This 1970 BOSS 302 Sat For 30 Years - Is It Restorable? 

My brother bought his '70 Boss 302 in 1971 , it has 40k on the clock , he wanted buy a '73 Corvette in '75 . He and I went to look at the car and we got into an argument in front of the owner of the Corvette , he wanted to sell his Boss to buy the Corvette , I said " youcan buy Corvettes all day but you will never be able to replace your Boss, he still has it to this day.

Nice, I remember seeing the pair on the market months back. I’m glad they went to a good home. Best of luck on the restoration

Is a 1970 Mustang Boss 302 restorable??? HELL YEAH IT'S RESTORABLE!!! You can find plenty of NOS and/or aftermarket parts produced for this car. If you just found a frame, you could basically build one from the ground up, just sourcing parts from different places. Now it won't be a numbers matching unit if you did it that way but what you have is a project that's going to be extremely rare once completed. Hell, its rare now... Ive been a Ford man for most of my 53 years, and i say go for it. Good luck on your project and please keep that content coming, I'll be watching.💯👍🏿

I tell ya what, I don't see anything about that vehicle that scares me - and I'm easily scared. I picked the passenger's door as well as you. The passenger's front fender has had some minor work, the scuff marks on the rear quarters are definitely caused by rubbing (and more likely from a rope around a canvas cover from the point they are almost exactly in the same place on each side) but they aren't an issue, the driver's rear quarter has had bodywork in the section between the top of the arch and the driver's door, the driver's door is sagging a touch and she needs floors. Nothing major for a 54 year old beast, for sure! A great find and well worthy of a return to the road. The fact the car is complete, nothing was missing from the engine bay / interior / trim, it's not beat up and it hasn't rotted away to nothing over the time spent sunbathing in the outdoors, just makes it all the better. Her floors are probably largely the result of the mouse-fest that took place in there, because having the solid door bottoms, solid lower fender attachment points and solid rockers is a huge thing! As long as she's not moth-eaten around the front or rear window, the body panel work will be a piece of cake. Sad that the engine doesn't turn, but some juices down the bores might help her to free up before attempting to dismantle it and assess what needs done. The diff being covered in sludge is typical of a leak on the front pinion seal and / or a leak on the rear gearbox seal being left for a while and driven on dusty roads. It will solidify to a semi-solid coating when left for a longer period, but will scrape off without a lot of effort - a grotty job, but easy enough done. Those wheels and / or tyres have an issue. Nothing needs a 60-120 grams of balance weights on one side (and one wheel had about 120 on the inside and 60 on the outer) unless it is severely out of round or out of true. I'd be getting them looked at before putting them back on the car if you are wanting to keep them. The front seats look good in the car even if they don't match the rear and aren't original, but it depends if you are just wanting to get it on the road and drive it as is, while restoring or are going the whole hog from the get-go. Speaking from experience, being able to drive the car gives me the motivation to keep improving it, as I can see / feel every change I make as time progresses. All the best!

Many people that don't know about cars and these cars in particular would say thats way to much work to fix but to me its a no brainer its an excellent car to restore. Just the fact the body is that solid most of them are completely rusted out on the bottom of the fenders, rocker panels, and the quarters are usually gone. Have fun I look forward to seeing the progress on this one.

What an amazing find and opportunity to restore a classic! Totally worth a full clean up, floor repair, and TLC to all its components. Going to clean up nicely.

I bought a 70boss roller and the left front floor pan was rotted just like yours, I looked up in the left cowl box it was rotted through that is how I think water was getting in the car and it also was getting water on the fuse box it was totally rotted but other wise the car was solid,also when I pulled the right rear inner panel off someone on the assembly line took a caulking gun and wrote Boss inside the quarter panel I thought that was interesting🤗your boss is gonna be a nice one when your done, Thanks for these videos👍🏻

Got a 1969, 383-powered Dart out of a yard in west Texas last summer. It had been parked since '81 or '82- the only damage was the wiper pivot seals went bad & let water in & under the rubber floor mat. Rotted the front footwells, but other than that it was solid. We just cut out the entire floor & replaced it. Nice starting point with that '70!

Nice project! This Boss has a lot going for it. I Love how original it is, save for the seats and a few other replacement parts. Looking forward to seeing more of this one. Thanks for sharing with us!

Not a ford person pacific but do love the 70 boss 302 mustangs and cougar cars. Love to see this pearler get restored. Great score.👍

Nice find worth lots of cash when done right 👍

Beautiful car. Kind of rare color combination. Very nice!

