Many blue oval choices from SVT Cobra R new edge, GT350R, GT500 CFTP and ex Ford Racing Cobra Jet factory drag cars from the last 20 years. Don’t lament, history is still being made and within reach of mortals.
There's still a lot of old guys that have bigger hopes than time.....or pocketbook. They save up parts and cars wanting to eventually build a car or restore a car that they had when it was once running. So they languish in obscurity until someone comes along and opens the figurative/literal barn door. This is not a criticism of these guys. Dreams are a great thing to have. But dreams sometimes outlast reason or life expectancy.
Love those old ‘69 and ‘70 Boss’! This one is really unique. What a history! She’s beautiful. Good find and video. Lucky dogs!👍😁 I know you’ll pretty her up again. She deserves it. Rock on.👍🇺🇸❤️
It has one purpose now - to win competitions. And it's an investment, not a car. It's not meant to be driven at this point. Owner can do whatever he likes with it, there's nothing sad about it.
You're correct. It's a rich mans game now and these will fall out of favor as prices will soar higher and true enthusiast will be left in the dust, the cars will sit and be hoarded in some dark dingy building.
@@Wooley689you can always build a nice old car as a daily driver for yourself. Just don’t sink a lot of money in it if you are going to drive it a lot!
@@Wooley689 True, and the sad part of 'Collectors' cars, of which many of us that had them in our youth, can now not afford to buy one to take our wives out on a date with any more.
Thanks, I have a passion for this -one flight last May to California, a second flight to California in July, and 3 weeks editing hours of video. I just wish more people would call and me the chance to go on more of these great American car finds, and I could get a TV show with a budget so I wouldn't have to do all the filming, voice over's, and especially the editing.
Wow, what a treasure. Ford parts guys have some of the coolest stuff. As hard as it would be to let the car go, I hope he can find comfort, in it going to a great home.
You don't have to wait, you can simply Google Image search. It's gonna get over-restored and look exactly like every other red Boss 429 on the planet. And it will look like that forever, because it will never be driven again.
Jerry, killing it as always. Been awhile since I've stopped by your channel and once again you don't disappoint a guy!! I love seeing what you and Bob get into together. Saying hello from Vancouver Island BC Canada Sir and I'll be watching for the updates on this one most definitely. Love what you do Jerry have yourself a great rest of the weekend and hope to see ya again soon!! 👍🇨🇦♥️🇺🇸💯🙏👋😎
Thanks, my goal is to put out a product better than the car shows on TV. Once, one of the owners of one of the car channels asked me, "So, what do you need you for?"
My first car was a 1966 Mustang convertible black with red interior. For my 16th BIRTHDAY. I was born 3/25/1966.. It was garage kept its entire life by a guy in NEW JERSEY. He used it to go to church when it was only a nice day. It had less than 5000 miles. The only thing that it needed was new head gaskets. It also ate oil faster than gas. I only had it 2yrs and my dad had taken it to my cousin's garage, and then a joy ride afterwards, he said a deer hit him ,ha ha ha.. He bought me a brand new car for wrecking my beautiful mustang. I had many guys try to be my" friends " to get a ride home from school. I refuse everyone. Now I am 57 and I still miss my" baby" my beautiful mustang 😢.....😭😤😫🤬....... The only car I ever actually loved.
I was born May 30, 1966. My first car was a 66 in high school. It was just a 6 banger, but I loved that car. When I was growing up my dad had two 65's and a 67. All were beautiful and sadly all 3 were totalled! I had another very nice 66 that I bought in Florida on 2014. I only had it a year and had to sell it when I got laid off. Had to pay off some bills. I sold it on eBay to a guy in London, England. I still have my 98 GT, but I want another 66 or 69.
I had a 68 fast back. Original 289. I didn't know what i had. I kept it clean. Polished it weekly. If you where not careful it liked to swap ends going around corner's. I was careful. I wasn't a city boy when i was 21. I needed a 4x4. Got to go hunting and cutting firewood. Gas in the early 80s was getting over a 1.00 a gallon. Traded it. I remember buying gas for . 18 cents per gallon when i was 16.
Shame I’d like to see it polished up as is burns and all and kept original as is then stripped , the car has character and tells a story, it’ll get over restored and loose it’s soul
Hi, I actually know where one of these Ford race team cars are. I'm in Michigan. The car used to be blue has no VIN number. The story I got from his son is that is that his dad painted it red? It used to be the light blue color has the odd Hood scoop on it and it is for sale. The car is located in White lake in davisburg area in Michigan. Sitting in the backyard on a trailer with a cover. Been a race car. Its whole life
Great story, thanks Jerry for your efforts in this. My only wish would have been to hear more from the seller. I think there is a lot of history still to be unearthed in that sharp mind.
