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Yes and no. That engine is the very rare Boss 429, you can tell by those wide hemi heads. Boss 429 Mustangs were assembled by Kar Kraft, who received the completed bodies from Ford and then modified the engine bay to make room before installing the engine. Al_in_Ottawa
Still wasn't as fast as the few unicorn 427's with the top load manual. Yes they exist, they were ordered by service employees that filled out the proper paperwork not knowing they couldn't do that. My dad was one who received one in and drove it off the transport. And no they did not have dual carbs.
Could be the line my Mustang was assembled on between April 17th & June 9th 1964. They were the order date & the delivery date. It was made in Dearborn, Michigan and the serial # was in the 9,000 range. No VINs in those days. Mine had a measly 289 ci however.
I think that might actually be the Kar Kraft facility. Roughly analogous to a "Skunk Works" facility for Ford. IIRC, they also had a hand in the Ford Mark IV that won Le Mans in '67 with Foyt and Gurney.
Unfortunately so choked down they had less potential than they should have when installed in Mustangs. Fitment issues among other things required changes in headers and other things. CJs and SCJs were much quicker as sold for street use.
That's Kar Kraft from back in the late '60's and early '70's. The facility was in Brighton, MI and was basically an elongated structure with the one production line depicted. As correctly noted, Ford trucked 1969 and 1970 fastback (backed then called "Sportsroof") Mustangs from Dearborn to KK in Brighton. There, KK folks modded the cars (widened space between shock towers in the engine bay, fronts suspension mods, battery relocated to the trunk, etc.) and installed the famous Ford semi-hemi Boss 429 engine. This whole project was done for NASCAR's homologation of the Boss 429 engine. Each car modded there was issued a VIN beginning with KK. 859 Boss 429s (two of which were the uber-rare Boss 429 Cougar) were made in 1969 and 499 were produced the next year. Also, KK had a hand in prototyping the Boss 302, some of the mid-engine GTs, and also the experimental mid-engine Mustang concept/show car, the Mach 2 well before the Boss 429 program. I had a "normal" 1970 Boss 302. The car depicted in a 1969 (four headlights), the 1970 'Stang had only two headlights directly inboard in the grille from two fake slotted air intakes extending to the outboard structure of the grille. https://www.rmw.lv/car/en/mustang-boss-429-kk-kar-kraft https://performance.ford.com/enthusiasts/newsroom/2019/03/kar-kraft-s-ford-performance-story.html Here's a rare vid capture of a home movie depicting a visit to Kar Kraft back in 1969, incredible Ford muscle history!: https://youtu.be/C8Z1zzURLCM
That motor is a Boss 429. They had one hell of a shoehorn.
ReplyDeleteYes and no. That engine is the very rare Boss 429, you can tell by those wide hemi heads. Boss 429 Mustangs were assembled by Kar Kraft, who received the completed bodies from Ford and then modified the engine bay to make room before installing the engine.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Still wasn't as fast as the few unicorn 427's with the top load manual. Yes they exist, they were ordered by service employees that filled out the proper paperwork not knowing they couldn't do that. My dad was one who received one in and drove it off the transport. And no they did not have dual carbs.
ReplyDeleteThat can't possibly be an actual mass production assembly line. There's no associated clutter and surrounding parts for assembly.
ReplyDeleteCould be the line my Mustang was assembled on between April 17th & June 9th 1964. They were the order date & the delivery date. It was made in Dearborn, Michigan and the serial # was in the 9,000 range. No VINs in those days. Mine had a measly 289 ci however.
ReplyDeleteYou're correct. I lost interest in Mustangs after my ex-wife totaled my baby in 1968 . I lost interest in her too.
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DeleteDid not happen in 67 or 68. 68 was
DeleteBoss 302. 68 and 69 was Boss 429.
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I think that might actually be the Kar Kraft facility. Roughly analogous to a "Skunk Works" facility for Ford. IIRC, they also had a hand in the Ford Mark IV that won Le Mans in '67 with Foyt and Gurney.
ReplyDeleteThis is the Kar Kraft assembly line for Boss 429's.
ReplyDeleteMy apologies to Al_in_Ottowa. I missed his earlier comment.
ReplyDeleteCan you just imagine the 6 figures it would cost to buy one of those as built today? Yowza!
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Unfortunately so choked down they had less potential than they should have when installed in Mustangs. Fitment issues among other things required changes in headers and other things. CJs and SCJs were much quicker as sold for street use.
ReplyDeleteReal men doing real work.
ReplyDeleteThat's Kar Kraft from back in the late '60's and early '70's. The facility was in Brighton, MI and was basically an elongated structure with the one production line depicted. As correctly noted, Ford trucked 1969 and 1970 fastback (backed then called "Sportsroof") Mustangs from Dearborn to KK in Brighton. There, KK folks modded the cars (widened space between shock towers in the engine bay, fronts suspension mods, battery relocated to the trunk, etc.) and installed the famous Ford semi-hemi Boss 429 engine. This whole project was done for NASCAR's homologation of the Boss 429 engine. Each car modded there was issued a VIN beginning with KK. 859 Boss 429s (two of which were the uber-rare Boss 429 Cougar) were made in 1969 and 499 were produced the next year. Also, KK had a hand in prototyping the Boss 302, some of the mid-engine GTs, and also the experimental mid-engine Mustang concept/show car, the Mach 2 well before the Boss 429 program. I had a "normal" 1970 Boss 302. The car depicted in a 1969 (four headlights), the 1970 'Stang had only two headlights directly inboard in the grille from two fake slotted air intakes extending to the outboard structure of the grille.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rmw.lv/car/en/mustang-boss-429-kk-kar-kraft
https://performance.ford.com/enthusiasts/newsroom/2019/03/kar-kraft-s-ford-performance-story.html
Here's a rare vid capture of a home movie depicting a visit to Kar Kraft back in 1969, incredible Ford muscle history!: https://youtu.be/C8Z1zzURLCM