellow pearl exterior is very sharp paired with the black stripes. 1969 mustang boss 302 race ready title in 1970 without factory support however during the 1969 season mustang boss 302 was unsuccessful and penske camaro z28 with the famous mark donahue won the 1969 trans am title again. When moore campaigned a pair of new boss 302 mustangs for 1969 he put his nascar business on hold committing fully to trans am. 1969 trans am mustang smokey yunick boss 302 race cars early of the seven factory supported mustang race cars built for the 1969 trans am racing season this one was to be campaigned by the legendary smokey yunick of daytona florida.

Check out the install here at modfiied. For the 1969 trans am season ford and kar kraft helped both shelby and bud moore prepare race versions of their m code mustang to take on the penke camaros. The 1969 l and 1970 r boss 302 trans am mustangs from the jim click collection. Photos by patrick ernzen courtesy rm sotheby s.

The ford mustang boss 302 trans amwas built with a very specific task in mind ford wanted to trounce the chevrolet camaros in the scca trans am series and reclaim their crown as the fastest pony car manufacturer in the united states. 7 995 1969 ford mustang 1969 ford mustang boss 302 11 111 miles woodbine md original 1969 ford mustang boss 302 rolling body that was converted to a trans am style project many years ago. He developed and built red white and black mustangs for parnelli jones car 15 and george follmer car 16. We were able to get our hands on an authentic 1969 ford mustang boss 302 and swap out the stock braking system with a beefier trans am braking system.