Its nice to see cars be restored after so many years neglected. Its a double edge sword considering the extreme increase in classic car prices today. On one hand it makes it unobtainable for many people, but then again it makes it possible for some people to invest huge dollars in cars that 20 years ago was not considered worth saving. So all in all, its a win for the future preservation.
4K with providence, very special car. It's going to be a driver? Rather put the miles on that trailer queen, cherish this one. One series I'll not miss! Thanks Jerry!
I would literally give a left one for one of these cars... wow.. great video.. I'm saving up.. got 5,500$ so far. 😊 wish me luck. And it WILL be my daily driver... ❤
Jerry, as crazy as it sounds, I actually enjoyed watching him wash the car in the latter park of the video. Plus, Bob Perkins made off with a treasure trove of classic parts.
In 82 - 83 timeframe, I had a 70 Chevelle SS that was originally black with white stripes and I ended up painting it yellow with black stripes and also had a black vinyl top installed. I was only 18 at the time. There was a guy several blocks away that had a 70 Boss 302, yellow with black boss stripe, in his driveway that had been sitting on stands for years. I stopped by one day when he was outside and I tried to trade him my Chevelle. He liked my car since it was running, driving and looked really nice. His car needed trans and other odds and ends. He gave me his number and told me to call back in a few days. Well, apparently he talked to his buddies and they told him no way, lol..... I really wanted that Boss Mustang, but it didn't happen. That mustang sat on those stands for several more years and then I moved out and lost track of it. I always wonder what ever happened to it? Good memories.
I adore those old Mustangs. FAR better then Camaros ever were. I lived that era. I had a 1965 GT Fastback, best most fun car I have ever owned to this day.
Very pleased Bob and Jerry were brought in to document this historic automobile and not everyone’s new best friend from Texas when they possess something he wants to buy . The owner knows exactly what he has and who to trust when it’s time to let it go ..
Exactly, I am there to put together a great American story before the car is disturbed and the video we need and the interviews we need are lost forever. I am not there to try and buy low and sell high. If need be, I do have the resources to buy any of these cars - and mean any. I have also given healthy finder fees to people that tell me about these cars to where I can do a video story. This car went to the right buyer. This makes a good story.
Cool car and amazing history. Concours restorations, trailer queens and refusing to drive a car is simply preservation for the next guy that will drive it! I’ve seen it many times with Hemi cars of the same era and do the same with my A12.
FAMOSO, no A. Very cool video! I think restored cars should have the wheels driven off them because they can be restored again and again. Original ultra-low mileage cars, those are the cars you preserve and never take on the road.
What a amazing find. God how I wish I could have been successful and been able to own stuff like this. I made so many bad decisions and married twice both times being expensive mistakes. I’m 48 now and last two years I’ve been fighting a battle with cancer and as of today I fr like I’m be lucky if I make another week but if god is wiling and he allows me to pull thru this I will do all I can to get my finances straight enough to own something amazing like this. I pray I’m still here to see thr finished product.
I say no. That's a for profit show run by a company for money. It's not a traditional car show where proceeds go to a local charity. People need to better support their own local car events and stop feeding corporations that have hi-jacked the bigger car shows.
My Brother in Laws 1966 mustang got the heat treatment from a fire. He sold it a few years back along with an old lincoln with suicide doors. That body was in very good shape for a great auction resale project. Along with a 76 Honda 750 full dresser. I was kind of sad when he sold it. I rode that bike a lot 15 or 20 years ago. I would stop out in my car and if we took a ride I took the old Honda and he drove his new Electra Glide Classic. The Honda got attention everywhere we stopped. lol The Harley was oh well, we see those everywhere.
That's not 50 years of grime, that's soot from the fire. Otherwise, before the fire, I'm sure it was just a great garage find that's been sitting. Still an awesome car, but yeah, that's soot caked on that car from the fire damage!
Great video, I ordered a 1972 red Mach 1 with all the options with the 351 engine. I don’t know if there were bigger engines available that year but I couldn’t afford the insurance anyway as a kid. $25 dollar deposit to order @ Tom O’Daniel Ford, Bloomington, Indiana Had a 69 and 71 Mach 1, both slightly used low miles.
Restore the whole car but leave the fire damaged door as is. I mean, restoring it is one thing but to make it spectacular.. You got to make it different. And it would be a good homage to this wonderful guy that raced the car and made wheelies.