Please restore this incredible example of a 60’s/70’s muscle car. I would love to have the chance to restore it myself. You are a lucky guy. I look forward to following along with your progress. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Awesome bro, can't wait to hear it running.

Man you just have to many fun cars to play with! 😃

Very nice find! That thing is in better shape than my vert was in when I started on it. You will have an awesome car when you are done.

Looks like you have a good starting point. I live in the Midwest & when a car is called a project it usually means it is powder.

I have been enjoying your channel, but to be honest, this car is the reason I subscribed! I was a mechanic in a Ford dealership in the 1970's and my best friend had a Bright Gold metallic Boss 302. I worked on and drove it for 3 very memorable years. That grease build-up on your rear end is your best friend when it comes to restoration, what's underneath will be perfectly preserved. Have you got a Marti report for it yet and what are your, long-term plans for the car?

nice mustang i love it man . love to see more ,thanks sir

Love the color combo!

Of all the cars you guys have, this is the one ai would want to have.

Nice find

Definitely worth restoration

my dad had a gold boss302 like that in the late 70's it was his daily driver. gold is one of the more rare colors for those cars if i remember right. it had a bad shock tower in it. he had a new one from ford when the car was stolen. it was recovered but it was basically ruined, they ground the stripes off and repainted it black. he ended up selling it.

And it has a tach, There where alot of high performance fords back in my era. That didn't have a tack in them. There where 3 things I would look for back in my days The engine, 4 speed, and a tack,,,,

Mate that will restore up a treat a Boss in that original condition some rust in the floor but on the whole a sound car I live in Australia had a few Mustang's Mach 1 70 Cobra Jet and 69 Mach1 351 67 coupe at the moment good luck with your restoration.

I wondered what you did with the mustang

Wow torque box squares are good,pretty intact

No build sheet? Normally are found under the front carpet. Might be on the bottom of the drivers seat?

That looks like where cows were licking the wax off the paint, my friend had a beautiful 69 el camina 396, we fish this private lake and came back 2 different times and those dam cows licked all the way to the metal

Looks like a good car for a complete mechanical restoration, fix the floors, and redo the interior but leave the exterior as it is.

Have you ever looked at Kiwi Customs and Classics channel, he does heaps of work on Mustangs and Cougars, he would think this is in pretty good condition compared to half the stuff he works on which are already restored ! This is solid compared to a lot of cars he sees, totally restorable and not too bad seeing as it sat so long, the torque boxes look solid !

This would make a great survivor - do not repaint, the faded gold and sun baked graphics look great

In my opinion the condition is absolutely perfect. I would keep it the way it is.

Nice find. What color is it originally?

Why someone would abuse such an iconic car is beyond me

I just got a barn find 1965 comet that was parked in 1984 and it's not in as good of shape as that....

Good year polyesters original Good shape 😊

THE PAN HOLDS MORE OIL THAN ANORMAL 302.

Hmmm I'm old and old school...we always put diesel in engine turn over not run ,cleans all ,also gas and or diesel in tank jump up and down syphon tank clean gas in tank crank disconnect gas line let pour into drain pan....that's after aft we had no marvel mys . Just atf down cylinders...

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Had a friend who passed this year his son has a 70 eliminator it was a 4.speed 351 4 v Cleveland long gone motor trans he has several 69 70 and one 71 351 4 speed convertible all for sale the convertible is complete nonruning green green leather bucket set ac pw pdl ps pb all for sale as set in WNC

I’m guessing you didn’t find the build sheet?

A Automatic behind a Boss 302?

Where is your two post lift

Shouldn't you pressure wash underneath?

When pulling or aggitating the interior after a rodent investation, gloves and a face mask if you want to stick around for a few more good years.

Why didn't you pull the plugs look down each cylinder with a camera or even put in transfluid to help with breaking engine free.?

Must of been parked early inlife

hi. subscribed to you. 1:39 -I see in the interior of the car there is a license plate number. If you don’t need it, you can send it to me as a souvenir of your channel and the USA? My name is Andrey, I live in Ukraine where there is a war going on right now.

Terrible hayfever, or is it a cold?.... get medicine!!!

4.9 litre like the 80s fox bodies?

3:38 to 3:45 why oil is WHITE ??

UNLESS...u are willing to do a body-off in your driveway. And they rusty Load needs it all. I would SELL it and move to something else. Doing a 1/2 A$$ restoration if for rookies. That Load needs it all.

Hmm...don't look right....looks like cougars interior...

Stop....send auto restorer

I want one man, I am in love! ;)

Ohh wow another barn field can it run video..wooo woo