1970 Boss 302 Mustang unrestored, original owner, ordered new in 1969 and received while in the service at Fort Polk. Soldier talks about what it was like to have a new Boss 302. 1970's modifications include a Corvette L88 hood scoop.
I'll never forget this when I was a kid back in the 80s. Me and my friend from school went over his grandmother's house in the back of the yard there was a Mustang with velocity stacks on it. The tarp was all ripped in the stacks were sticking out of the tarp. It was his uncle's car who never made it home from Vietnam. God bless all the men and women who served our country.
man I could sit for hours and listen to these old boys tell stories of their youth, it kinda brings my father back in a way to me if even only in memory....car guys are definately a special breed.
I love this! Had to watch again. In his eyes it’s still his baby and holds a lot of great memories. I know in the mid 70’s that Boss looked slick with the hood scoop and fender flares. Hope he gets her back on the road. God bless and thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
I see an old war horse , let out to pasture by it's owner to peacefully rest after a life of adventure.. Don't be n a hurry to restore her Reg, She is yours and no one could ever replace those memories .
I fell in love with muscle cars in seventies as a kid, and this was one of em. In 17 I came across a 13 Boss with 1800 KMs. Its in my garage and I'm livin the dream. Awesome story, thank you, cheers from Canada :-)
Geez, somewhere out there someone or some group can salute this very decent and honourable man by restoring his Mustang before it's too far gone. Good for him for not selling ( too many memories I'm sure). Thanks for your service and fixing up the guys who came back.
@@jameshealan3540 But its so sad when someone have cool cars and maybe dont be able to do all the work self and then someone, maybe a family member tells that everything have to be sold for some weird reason.
@@niklasgroning5792 I had a 70 model just like it but it wasn't a boss pkg. It had the 302 but wasn't boss. Same paint job, but it was blue. 3 speed on the floor.
Great Guy....Great Story....This guy reminds me of my old man who has a 1963 Lincoln Continental Convertible in his yard rotting away and he refuse to sale it but he can't afford to fix it up....I know people will say "it's his car and he can do what he wanna do with it" but that concept is just down right crazy to me....If you have a car, it's suppose to be enjoyed and driving, not sitting around rotting away because you don't wanna see someone else enjoy it....I pray that he one day fix it up and drive it but I know he won't....So until then!!!!
Thank you for your service sr. Im a mopar guy myself but that is an awsome car and an awsome story. Good luck getting her restored and back on the road
Thank you for your service. I help my buddy pick up a 70 Boss 302 and the motor blew twice on him. When I got out of the Navy he sold it. I still remember his light blue one. He had the shaker hood, 430 Detroit locker and top loader 4 speed. He lost his license twice with that car. Once he was clocked at 135 right after he was backing down from 150. That was the second time he lost his license. I do remember sitting in the passenger side seeing the fendor flexing a bit when he ran through the gears and torqued it up. What a ride.
The nylon toothed timing gear was a week point in that engine. I blew one up too. Also (during rebuilding) another problem area I discovered was the piston skirts wearing excessively because the stock Boss rods were a bit shorter (center to center) than ideal and caused a greater bore angle that caused the skirts to rub excessively. If you left the 6150 rev limiter plugged up, the engines were good for maybe 60 or 70K miles if not dogged all of the time. The stock forged pistons were also 10.5 :1. In pure stock form and a 3.50 rear end the car would reach 138 or 138 mph before the limiter kicked in. With less than $1000 worth of streetable mods the car would bust 160 mph while also being more durable. The 302 Boss and 302 Z-28 in stock form were very close (almost identical) in performance.
Like I said, the motor blew a couple of times but, it was build by a good motor builder and small stroke motors can run high RPMs very well no mater what you might beleave. I build 283s and they can scream all day long if you realy know what your doing and I still do know what I'm doing since my first motor was built back in 1972. In my motors, I ballance all the internal parts myself and have a arospace background so, I think I have a pretty good idea what I'm talking about. Remember I never mentioned tire size or and how long it was run at those RPMs. So please don't judge untill you learn all the facts.