At the end, I suggested restoring the whole car except for the rear license plate recess because the pearl white paint looked like new. The 1955 Corvette prototype on this channel (ruclips.net/video/kPSZ77Hp7Pg/видео.html) is a forensic restoration, with sections of the car left unrestored to show the car's heritage. In a previous "life" the body had originally been a Motorama Corvette show car.
Them were the Day's, these young folks today Don't know what they missed growing up Back then . My best friend who just past away was in the process of Building a, I think a 59 chevy gasser. 350 bored out 30 over, Isky Roller cam, high-rise Duel Quad intake...out the fender well headers.. Used to have a 57' that he carried in the trunk on weekends a set of Mickey Thompsons, looking for anyone who wanted to race, pull into a lot and change tires....
It is clean as a drag car in the late 60's! The cost today is sad. I am 61......I remember having a '69 428 Mustang, 68 440 Coronet, 1969 396 Camaro, '69 Olds 442, '68 Buick GS.......all on a McDonald's after school income because this was the late '70's at end of oil imbargo and these were just old cars with horrible mileage that people wanted to get rid of. I have none of these today except the memories..... most were in primer for a long time and hou concentrated on engine parts and wheels before you painted the car....that was the last process and it was not in an expensive shop. Those days are gone! In reality the a Subaru Turbo 4 cylinder (and not an STI) would blow away every one of those cars stock to stock but you could easily build power cheaply with headers, intake, cam, air cleaner, ignition, plugs and plug wires, suspension modds to make a faster car. The young people today missed out on the era when you did not have to have money to go fast and build yourself.😊
One of the cars the " I should've bought" was a 1969 Cobra Jet drag car. It had been heavily modified but had the original drivetrain. The owner had kissed the wall while racing in the 1970's and parked it. I found it in the late 80s and could have had it for a song but I was between houses and storage. One of my "kick me" moments now.
I had the opportunity in the summer of 1969 (maybe 1970) to see the Canadian FORD drag team cars at a small local FORD dealer in rural Manitoba who had some serious pull with FORD. I didn't have my camera with me. As I recall, there was a BOSS 429 and at least one other Mustang there. There may have been other cars as well. They were on their way across Canada and stopped at 2 dealerships in Manitoba. I believe the cars were white but I don't recall any special paint scheme. But then I eas focused more on the engine bay. I still remember walking into the service bay and seeing the cars lined up with their hoods open.
Wow, sure wish you had brought you camera! The Ford Drag Racing Team was very special. If anybody took photos of these cars, I'd sure like to see them and perhaps publish them if you agree. Thanks.
Always amazed me that when I closed my Mustang resto shop for lack of cars that folks would squirrel them away instead of enjoying them. I never treated them like 4:22 they were a piece of jewelry. If I would get a 6 cyl green conv in knowing it would be hard to sell I would convert it to a V8 candy apple white top using parts from junked coupes. Always told the buyers of this they didn’t care. Cars were cheap in the late 70s late 80s 70 Boss 302 needing rust repair and paint $1500 cheapest was 66 GT coupe bench seat with leaf spring shackle rusted normal for Chicago area fixed it in an hour paid $40.
Awsome history, i just have a question of the fitting of front drum brakes. Was that a factory boss 429 option ? Or is it a Holman moody mod to save weight, I was under the impression that front drums would be heavier than disc's ?
This is fantastic, Correct me if I wrong, but American motors gave the race teams 1970 AMX treatments to place on thier 69 AMX factory SS cars so they could run in the 69 cars in the same class for 70. I do believe that the NHRA found out
Of course he knew what he had. People today believe any old domestic car that was made before 1990 is worth new car money. Even the cars that no one wanted then and the ones no one wanted now. Heck the only car I am looking to buy is only a 1970-77 Ford Maverick. You couldn’t give them away in the seventies and now all of a sudden people think that they are a muscle car and worth five or ten times what it is really worth.
When what they believe conflicts with facts, the latter wins out. Yeah, I see those classic Maverick prices. I have felt the same frustration trying to buy an old car. So, buy what you want before prices take off.
The sad thing is seeing these cars sitting in museums, and people's collections and never driven again. What good is a classic car if it is never driven again. It becomes a room ornament, and not a true car enjoyed for it's classic look, and enjoyment to drive. And envetually the owner of all those classics dies and someone else sells them to another "collector" and gets rich from the original collectors hoard.
My roommate in the navy had a 70 boss 429 he got for 1800. Got to drive it once. I had 72 camaro ss there was a lot of cool stuff in southern california in the early 70s
Great video Jerry. I wonder how Bob found it - did the owner reach out? I honestly think there are a lot of very special cars hidden in LA and surrounding areas just waiting to be discovered. Maybe we'll see you at MCACN? - Sean and Kennedy Melody
I think it should be left as found and enjoyed for what it is. Full resto defeats the survivor factor, that car has a story as it sits. Far more interesting and able to be appreciated just like that
Great video..all that knowledge. I'm 76, I want to see the restoration before someone calls me. Go fast. What direction are you going to go with the restoration. I did do a 1969, but it was an F100, slightly different..
