Survivor 1971 Ford Boss Mustang 351 4 Speed in Blue & Engine Sounds My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

I'm hooked on this car, too. I love Mr. Kemmerer's persistence in keeping tabs on this Mustang until he could make it his own. The blue & silver paint combo is just fantastic as well. Thanks, Lou!

There's nothing like taking your Mustang to a Corvette show. Another great car story Lou. Thanks.

These things are such underappreciated ball busters

Fred's car story had the happiest ending; he got the very cool Mustang. Congrats, man. Thanks for bringing all this to us Lou 👍

An absolutely stunning Ford Mustang! This is my favorite generation and style of Mustangs. This is definitely a car that was used in the previous owner’s daily life up until he parked it. Looks like the new owner has been and will be a great car-taker for his dream car. Thanks Lou and Fred for a great presentation!

Gorgeous… This car makes me feel good. Straight up. It is a nice car

Great story......Man that 351 starts so easily !!!! SMOOTH.

Fred has a sweet magical STANG! His passion for his car is very evident - and I'd be the same way. Giving him a High Five and his Stang dual thumbs up and a Fonzie "Ayyyye!"

lou, to me, this is the last generation of the best mustangs ever built, and wow, a survivor too! an unbeatable classic thanx!

Fred is a cool dude Seems young at spirit

I need this car!!! Nothing wrong with dreaming!😁 One of my favorite Mustangs of all time!👍

It was was very uplifting to witness Fred's happiness and enthusiasm today. Thanks Lou.

Gr8 feature Lou! What a car! So neat to see so much of the original factory pieces. And ohhh....that 351 Cleveland - all hail!

That one blue me away ! Incredible story. The previous owner was both extremely kind and extremely cognizant in the fact that that car needed to go to a new home whose owner would take care of it as well as he did.

Goodday Lou, Finally finally my all time favorite Mustang hands down. 1971 Boss 351 Mustang, everyone regards them the ugly duckling of the Mustang world, but I remember seeing this body shape in the James Bond movie " Diamonds Are Forever " & ever since that movie as a 10 year old I have always loved this body shape Mustang. These Boss 351 Mustang are actually the fastest Mustang down the quarter mile of all the Mustang's. The Boss 351 has a larger cfm carby than the Boss 429 Mustang. The Boss 351 are always underrated. Back to Fred, what a nice guy, chased his dream car forever in a day & finally ends up with it & he thoroughly deserves it. What a great custodian & that Mustang couldn't be in better hands. Fred has to be the happiest guy you have interviewed in a long time. All the owner's are happy, but Fred takes it to another level, you can sense & feel his excitement talking to you about the Boss 351. I think he is in disbelief you are interviewing him, must be a dream come true for him to be on your channel. This video cheered me up & made me smile so much how you interviewed Fred, you get the best out of the owner's, you are a true professional interviewe Lou, love your style. That Mustang is absolutely stunning & sounds awesome. Classic interview 👍 Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤

I was working as a car jockey at a Ford dealership in Vancouver, and got to drive the 1970s and 1971 429 Cobra Jets! W0W! What POWER there was under the hood! The Torinos also sported the 429 MONSTER!

I love it. Great to see the respect these 71-73 Mustangs have gotten these days. I can remember the rear visibility out of that rear window on the fastback mustangs of this class was little to none, compared to my 74 Camaro....

Incredible car and story!

Another beautiful car lou, thanks for the upload, and it had the right amount of pedals, the car had a great story too, I really enjoyed this one!!!

What a great Car Story! Beautiful Mustang and I’m so happy Fred got his car. Thanks for bringing this car and it’s story to us Lou.

Ahhh... 1971. Those WERE the days, Lou!

the last generation of real mustang.

Great to see a bloated Mustang in this condition. As a kid I thought they were too big. I bet part of the success of the Mustang II was the extreme downsize from this version. Fred's story was great! Kudo's to you Lou.

My step- brother Mike had one of these in the mid- seventies. Had some pretty good times in that car!

A frozen in time Mustang, Very nice. Thank You Lou for another great video!

HI Lou, that is a original story , and a original mustang , and a original guy , that's my car story again great story. Take care Lou , God bless you and your family.

What a beauty! Love the contrasting hood paint and spoilers. I had a 69 and 70 Boss 302. Almost bought a Grabber Green Boss 351 but thought they were too big.

Always loved the Boss Mustangs. One of only 1,806 built in 1971 according to my Mustang book.

Possibly the best performance engine of the 60s-70s.

And in amazing original condition to boot!!

Beautiful car and a really great story. Yes most of those autolite 4300-d carbs were swapped out for holleys…so an original one is rare indeed.

Great car story....

It is still my dream car, but now out of reach...beautiful.

Incredible and beautiful survivor😍 Thanks Lou!

Awesome video Lou

Lou the story even more interesting than the car how he got it classic story. So many stories so little time. Love the variety as well. Keep on keeping on! David.

The 74 XB Falcon GT 351 in Australia had the same bonnet style.

Fantastic survivor 👏 Should have kept my '72 Mustang convertible...fire engine red 🟥 with a black ⬛ top...red and black interior...sold it in late '80 or early '81 when I was an impoverished college student...wonder where it is today. Thanks for the nostalgic trip down memory lane!

Love the Silver/Blue combination (personally, not really crazy about that blue alone, but with the silver, OMG!!)! Beautiful beast that is!!

What a beautiful car that is. I have the same addiction that this guy has, "Mustang-itis". I've had 4 since 1988 when I ordered my GT 5.0 and the rest is history. I saw a Mustang very similar to his at a car show last summer, but it was a convertible. I'm not a much into convertibles, but that one, I'd own.