@Lumbee Warrior the best rods for geometry were listed in the Ford MotorSports catalogue as simply Indy Rods. These were 5.315 on center rods and came out of the early 60s Indy and Lemans programs. I suspect they were Carrillo products branded as Ford pieces. They were H-beams and sold for $500/set of 8 in 1970. They were also listed at one time as TA Boss 302 Competition pieces. I can't remember what pistons were available, but this length rod would have moved to pin much higher into the ring area. I used TRW forged 12 to1's (stock 5.155 rods) in my rebuild with titanium 2.19 intake valves ($400), needle bearing rockers), all steel double roller timing set, and a few other pieces from Ford, Holman-Moody, and Shelby American. A stock 70 Boss 302 (limiter unplugged) stopped making power a tad above 7,000 rpm. It had a relatively mild solid lifter cam that probably prevented a lot of heavy stock valve train pieces from being tossed around the engine compartment.
@Lumbee Warrior Yes Sir. He bought the Boss with a blown motor and one day my other buddy had a 427CJ Stang.They had a run and he pulled away from my buddy's Boss untill the second run then my buddy with the Boss 302 came off the line around 5-6k and was shifting out at 8k. He blew away the 429CJ. The guy never knew what that screaming sound was untill after the run. He said, he never heard anything like it and would not have beleave that a Boss 302 could blow away a 429CJ untill he saw it with his own eyes. Those were the good old days. Have a great day!
I hope the mustang organization your in could find a way to help him with his car. Not pay for a rebuild but maybe help the sting a little in the rebuild. Seems like a good man then you would have a proud new member to share in the glory of classic mustangs and a great new friend 😊😊😊
First, Thank you, Reginald for your service. My cousin Jim, enlisted in the Army around the same time as you, went to Ft. Rucker and learned to fly Hueys. Served in the 159th Medevac and 187thAHC . I hope that you can get that Boss back on the road and enjoy it.
Nice and gracious man, who served our country during a very controversial time. Thank you! I hope the right folks step up and help you get her back on the road. Blessings to you and your family.
I dig the car but the Stories it tells are the best part about it. Thank you for your service sir and I hope you fulfill your goal of restoring the car.
What a gentleman and thank you for your service..so many of these old gems are just hiding lost to the world because the owners are aging or not able to restore such a shame...
That 302 Boss was a hot item in 1970. I remember the specs on it. I think it was Car and Driver that flogged one at a drag strip. Turned the 1/4 in factory stock form with about 1,000 miles on it, 14.8 seconds and 98mph. Then he had a hotter cam installed so it should have been able to break the 100mph in the 1/4 and maybe the low14's.
Man, Reggie is a really neat guy. I really enjoyed listening to him interiminling 'Nam era service with the height of muscle car era. Thanks buddy......63SH8 myself
My best friend had a brand new orange 1970. Just before he enlisted in the Coast Guard he came to visit my wife and me. The car had fewer than 500 miles on the odometer. He threw the keys at me and we went driving. What a ride. He knew I was going through withdrawal after selling my 66 GTO and now driving a VW. A few months later while his father was watching over the Boss 302 he wrapped it around a tree ass end first. Totaled.
I spent my time in service at Fort Polk for a966 to 67. Bought a 69 Boss 302 in 1969, sold it for a Toyota but bought a 70 Boss 302 in 1987 and had it for 25 years before I moved to Oregon. Great car. Still love them.
A friend of mine purchased a 1968 corvette when he got back from Viet Nam. He signed up for a second tour and left the car in the barn while he was gone. He never came back, and this car has been in the barn ever since. The father is 95 years old but will not sell the car. He still believes his son will be found and will get the car when he comes back. I think the hope this gives my friends father has kept he going, so i'm all for the car staying there.
@@thewriter2549 He finds it hard to speak to me about his son, and we were best friends. I'll speak with his daughter as she will end up with the car when he passes.
Driving down the road today saw a car under a tarp in a garage called someone that lives near by turns out it's a 64 Corvette I recognized the curves. I'm very happy to see it still is taken car of well