I remember seeing films in Nam as this car had some history.... excuse me, not this one as I came home in sixty nine ... that winter and so getting drunk was mostly on my brain. I looked at magazines of this car and many like it being a Ford guy. I started with earlier fords from forty seven and then the fifty, a fifty four, five, six, and then my favorite year was fifty seven. I lived in a town where everyone was a chevy guy so I just had to be different. Many four door cars with big blocks were the donare to my obsession of trying to go fast as a sixteen year old kid. So just keep it short, no one wants a ten mile long comment. Racing was the big thing then, no computers to keep peoples noses in some phony baloney stuff. If it wasn't a naked girl in some picture, then we were looking at cars and lying about how fast our own was.
Good video 👍 , I'm in the process of rebuilding a 1973 Mach 1 351 Cleveland numbers matching car , having a ball doing it , been a year and will be done by summer 2025 ,will be driving it .
I would have to say to those that say do not restore this car I think miss the point about someone willing to maintain the history of these cars and restoring back to the drag condition as it was raced in 1970. Think about this, the Notre Dome Church in Paris France Burns down. That is now part of the history of the church so why rebuild the church? So you can use the church. Makes sense to restore this car to its former glory rather than put it back to the stock red and street trim. Pretty cool concept.
Amazing, I've seen pictures of this car from back in the day. Never knew it still existed, or that it was originally a '69. Quite a find!
hey if you know where to find these pics hit jerry up and send them to him please. would be a cool follow up to this video
Honestly, that parts collection is just as amazing as the car.
Yes, it was.
@@thewriter2549he wreck the paint with that scruffy pad best choice wood be simple green diluted and a magic eraser
@@gerry-p9xSaid it was going to be media blasted to bare metal before done.
This was just a wannabe wash.
Have you seen Bob Perkins parts ? What this guy has times a hundred, being conservative.
No chit gold mine 😊
beautiful car, sadly this has become a million dollar hobby which only a few can enjoy
If you want something beautiful that doesn't leak and you can't use get a die-cast model
@@adamhoffman3687 I have been in the car hobby for almost 50 years, and never built anything I couldn't drive. Was never a show car kind of guy
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Many blue oval choices from SVT Cobra R new edge, GT350R, GT500 CFTP and ex Ford Racing Cobra Jet factory drag cars from the last 20 years. Don’t lament, history is still being made and within reach of mortals.
As Jay Leno said, cars were made to be driven.
I enjoy these videos so much. Especially when they talk about the history of Mustangs, because that's always been my favorite car.
Me too, man!
Unbelievable they’re still out there!
There's still a lot of old guys that have bigger hopes than time.....or pocketbook. They save up parts and cars wanting to eventually build a car or restore a car that they had when it was once running. So they languish in obscurity until someone comes along and opens the figurative/literal barn door. This is not a criticism of these guys. Dreams are a great thing to have. But dreams sometimes outlast reason or life expectancy.
The man is the real stoey here. Would love to hear an in depth conversation with him. 😊😊
Love those old ‘69 and ‘70 Boss’! This one is really unique. What a history! She’s beautiful. Good find and video. Lucky dogs!👍😁 I know you’ll pretty her up again. She deserves it. Rock on.👍🇺🇸❤️
Sad to hear the red car isn't driven. It's not a car anymore if it's capable of running and driving but gets pushed by hand everywhere.
It has one purpose now - to win competitions. And it's an investment, not a car. It's not meant to be driven at this point. Owner can do whatever he likes with it, there's nothing sad about it.
You're correct. It's a rich mans game now and these will fall out of favor as prices will soar higher and true enthusiast will be left in the dust, the cars will sit and be hoarded in some dark dingy building.
@@Wooley689you can always build a nice old car as a daily driver for yourself. Just don’t sink a lot of money in it if you are going to drive it a lot!
@@Wooley689 True, and the sad part of 'Collectors' cars, of which many of us that had them in our youth, can now not afford to buy one to take our wives out on a date with any more.
Jerry just love these stories you do thank you!!
Thanks, I have a passion for this -one flight last May to California, a second flight to California in July, and 3 weeks editing hours of video. I just wish more people would call and me the chance to go on more of these great American car finds, and I could get a TV show with a budget so I wouldn't have to do all the filming, voice over's, and especially the editing.
