Boss Mustangs: 302, 351, 429 & Mach 1 Super Cobra Jets, too! Plus, the Best of '69-73
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Part 5 of our visit to the George Conrad collection. Much thanks to George Conrad for his hospitality and time. We're already planning a return to cover more cars and drive a few. Let us know what you'd like to see us cover!
Absolutely the greatest Mustang collection I’ve ever seen.
I agree with you about how if you drive a 71 - 73 Mustang you won't ever want to drive anything else. I have a 71 Mach 1 I'm restoring, that I bought in 1981. I love driving my Mach, it glides around curves and rides so smooth it's almost like flying.
I owned a 70' Boss 302 from 72'-76', glad I took pictures to reminisce. Mine had no rear window slats, flat hood, grabber orange.
I love the 71 Through 73! I have a 71 Mach 1 my favorite car to drive! Amazing collection!!!!!
Fabulous collection. Thanks to George for the tour and working to keep the passion alive and well. Would love to have worked for a guy like this.
Who could hate the 71-73? They are my absolute favorite Mustangs.
The rare part on the 1971 429 Cobrajet powered blue coupe at 13:12 is the white steering wheel. I've been into vintage Mustangs for 40 years and have never seen one before.
Bingo!
Excellent collection and series! Regrettably one big hole in the Boss collection is no '69 Boss 302... my favorite.
Fantastic again, can we please all George's cars, whatever George has done he's obviously been very successful , the quality of his cars is amazing, respect I also lost my mum at Xmas time & my father January just gone, regards from Leeds West Yorkshire England 🇬🇧
That gold Boss 302 is gorgeous.
This has been a fantastic series.
Thank you, I'm planning a return.
And that’s why Revanevan is the MAN !
@@revanevan I’ll be looking forward to that for sure. You’re one lucky guy.
Some of your best work yet Evan 😊
Absolutely the best Mustangs collection in the world
I've heard many older, wiser men declare that the 71 Boss 351 was much hotter ticket than the 429. What a collection!
The Aussie '74 Falcon XB Coupe took A LOT of inspiration from the '71/'72/'73 Mustangs !!
George is absolutely spot on. The Boss 351 was a fantastic car to drive. Super car. Great videos guys. Well done!
A lot of Mustang fans don't like it but the Boss 351 is THE BEST performing first gen Mustang.
@@briandetienne5680 It’s not
@@BC08 Hotly debated to be sure, but I believe the Boss 351 turned in the best time slips from what documentation is readily available.
@@dougpendleton1266 Magazine racing cars on on poly tires back before they were DA correcting means very little.
Line a Boss 351 in the lane next to a Boss 429 on a prepped dragstrip with comparable drivers *today* and the 351 is losing
@@BC08 Maybe, maybe not... With the value of these cars today, it is not likely we will ever see it. One thing is for certain, both cars are slow by modern performance offerings.
Wow, that outro hits hard. Dad brought home a '65 GT-clone convertible the month after I turned two back in 1988, and it stayed in the family up until his untimely passing this last fall. It's here in my garage now, bittersweetly. All I can think about seeing these videos (and learning one of my Ford clubs has a visit planned to George's collection) is "man, I wish I could share this with my dad"...he would absolutely faint seeing a garage packed to the rafters with some of his favorite FoMoCo sheetmetal.
George, Evan, I love the talk about your Mothers at the end of the video. Mine is 91 years old now and still has a great zest for life. Her summer ride is a 1991 white Thunderbird Super Coupe with blue leather interior and a manual transmission in it. A few weeks ago she was complaining that her left knee was a little sore making it harder to drive the T Bird. So she parked it the garage and got a mid 2000 Mustang Convertible with an automatic trans. I will be joining her and my brother tommorow night at an annual large classic car gathering in a Southern Alberta Canadian City. It's like going back in time to real life American Graffiti with hundreds of cool rides cruising around literally everywhere. Gotta love our Mothers! Oh and that is an incredible collection George thanks again for sharing it with us.
The Legendary Mustangs imo. 1969/70 Boss 302s were the fastest Trans-Am cars of that era. Sam Posey did an article on all the old Trans-Am cars and stated, nothing beat the Mustangs on the straights...especially at the end of them. A 1970 Boss 302 could easily hit 8000 rpm by simply disconnecting the 6150 rpm rev-limiter and was the only Mustang(identical to that grabber blue) that ever beat my 1964.5 'D' code Pony(modified to about what a GT350R was making. About 325hp)......290hp my arse😅.
If it wasn't for those crappy Firestone tires, Ford would've of won the Trans-Am championship in '69 too.
RIP Parnelli Jones
RIP Bud Moore
RIP all mothers no longer with us...mine included.😢
JONES WAS A HISTORICAL ICON.
