The Supercar Registry

The Supercar Registry (https://www.yenko.net/forum/index.php)
-   Ford-Mercury (https://www.yenko.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=123)
-   -   New Project (https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=133382)

bergy 07-24-2015 12:12 AM

New Project
 
1 Attachment(s)
This thing followed me home today. Any guesses? Mostly original paint. original interior. 33k original miles

BLACKLS5 07-24-2015 12:21 AM

Re: New Project
 
70 Boss 429?

Ryan1969Chevelle 07-24-2015 10:46 AM

Re: New Project
 
Do you care for strays?

Looks like a nice pony!!

Ryan

napa68 07-24-2015 01:01 PM

Re: New Project
 
No schitt? Neat!

442w30 07-24-2015 10:04 PM

Re: New Project
 
There's one in <span style="font-style: italic">Hemmings Muscle Machines</span> this month just like that.

SuperNovaSS 07-25-2015 11:42 PM

Re: New Project
 
http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/...trip-survivor/

???

bergy 07-26-2015 11:28 PM

Re: New Project
 
It's funny that these Boss 9s sat on dealer lots like many of the COPO Camaros. Mine was shipped to the dealer 11/3/69 and sold 8/27/70. Invoice price was $5,111.70. Restrictive exhaust manifolds &amp; rev limiter really hurt the quarter mile times. 429 was a NASCAR engine that came into it's own at higher RPM.

COPO CARTEL 07-27-2015 11:07 AM

Re: New Project
 
Congrats Bergy !!

bergy 07-27-2015 01:07 PM

Re: New Project
 
1 Attachment(s)
Unloaded the Boss 9 this morning. Interior in this car is amazing - even carpets are good.

Charley Lillard 07-27-2015 01:18 PM

Re: New Project
 
I had one that same color years ago. The problem was I could not let out the clutch unless I sat kind of sideways. Otherwise my knee would hit the steering wheel or get jammed between the wheel and the door panel.

COPO 07-27-2015 01:54 PM

Re: New Project
 
Beauty, congrats.

Tracker1 07-27-2015 02:23 PM

Re: New Project
 
Congrats Bruce!!! - any undercarriage pics?

I love the clean fastback look of no louvres, no spoiler on her.

MosportGreen66 07-27-2015 03:14 PM

Re: New Project
 
Awesome car... congrats!

mockingbird812 07-27-2015 03:16 PM

Re: New Project
 
Congrats Bruce..........more pix!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

SuperNovaSS 07-27-2015 04:44 PM

Re: New Project
 
Sweet find!

Jason

bergy 08-09-2015 06:12 PM

Re: New Project
 
- It's not too cramped for me. The worst was this car! Had to change the wheel to a 13&quot; Moto Lita to even sit in it!
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...27-cobra_2.png


Back to the Boss 9 - tank &amp; lines cleaned, fluids changed, new battery, etc. Tomorrow is &quot;start day&quot;. Waking it up after a long slumber.

bergy 08-10-2015 10:02 PM

Re: New Project
 
Cleaned out the carb, changed the power valve - started right up on the first turn of the key - whew!!!!

Xplantdad 08-11-2015 12:30 AM

Re: New Project
 
Awesome to hear!

bergy 08-11-2015 01:33 PM

Re: New Project
 
Looking the car over more. Verifying what I saw at inspection, Appears OE drive train. Block is correct 429HP with vin stamp @ rear of block, trans is RUGAZ with vin stamp up top, rear is correct 3.91 RUG with good date for car. Researching ownership history - I'm back to 1974. Like most of these supercars, interesting story to tell.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics..._9_rug_tag.jpg

bergy 09-07-2015 10:39 PM

Re: New Project
 
Tracked ownership back to the second owner on 1975. Got this picture from one of the owners - believed to be late 70s vintage. Turns out I'm the 8th owner. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...a_late_70s.jpg

Ryan1969Chevelle 09-07-2015 11:18 PM

Re: New Project
 
Very cool!!!

Ryan

Fast67VelleN2O 09-16-2015 04:25 PM

Re: New Project
 
I know you were looking for a dated carburetor. Was the one that was on it a service piece or just an incorrectly dated one?

firstgenaddict 05-31-2016 02:14 AM

Re: New Project
 
Son of a Beech that is a nice BOSS 9. Wicked score Bergy!!!

bergy 05-31-2016 10:09 AM

Re: New Project
 
I found the correct carb - original part # &amp; date correct for the car. Then sent it to Eric to work his magic. Eric even went out of his way to help me get the engine running correctly. He's the best. The other carb was dated too early for my car (December '68 - good for a '69 Boss 9 though). I put it on eBay with a reasonable (I thought) BIN of $3,500.00. It sold in about 5 minutes!

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics..._front_pic.png


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:22 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.


O Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.