Wow, what a treasure. Ford parts guys have some of the coolest stuff. As hard as it would be to let the car go, I hope he can find comfort, in it going to a great home.
Fantastic episode, Jerry.
Especially because of the washing routine.
It is wonderful to work with such good car pepple in this video. There is so much here that shows what the hobby is all about.
Original keys noted! They have round holes. The replacements had slotted holes. (I have my originals - 67 FB GTA, A code). Bak native here too...
I can’t wait to see what this car gonna look like at the end,.. I’m thankful to the owner, for letting it go!
Hopefully they restore it to the race livery and not the boring, stock red original.
You don't have to wait, you can simply Google Image search.
It's gonna get over-restored and look exactly like every other red Boss 429 on the planet. And it will look like that forever, because it will never be driven again.
Pretty sure they said it would be restored back to original, as it should be. These cars are too rare and too valuable to be dressed up as race cars…
19:33 I’m always amazed by what you discover in these barns!
Jerry, killing it as always. Been awhile since I've stopped by your channel and once again you don't disappoint a guy!! I love seeing what you and Bob get into together. Saying hello from Vancouver Island BC Canada Sir and I'll be watching for the updates on this one most definitely. Love what you do Jerry have yourself a great rest of the weekend and hope to see ya again soon!! 👍🇨🇦♥️🇺🇸💯🙏👋😎
Thanks, my goal is to put out a product better than the car shows on TV. Once, one of the owners of one of the car channels asked me, "So, what do you need you for?"
WOW! Took the 429 right off of it! AMMO NYC makes the right products to not wreck the paint.
Yeah I cringed when he took the SCRUBBIE to the paint best procedure was ammo stuff and a Mr clean magic. Eraser then a light buf.....yikes
Who GAF about the paint. It's going to all be blasted off anyway.
Very cool! Always great to get a history lesson from Bob! If only he could have taught a Mustang shop class at my high school 😊
My first car was a 1966 Mustang convertible black with red interior. For my 16th BIRTHDAY. I was born 3/25/1966.. It was garage kept its entire life by a guy in NEW JERSEY. He used it to go to church when it was only a nice day. It had less than 5000 miles. The only thing that it needed was new head gaskets. It also ate oil faster than gas. I only had it 2yrs and my dad had taken it to my cousin's garage, and then a joy ride afterwards, he said a deer hit him ,ha ha ha.. He bought me a brand new car for wrecking my beautiful mustang. I had many guys try to be my" friends " to get a ride home from school. I refuse everyone. Now I am 57 and I still miss my" baby" my beautiful mustang 😢.....😭😤😫🤬....... The only car I ever actually loved.
Has shadowings of an Arnie Cunningham story. It is easy to fall in love with the right car. I understand you completely!
I was born May 30, 1966. My first car was a 66 in high school. It was just a 6 banger, but I loved that car. When I was growing up my dad had two 65's and a 67. All were beautiful and sadly all 3 were totalled! I had another very nice 66 that I bought in Florida on 2014. I only had it a year and had to sell it when I got laid off. Had to pay off some bills. I sold it on eBay to a guy in London, England. I still have my 98 GT, but I want another 66 or 69.
I had a 68 fast back. Original 289. I didn't know what i had. I kept it clean. Polished it weekly. If you where not careful it liked to swap ends going around corner's. I was careful. I wasn't a city boy when i was 21. I needed a 4x4. Got to go hunting and cutting firewood. Gas in the early 80s was getting over a 1.00 a gallon. Traded it. I remember buying gas for . 18 cents per gallon when i was 16.
Shame I’d like to see it polished up as is burns and all and kept original as is then stripped , the car has character and tells a story, it’ll get over restored and loose it’s soul
Great stuff my friend, this one hits ALL the marks!! She's a bit beaten down but she's a B9 and she's so fine! This is Jerry Heasley gold.
Hi, I actually know where one of these Ford race team cars are. I'm in Michigan. The car used to be blue has no VIN number. The story I got from his son is that is that his dad painted it red? It used to be the light blue color has the odd Hood scoop on it and it is for sale. The car is located in White lake in davisburg area in Michigan. Sitting in the backyard on a trailer with a cover. Been a race car. Its whole life
So cool! Thanks for showing us Jerry!
Great story, thanks Jerry for your efforts in this. My only wish would have been to hear more from the seller. I think there is a lot of history still to be unearthed in that sharp mind.
Its nice to see cars be restored after so many years neglected. Its a double edge sword considering the extreme increase in classic car prices today. On one hand it makes it unobtainable for many people, but then again it makes it possible for some people to invest huge dollars in cars that 20 years ago was not considered worth saving. So all in all, its a win for the future preservation.