BUD MORE A HERO HIS WHOLE LIFE.
This collection is amazing, wow, well done guys.
Thankyou for building the collection, to the owner.
Thankyou for this video showing these magnificent specimens.
Absolutely beautiful. 👌
This car collection is absolutely beautiful. George I know you worked hard for this collection and I envy you for it. I’m in the Cleveland area and would love to see the collection in person.
Just totally awesome collection, just love the all the Mustangs, he is the closest to being FOMOCO as anyone.
Awesome words of advise as well.
Outstanding, well done!!!! Having owned many, many mustangs, I must concur that the 71-73 are the best driving of the first generation bunch.
I must disagree. My '65 K code was much easier to handle & fun to drive, over my '71 351C w/ ram air!
Drive as many as you can!!! I love them all!! Really love all the colors ,,,,, so cool !!! Thanks for sharing -!-
Phenomenal guy, phenomenal car collection. I want to drive them all.
The 1971 BOSS.Would like to see it on the street. In 1973 on I-20 just north of Birmingham Alabama. We use to drag race there.There was a silver and black striped 351 BOSS.NO BODY BEAT HIM THAT NIGHT.
What a great mini series this has been! I thought that my blue oval knowledge was pretty deep, but I learned a lot through these videos.
Im so happy I have a 351c 1973 MUSTANG WITH RAM AIR, ITS UNDER RESTORATION, JUST FINISHED A 12 YEAR RESTORATION ON MY 1965 FASTBACK, NEVER DROVE MY 1973 SO i LOOK FORWARD TO HOW WELL THEY DRIVEE, iM MAKING IT A bOSS 351 CLONE.
I can’t believe my freshman year 1980 Back in San Francisco the older kids on my block had some cool Muscle cars next store was 1970 boss 302 across the street was gold 1971 Mach1 and down the street was black 1978 Pontiac Firebird 😮
Absolutely great series and collection, any car would be awesome but yeah let’s see the boss 351
Great Show! Love all of them, would love to see the Mustang II,s also.
I love 71-73 Mustangs. I almost bought a green fastback with a 302 auto but my dad said Hell No.
Has to be the best Mustang collection out there!!!
I worked with a guy who was a 2nd owner of a Red 1971 4sp Cobra jet 429. He got at age 16 in the 70's from some family friends.
Absolutely the most stunning collection of gorgeous classic Mustangs I think I have ever seen. So beautiful and perfect examples of Ford muscle .
Great video. Thanks for sharing !
i wanna see the big fords like all those galaxies sittin there
What a beautiful and unique collection 👍
Fantastic collection, on par with the Gary Thomas collection, so many extraordinary, exemplary cars. My favorite Mustang is still the '69 Sportsroof models (Boss, Mach, or standard). But I agree that the '71 Boss I owned was a wonderful driving car. My favorite year Shelby is the '67 model - fantastic looks, loved my Lime Gold GT500! Good to see Mark in front of the camera instead of in the back.
It's hard to beat the look of the '69 Sportsroof, it's the pinnacle of design from that era.
Great stuff unreal collection it never ends.
I would drive all of them.what great collection
His message and the Christmas tree are the only thing better than the collection. Wow. Still have my mom. On my way there now thanks Mr Conrad and thanks Evan. Super message to close this show out.
Yes, amazing collection George, but your value statement to end the broadcast shows you earned it with the "right" values
Metallic copper/bronze colors and browns were also really prevalent in that era.
Need one more part with the newer stuff too. This is awesome.
Just beautiful, most definitely the absolute coolist Mustang collection ever!
Fantastic collection!!!!
Yes I ridden in several boss 351, but never drove one. I did own a 71 429 ramair mach 1 auto. It was so fast on the highway 🙂
These pony's couldn't be with a better care taker and that collection is over the top. Thank you guys for the grand tour, best damn video I've seen on UTUBE in a while !
I LOVE ALL FORDS EVEN EDSELS MERCURYS LIKE THE TURN PIKES
Freaking awesome cars !!
I cannot fathom,how much it would cost to own all of these magnificent cars! Not to mention the cost of the buildings & insurance!❤
Awesome collection. I loved the comments about the Boss 351 being the best driver of the three bosses. I saw an unrestored, driven 351 at a car show a while back. It was for sale but still out of my price range. The nicks, a bit of surface rust, iron showing thru the Ford blue engine paint - all make a hard argument against restoration.
Would’ve been cool to see the Mustang IIs because he’s got some of the best ones…
God Bless you George! I love the ending with the talk of your MOTHER. I hope to someday see this amazing collection.
Regards,
Jimmy
I just love the 71 2&3.