Hi, Lou! You're right, Fred does have a lot of fortitude (or did you say, Ford-itude?) to stay focused on one particular automotive specimen! I'd say that's pretty important when the subject is as rare as this one! It's really amazing the things find in old cars sometimes...window markings, date stamps, valentines, pull tabs, 50-year-old cigarette butts, 50-year-old coffee cups, etc.! This is an ideal "forever car" to have for sure! That Grabber Blue and Silver paint combo really grabs you, and after listening to the rev-up and the snorting through those hood nostrils, I can well imagine what the ride would have been like! Many thanks to you and Fred for sharing with us one of the most fascinating car stories I've heard yet!

I remember seeing a red 71 boss 351 in the summer of 1977 when I was walking through a housing development returning to 2 a day football practice after lunch at a friends. That red in the sun was stunning. I loved the rumble as it stopped at the 4 way stop. The one I saw had the black lovers over the rear window. One of the nicest cars I ever saw. Thanks again for the memories. Great Mustang.

Beautiful body style and a neat story. Thanks for the video

One of the fastest muscle cars in 1971, only behind the hemi cars and the LS-6 corvette in 1971! Had one in the HS parking lot back in the day.....and a girl drove it. Awesome survivor car and one very rare mustang! Congrats Lou to presenting another classic machine from the muscle car era!

Wow !! I always like this Mustang as a kid and the color was enough to get me here. Then i heard the story. Speechless ;) Thanks, Lou and congrats to Mr. Kemmerer. Perseverance paid off !

Saw this mustang at a local car museum

“Grabber Blue‼️” my mother had a new ‘71 in Grabber Blue, not a Boss but a coupe with a 302 & auto tyranny. Few years later and the floor was rotted out. They sold it for $250 ! And it only had around 50,000 miles on it. 😔

Hey big bro Lou! WOW-I really don't see Mustangs of this vintage too often, and I love them! Beautiful and far more brutish looking than the 60's Mustangs, I think-and I like that ;). These one in particular is epic and badass in that blue and silver, and Fred's loving on her is inspiring to see and hear about. Thanks big brother Lou!!! :) JV Johnny

What a great story, love those bosstangs

Another gorgeous Stang!! Love that color!!

This guy is absolutely giddy over this car . I would be too .

a great car for a great guy

I👍having something 😎 🆒️ to wake up to.Thanks My Car Story.

I never cared for this generation of Mustang, but it’s nice to see such a nice example.

What an awesome Mustang GT Boss 302. It's even equipped with a 4 speed manual transmission making it that much more awesome! What a beauty!

Muy bonito ese Ford Boss Munstang 1971! La combinación de colores en celeste y blanco le asientan bastante bien, junto con esa franja plateada que recorre la capota del motor y el alerón trasero! ¡Excelente video, saludos!

Stunner Lou. 👏👏

Such a cool car, great story to go along with a great survivor car!!!

The cup is a great trunk and treat im happy for him he got the car he wanted not one like it but the actual car got a lot monentos in the car too cool

These were most interesting; I had a good friend in the early 70's with a red one. Always felt like sitting too low in a bathtub with the low roof and slitty windows. Fortunately, my friend's had a/c; bet it's a struggle to look cool in this thing with a black interior when it's in the 90's outside!

Wow what a beautiful car and that color paint is amazing. Thanks for sharing Lou, love this channel!

I guess dreams can come true!!! Neat story, and a very nice car!

This is a sensational Mustang, it sure is the Boss. The other Mustangs got fired

I'm in love. Looks so good!

Sounds like a beast 🤙🏻

Nice car Lou

Nice car and video Lou. Thumbs Up !

incredible!!

Thumbs up liked for you Lou. Have a nice weekend everyone and be safe also.

That's a beauty. Correction, though; 1806 were made, not 1600.

Very, very nice !

This has to be the best "car story" on the "My Car Story" channel !! Thanks for bringing this one to us!😉😉 P.S. all Ford vehicles now go through the "water test"!🙄

Great looking car but with all the hills in Atlanta it wouldn’t be practical!

Fantastico!

Mean Mustang.

Nice 😀

Another rare 71 Mustang would be one with the 429CJ in it! But, from what I hear, the Boss 351 was faster and handled better then the 429's did...

Another excellent video! Thank you! A friend of mine had one of these 1971 Boss 351 Mustangs, although his was a metallic blue and silver. I believe that these engines had solid lifters, so they were mechanically noisy. They also had governors limiting the RPM. The governors were easily disabled and allowed the full powerband of the engine to be available. About the only Mustang which could run circles around this Mustang is the previous year's Boss 429. The 1971 to 1973 final generation Mustang had probably the best body and chassis. I say final generation and best generation Mustang, as it had evolved bigtime from it's original 1964 Falcon roots. The 1974 Mustang II and later, pre-Fox Mustangs, were Pintos in disguise and a real letdown.

I like the 72-73 models My brother has a 73 Mach. Former drag car. Kind of an oddball with a Boss 351 engine block and a Cougar XR7 dash.

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way real

Lou, gotta tell Fred to switch out those old fan belts and adjust the idle.

I feel bad for these year Mustangs , they had to follow up the 69/70 fastbacks which are arguably one of the best looking muscle cars of all time...These remind me of AMC with its boxy front end and massive rear pillar. A nice car in its own right but to me, a let down when compared to its predecessor

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CHINGON

Keep that ash tray original lols that's history.

Great car, but the owner is a nutter, fan belts from 1971, insane.

Well since as old as I am I'm 55 years of age I grew up in Allentown Pennsylvania and I remember when these cars were nothing cars and to me there's still nothing cars so you all need to stop being buffoons