Marti report and Emminger invoices are the best begining of documentation. People memories can get foggy
4K with providence, very special car. It's going to be a driver? Rather put the miles on that trailer queen, cherish this one.
One series I'll not miss! Thanks Jerry!
Hey Jerry, good to see you after a while and Bob sharing his knowledge is always a treat!
Thanks Matt
Super Clean sprayed on concentrated works really good.
We called that "Armstrong Steering" when we were young. Great car(s) and excellent video!
Cool, thanks
Love that blue stripe 🐴 power 😊 open an old garage and find that gem. Id have a stroke 😊
I would literally give a left one for one of these cars... wow.. great video.. I'm saving up.. got 5,500$ so far. 😊 wish me luck. And it WILL be my daily driver... ❤
Jerry, as crazy as it sounds, I actually enjoyed watching him wash the car in the latter park of the video. Plus, Bob Perkins made off with a treasure trove of classic parts.
God bless the gentleman selling 🙏... All of you , I love watching these videos and can only dream of being a part of all this you ❤️ guys do
Thank you Jerry for another great video of these awesome Fords!
Buddy; when washing use a buff drill set up with wash chamois adapter… save you hours
In 82 - 83 timeframe, I had a 70 Chevelle SS that was originally black with white stripes and I ended up painting it yellow with black stripes and also had a black vinyl top installed. I was only 18 at the time. There was a guy several blocks away that had a 70 Boss 302, yellow with black boss stripe, in his driveway that had been sitting on stands for years. I stopped by one day when he was outside and I tried to trade him my Chevelle. He liked my car since it was running, driving and looked really nice. His car needed trans and other odds and ends. He gave me his number and told me to call back in a few days. Well, apparently he talked to his buddies and they told him no way, lol..... I really wanted that Boss Mustang, but it didn't happen. That mustang sat on those stands for several more years and then I moved out and lost track of it. I always wonder what ever happened to it? Good memories.
If yours was an 1970 Chevelle SS 454 it would be worth more today than the Boss 302.
I adore those old Mustangs. FAR better then Camaros ever were. I lived that era. I had a 1965 GT Fastback, best most fun car I have ever owned to this day.
Beautiful Car!!!
I just watched a man on this channel build an entire 1967 mustang from a box kit full of brand new parts 1194video
Love it !!! Sad, but COOL story !!! May it raise from the ashes to run again !!
Cool car & history. I enjoyed watching the parts piling up.
Very pleased Bob and Jerry were brought in to document this historic automobile and not everyone’s new best friend from Texas when they possess something he wants to buy . The owner knows exactly what he has and who to trust when it’s time to let it go ..
Exactly, I am there to put together a great American story before the car is disturbed and the video we need and the interviews we need are lost forever. I am not there to try and buy low and sell high. If need be, I do have the resources to buy any of these cars - and mean any. I have also given healthy finder fees to people that tell me about these cars to where I can do a video story. This car went to the right buyer. This makes a good story.
Next time save your fancy foam and use Comet Cleanser. I’ve used on a few doing the same thing and takes off so much more.
Cool car and amazing history.
Concours restorations, trailer queens and refusing to drive a car is simply preservation for the next guy that will drive it!
I’ve seen it many times with Hemi cars of the same era and do the same with my A12.
Interesting that it had nitrous as far back as the early 70's on it! 😮
@EarlJames-q3c yeah, but hard to find info on vehicle applications back in the 70's.
FAMOSO, no A. Very cool video! I think restored cars should have the wheels driven off them because they can be restored again and again. Original ultra-low mileage cars, those are the cars you preserve and never take on the road.
What a amazing find. God how I wish I could have been successful and been able to own stuff like this. I made so many bad decisions and married twice both times being expensive mistakes. I’m 48 now and last two years I’ve been fighting a battle with cancer and as of today I fr like I’m be lucky if I make another week but if god is wiling and he allows me to pull thru this I will do all I can to get my finances straight enough to own something amazing like this. I pray I’m still here to see thr finished product.
I'll work harder to get this done if you will do the same to see the upcoming videos. Okay?
When you pay the doctor,
He'll buy a classic car.
This needs to be in the MCACN barn finds before being restored…
I say no. That's a for profit show run by a company for money. It's not a traditional car show where proceeds go to a local charity. People need to better support their own local car events and stop feeding corporations that have hi-jacked the bigger car shows.
My Brother in Laws 1966 mustang got the heat treatment from a fire. He sold it a few years back along with an old lincoln with suicide doors. That body was in very good shape for a great auction resale project. Along with a 76 Honda 750 full dresser. I was kind of sad when he sold it. I rode that bike a lot 15 or 20 years ago. I would stop out in my car and if we took a ride I took the old Honda and he drove his new Electra Glide Classic. The Honda got attention everywhere we stopped. lol The Harley was oh well, we see those everywhere.