Remember going with my older brother to check out a 1971 429 SCJ in about 1980. It was all original with factory drag pack with Detroit locker 4.11. He test drove it and found the clutch needed to be replaced and did not buy it. He still regrets it, they were asking $2,000 for it. He owned a number of Boss 302’s over the years, still has one, also remember him turning down a couple 351 bosses, regrets them too.
My older brother sold his 1971 Mach 1 SCJ drag pack 4 speed Detroit locker car in or close to 1980. I think he was also asking 2 grand for it. He offered it to me for 1800 dollars and I didn't buy it. Sure wish I would have though. I drove it in my high school grad parade in 1975.
@@captainrawn yea I could not afford it at the time or I would have bought it. Not sure where your brother lived but this was in Pennsylvania, don’t remember the town, maybe same car?
EVEN THOUGH I PREFER THE 70 BOSS WHICH MY MOM OWNED TWO OF THEM BACK IN THE MID 70'S, I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD THAT THE BOSS 351 WAS THE BETTER OF ALL OF THEM BOSS STANGS.
69 BOSS 429! Dream car 😁
Great videos and an awesome collection. Thank for sharing it with us.
Thank you John.
I had a 1970 Boss 302 grabber Blue with flat hood with the rear slats. 3.91 gears.
1969 Boss 429 is the GOAT
Best collection I've ever seen.
The name BOSS says it all. All of them amazing cars. For the next visit, I beg for some GALAXIE stuff...
This has been an awesome series.
Thank you, I have more stuff like this planned.
George do you let your employees enjoy the collection you own? That would be one heck of appreciation day!!
I worked for a Ford dealer from 1968 thru 1976, drove every performance vehicle. I believe the Boss 351 to be the most satisfying..Boss 302? temperamental with poor low speed drivability, 428 Cobra jets, great seat of the pants feel, Boss 429 underwhelming street performance.
I didn't even have to say it, George is a wizard and knew that I wanted to see a Boss 351. Here's an unusual request. Do any of the 429s have the Qjet on it? I would really love to hear a big bore short stroke BBF screaming through that Qjet. There is nothing like the sound of a V8 breathing through a perfectly tuned Qjet, the Thermoquad or other spread bores are close and I am willing to accept a suitable mean sounding spread bore carb open induction system with minimal silencers with a relatively quiet exhaust that doesn't drown out the induction sound.
Its good to be George -Awesome collection
Fantastic
Amazing Collection! - Surprised that there wasn't any 1969 Boss 302's shown in this video, I would imagine George owns a few but none shown in this video?
My all time dream car 69 cobra jet seen one one time in RENO hot August Nights it won the show that year I have excepted the fact I will never be able to own one considering prices 🐎😍🔧🚗👊🇺🇸💪
I drove my cousin Heyward Evens' 71 Boss 351 4 speed drag pac Silver with black interior Boss Mustang around in 1974 and 75 it was an 11 second quarter mile amazing experience of a life time. My Lund tuned 2013 Candy Red Metalic Coyote 5.0 liter Mustang GT satisfies my need for speed.
I don't care what year the car is. They are all so cool.
71 to 73 71 is the best ❤
George you have the best collection of Ford's most wonderful cars ever built really enjoyed looking and learning about your great collection fantastic video Evan always enjoy the great content you show keep on bringing it great job as always
❤them all !!!!!!!
13:15 White rim steering wheel. I have never seen another one like it.
Like in the other video (Part 1 I believe) in this series, it is falsely stated that Mach 1s didn’t come with rear slats, a rear deck spoiler or a chin spoiler. They did! These were dealer options and could easily be ordered and installed. Check the records. As a Mach 1 survivor owner I feel like I need to set the record straight, as these guys literally know everything about all the other models but get the 1969 Mach 1 info wrong somehow.
I owned a '71 Boss 351 in Grabber Green. I ordered it from a Ford Dealer in Fredonia, KS. Drove it through K-State Bachelor's degree and a Master's from Texas Tech. Had lots of issues with it in SUPER HOT Texas. Lot's of vapor locking. It also ATE points! ha ha. It had the dual-points distributor and I had to replace the points every few months. Sadly, I traded it in to the Toyota Dealer in Lubbock. I wish I still had it (of course), but in that day, I couldn't afford "car collecting". What I had, I had to drive, and since the Mustang wasn't cooperating I had to have something that would! It had the dog dish hubcaps and the beautiful Polyglass tires.
Keep fords alive the true power house of muscle cars 😊😊😊😊
Drive the 07-09 blue GT500, thanks for the outtro
Awesome ! Love to see more . I seen a Mopar in the back ground . The only collection I've seen outside of a museum very impressive! Need to check out Ray Skillmans collection in Greenwood Indiana . His place is in the same caliber as this collection . Just a knowledge piece of info on the power steering coolers . Used to see a lot of old Harley shovel heads use the p/s coolers for oil coolers back then too . Seen used on other things too for oil coolers .
