Mustang Boss 302: From Racing Legend to Modern Muscle Car

Donald Farr

Motorbooks, Aug 29, 2011 - Transportation - 160 pages

 

The Complete Story of the Boss Mustang 302, from beginning to end to new beginning... Of 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. 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. For the 2012 model year, Ford has at long last revived the most revered of all Mustang models: BOSS. With a new racing counterpart and a modern street version that delivers more than 440 horsepower, the Boss is truly back! To mark this historic occasion, Mustang historian Donald Farr has written a complete history of the Boss 302, 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 2012 Mustang Boss 302. Packed with brilliant photography and first-hand 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!

 

 

Contents

• Acknowledgments: 6
• Foreword: 7
• Prelude: 8
• Introduction: 10
• 19631968 Ford Goes Racing: 13
• Building the Boss: 23
• 1969 Look Out Z28 Here Comes Boss 302: 35
• 1969 TransAm Boss for the Track: 49
• 1970 Hot Performance New Graphics: 69
• 1970 TransAm Championship Mission: 83
• Forty Years in Waiting: 95
• Project 747: 105
• R Is for Race: 119
• The Boss Is Back: 129
• Laguna Seca Boss to the Extreme: 147
• Appendices: 156
• Index: 160

About the author

As editor of Mustang Monthly magazine, Donald Farr has been researching and writing about Mustangs for over 30 years. In addition to his magazine work, Donald authored Mustang Boss 302: Ford's Trans-Am Ponycar and co-wrote How to Restore Your Mustang and the Mustang Recognition Guide with Mustang Monthly founder Larry Dobbs. Donald was inducted into the Mustang Hall of Fame in 2012.

Donald Farr has been on staff at Mustang Monthly Magazine for 30 years. In addition to his magazine work, Donald authored Mustang Boss 302: FordÆs Trans-Am Ponycar and co-wrote How to Restore Your Mustang with Mustang Monthly founder Larry Dobbs. He currently owns the 1966 Mustang GT that his grandfather purchased new. Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones is an American racing legend. As a driver, he has won races and championships in a wide variety of machinery, including sprint cars, midget cars, stock cars, off-road vehicles, sports cars, Trans-Am cars, and Indy cars. A winner of three Indy 500s (one as a driver, two as a car owner), among his many other career highlights was winning the 1970 Trans-Am Championship in a Mustang Boss 302.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mustang Boss 302: From Racing Legend to Modern Muscle Car
• Author: Donald Farr
• Contributor: Parnelli Jones
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Motorbooks, 2011
• ISBN: 0760341419, 9780760341414
• Length: 160 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Motor Sports; Technology & Engineering / Automotive; Transportation / Automotive / Antique & Classic; Transportation / Automotive / General; Transportation / Automotive / History; Transportation / Automotive / Pictorial