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In 1969, Ford produced 859 Boss 429s. Also, two Boss 429 Cougars were produced for the Lincoln/Mercury Race Division. All 1969 Bosses had black interiors and came in one of five exterior colors: Raven Black, Wimbledon White, Royal Maroon, Candy apple Red, or Black Jade.
The 429 was developed to replace the three largest FE-series V8s, the 390, 427, and 428. It shared its 4.36-inch bore with the 460, but was destroked to 3.59-inches. The engine was introduced in the 1968 Ford Thunderbird, and saw use across Ford and Mercury full-size, intermediate, and pony car product lines.
2 1969 engines. 3 1970 engines. 4 1971 engines. ... 429-4V 385 Series V8: 360 hp (270 kW) @ 4600 rpm ... Beginning in 1972 all Ford engines were rated SAE Net BHP and ...
The Boss 429 engine was homologated in the 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429. In a very unusual move, Ford homologated the engine separately from the car in which it was to race. Many experts think this may have been done in order to get the bodywork of the Talladega officially homologated at the beginning of the 1969 race season, as the Boss 429 was ...
Named for the 1962 Ford Taunus V4 engine and Ford Cologne V6 engine built in Cologne, Germany.. 1.2/1.3/1.5/1.7L were mostly in European Cars. 1.8, 2.0/2.3 had the same bellhousings bolt patterns with differences from year to year to be wary of.
In fact, for 1969 the Continental Mark III was launched as a two-door only personal luxury coupé, that was based directly on the four-door, 117 in (2.97 m) wheelbase Thunderbird chassis, and from that point until the end of 1976, Ford Thunderbirds and Continental Marks were related cars. They would share commonality again later from 1984–1998.
The Boss 429 Mustang debuted in January 1969. It was built primarily to allow Ford to campaign the special engine in the NASCAR racing circuit. NASCAR's rules stated that for any "trick" part or engine to be considered legal, it had to be installed on at least 500 cars that were sold to the public. The Boss 429 engine was rated at over 370 hp.
The Ford B series is a bus chassis that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Produced across six generations from 1948 to 1998, the B series was a variant of the medium-duty Ford F series . As a cowled-chassis design, the B series was a bare chassis aft of the firewall, intended for bodywork from a second-stage manufacturer .