Troy, thanks, scroll back to Part 3 (The Mercury video) we cover George's Mopar Collection. Ray and Bill Skillman are good friends of mine, I have a few videos from their collection. Look back about a year and there are a few of them ua-cam.com/video/QkiTGtXTnAg/v-deo.htmlsi=mf8TLaUo4yc3aVwF, here is one. Thanks for watching!
I will thanks for all your info ! I'll send you a short video of my 408 I just got going on my stand . Don't let me scare ya . They cut my jaw out I'm a little crazy looking as my grandson says ! 😆
@@revanevan try to send video
He was great on Little House on the Prairie….
Miss my 1972 MACH 1!
What a great guy
George is the BOSS ;)
White steering wheel for the 429 ‘71
Yes!
Part 5 with the rest of the fords galaxie,pinto etc please. loved the first four parts
Surprised he doesn't have a 1971 Boss 302 in his collection........
The white steering wheel
Finally, someone got it!
@@revanevan I am an avid Ford fan and enjoy your channel very much. Thank you for the educational content and the beautiful cars.
Cool
Fab cars! I love the 69's but never liked the 70! Ruined it with the 2 headlight with grill and taillight change. I owned 2 1969 Mach's and wouldn't even look at the 70s. Nice collection!!!
I too have a King Cobra , Less than 10000 miles , white ,etc
I'm a sucker for a 71.
These videos are great I have a 2012 GT 500 are you going to be doing a video on the 2008 thru 2014 shelbys
I would like to ask you several questions first of all let me say what a beautiful, incredible collection of imo the coolest car ever made I.e. The Mustang., Which car configuration would you say had the fastest ET in the quarter mile? I reallyr😊I love the Mach 1’s ,I have ridden in a 71 351 4bbl Cleveland and let me tell you it was very impressive! Can you explain to me the difference between a Boss and a Ram Air and a Mach 1?
Hi Evan, I recently discovered your channel and George’s incredible car collection and am an instant fan!
I’m a personal trainer and I have an older client of mine that asked me for some help selling his 1968 Shelby GT500KR convertible (428 Cobra Jet).
It is Candy Apple Red w/ a white convertible top and located in the Cleveland, Ohio area.
Are you able to reach out to George personally to see if he would like to add it to his immaculate collection, or anyone else that would be interested?
Is this collection open to the public? Where is it?
Unfortunately it is not, but he does host a few shows.
👍👍
Do not see a gold hertz fastback maybe I heard him wrong
Does George have a '95 Cobra R or a Saleen S351? I think I would enjoy seeing one of those run too. It's so rare to see a '90s Ford car with a 351w, besides the Cobra R and S351 there were only 3512V '90-'91 Crown Vic Police cars which were a bit light on power with only like 180hp. I always felt that Ford made a huge mistake by going away from the 8.2 and 9.5 Windsors. I got started as a teenager with 4.6 2Vs because they were cheap and less loved however the promise of the Modular was never reached until the Coyote became a mass market engine. The trucks were just sad until the Coyote and now all the wrongs have been righted with what began as the Boss 6.2 and has now come full circle to the 6.8/7.3 Godzilla as a true successor of the 351w and 460. I became an LS guy for years because of how limiting the modular program was for anything accept bolt ons or boost. Now the cost of a big bore LS is so great that the Godzilla has become immensely enticing, a bare Godzilla block is like $800-1100 less than an L8T and $1500-2000 less than an LSX or Dart 4.125"+ bore capable block and you start with a 4.220" bore and a 9.65" deck instead of a 9.2" deck that will only take a 4.2" bore at the absolute max and a 4.25" stroke at the absolute max, a Godzilla could go at least 4.280" bore and 4.6" stroke cranks are supposed to be in the works nearly 530ci n/a vs 470ci from a maxed out standard deck LS and it's a decently priced mass production block instead of a specialized racing piece or the 441-454ci you might be able to get from a factory GenV L8T 4.125"x 4.125" or 4.125" x 4.25". The only possible advantage of the L8T might be added compression with DI, more proliferation and standardization with the wide adoption of the GM engines. If you can assemble a standard Godzilla for the cost of an L8T bare block or a stroker for the cost of an LSX or Dart bare LS block and new production Godzilla heads are $600 each assembled it seems like an exciting proposition, even the most bare budget 408w with a Speedmaster top end seems difficult to justify compared to a 7.3 if you can assemble one yourself.
No, but they are two of my favorite Mustangs.
WHAT ABOUT THE 72 351 C HO. OPEN CHAMBER HEAD CAR.