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!
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.
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 🇬🇧
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.
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. 👌
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 !
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.😢
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.
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 😮
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.
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 !
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.
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 🐎😍🔧🚗👊🇺🇸💪
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.
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
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?
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?
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QkiTGtXTnAg.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 ! 😆
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 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?