My 1968.5 Cobra Jet was sold at Foulger Ford. So cool.
Do you still own it?
@@thewriter2549 Yes I still own it.
I remember Irwindale as a kid, bought my Shelby GY 350 after the Army in 1970
The Ford Drag Team, featuring Hubert Platt, Ed Terry, and more raced at Irwindale. Do you remember them? If so, did you take any photos?
That's not 50 years of grime, that's soot from the fire. Otherwise, before the fire, I'm sure it was just a great garage find that's been sitting. Still an awesome car, but yeah, that's soot caked on that car from the fire damage!
you saw in the video the 2 old photos that were about the time Dale got the car?
Man, what a find. Can’t wait to see the finished product. However, my man needs to give up the comb over.
👍👍👌👌 Thanks for the video!
These videos are priceless Jerry
I hope this is where I can follow this process!!!
I would just park it next to my other one and never touch. Just love looking at these
Great video, I ordered a 1972 red Mach 1 with all the options with the 351 engine. I don’t know if there were bigger engines available that year but I couldn’t afford the insurance anyway as a kid. $25 dollar deposit to order @ Tom O’Daniel Ford, Bloomington, Indiana
Had a 69 and 71 Mach 1, both slightly used low miles.
I’m so looking forward to this restoration
We salute the man for taking care of the car as good as he could ! God bless him and happy 80th !
heart breaks....but it's gonna be a beauty....good luck and atleast it will be driven...
Yes, it will.
Great Find Mr.Heasley,,,This will be a great series
Looks like a solid candidate for restoration.
Restore the whole car but leave the fire damaged door as is. I mean, restoring it is one thing but to make it spectacular.. You got to make it different. And it would be a good homage to this wonderful guy that raced the car and made wheelies.
At the end, I suggested restoring the whole car except for the rear license plate recess because the pearl white paint looked like new. The 1955 Corvette prototype on this channel (ruclips.net/video/kPSZ77Hp7Pg/видео.html) is a forensic restoration, with sections of the car left unrestored to show the car's heritage. In a previous "life" the body had originally been a Motorama Corvette show car.
I’m sure Perkins kept the extra goodies.
Them were the Day's, these young folks today Don't know what they missed growing up Back then . My best friend who just past away was in the process of Building a, I think a 59 chevy gasser. 350 bored out 30 over, Isky Roller cam, high-rise Duel Quad intake...out the fender well headers.. Used to have a 57' that he carried in the trunk on weekends a set of Mickey Thompsons, looking for anyone who wanted to race, pull into a lot and change tires....
Yes, wild days with cars. For a while, I wrote accounts of those days in the car magazines.
these old Boss Drag cars are so much more captivating than the trailer queens.
It is clean as a drag car in the late 60's!
The cost today is sad. I am 61......I remember having a '69 428 Mustang, 68 440 Coronet, 1969 396 Camaro, '69 Olds 442, '68 Buick GS.......all on a McDonald's after school income because this was the late '70's at end of oil imbargo and these were just old cars with horrible mileage that people wanted to get rid of.
I have none of these today except the memories..... most were in primer for a long time and hou concentrated on engine parts and wheels before you painted the car....that was the last process and it was not in an expensive shop.
Those days are gone! In reality the a Subaru Turbo 4 cylinder (and not an STI) would blow away every one of those cars stock to stock but you could easily build power cheaply with headers, intake, cam, air cleaner, ignition, plugs and plug wires, suspension modds to make a faster car.
The young people today missed out on the era when you did not have to have money to go fast and build yourself.😊
Sold my nice Chevelle. 72SS for $400 during the gas crisis. Cost me 2500 when it was one year old.
oh man that Cyclone!!! DAYUM!!
I had no idea that Foulger was in my hometown!! Very cool history......
One of the cars the " I should've bought" was a 1969 Cobra Jet drag car. It had been heavily modified but had the original drivetrain. The owner had kissed the wall while racing in the 1970's and parked it. I found it in the late 80s and could have had it for a song but I was between houses and storage. One of my "kick me" moments now.
I had the opportunity in the summer of 1969 (maybe 1970) to see the Canadian FORD drag team cars at a small local FORD dealer in rural Manitoba who had some serious pull with FORD. I didn't have my camera with me. As I recall, there was a BOSS 429 and at least one other Mustang there. There may have been other cars as well. They were on their way across Canada and stopped at 2 dealerships in Manitoba. I believe the cars were white but I don't recall any special paint scheme. But then I eas focused more on the engine bay.
I still remember walking into the service bay and seeing the cars lined up with their hoods open.
Wow, sure wish you had brought you camera! The Ford Drag Racing Team was very special. If anybody took photos of these cars, I'd sure like to see them and perhaps publish them if you agree. Thanks.
That garage and building was full of NOS stuff! I wonder what all of it was purchased for and then it's resale value.
❤😁👍🏁great value Jerry💪🏼
Thanks Todd.
Always amazed me that when I closed my Mustang resto shop for lack of cars that folks would squirrel them away instead of enjoying them. I never treated them like 4:22 they were a piece of jewelry. If I would get a 6 cyl green conv in knowing it would be hard to sell I would convert it to a V8 candy apple white top using parts from junked coupes. Always told the buyers of this they didn’t care. Cars were cheap in the late 70s late 80s
70 Boss 302 needing rust repair and paint $1500 cheapest was 66 GT coupe bench seat with leaf spring shackle rusted normal for Chicago area fixed it in an hour paid $40.
What a gentleman,I’d rather not say ..awesome
Awsome history, i just have a question of the fitting of front drum brakes. Was that a factory boss 429 option ? Or is it a Holman moody mod to save weight, I was under the impression that front drums would be heavier than disc's ?
Disc brakes are heavier, so Holman-Moody swapped them for drums to save weight for drag racing.
This is fantastic, Correct me if I wrong, but American motors gave the race teams 1970 AMX treatments to place on thier 69 AMX factory SS cars so they could run in the 69 cars in the same class for 70. I do believe that the NHRA found out
what's the violation with that?
Of course he knew what he had. People today believe any old domestic car that was made before 1990 is worth new car money. Even the cars that no one wanted then and the ones no one wanted now. Heck the only car I am looking to buy is only a 1970-77 Ford Maverick. You couldn’t give them away in the seventies and now all of a sudden people think that they are a muscle car and worth five or ten times what it is really worth.
When what they believe conflicts with facts, the latter wins out. Yeah, I see those classic Maverick prices. I have felt the same frustration trying to buy an old car. So, buy what you want before prices take off.
Jerry's Mustang videos are awesome.
Dang Jerry, you need to let me tag along one these finds. lol
The sad thing is seeing these cars sitting in museums, and people's collections and never driven again. What good is a classic car if it is never driven again. It becomes a room ornament, and not a true car enjoyed for it's classic look, and enjoyment to drive. And envetually the owner of all those classics dies and someone else sells them to another "collector" and gets rich from the original collectors hoard.
Man, I really hope they paid the man who kept it all these year well. That parts stash alone....
My roommate in the navy had a 70 boss 429 he got for 1800. Got to drive it once. I had 72 camaro ss there was a lot of cool stuff in southern california in the early 70s
I had a lot of fun with Mustangs back in the 70- 80's when nobody wanted them. They were just old cars.
Great video Jerry. I wonder how Bob found it - did the owner reach out? I honestly think there are a lot of very special cars hidden in LA and surrounding areas just waiting to be discovered. Maybe we'll see you at MCACN? - Sean and Kennedy Melody
The owner called Bob. MCACN, Bob is bringing a Mustang to show.
I understand the love of these cars! I wish I could find one one day! I really loved the Cyclone in the driveway! I wonder if it's a Big Block car?
Cyclone is a 429, but not a Cobra Jet. Steve bought it.
@thewriter2549 Ahh ok 👍! It's in good hands.
I have been picking up blocks since I was a kid! I like to stack them the knock them down!
How much does a bare Ford 427 block (no crank, rods or other internal parts) weigh like the one Jordan picked up in the video?
The fire was on my birthday. 🧐🤣
Wow what an amazing piece of American history hopefully we get to keep them say no to electric cars .id love to see that bad boy run again
I think it should be left as found and enjoyed for what it is. Full resto defeats the survivor factor, that car has a story as it sits. Far more interesting and able to be appreciated just like that
You mean as is without a Boss 429 engine?
at least some of the paint came back, I've had fire cars that were discolored to the metal
Great video..all that knowledge. I'm 76, I want to see the restoration before someone calls me. Go fast. What direction are you going to go with the restoration. I did do a 1969, but it was an F100, slightly different..
I remember seeing films in Nam as this car had some history.... excuse me, not this one as I came home in sixty nine ... that winter and so getting drunk was mostly on my brain. I looked at magazines of this car and many like it being a Ford guy. I started with earlier fords from forty seven and then the fifty, a fifty four, five, six, and then my favorite year was fifty seven. I lived in a town where everyone was a chevy guy so I just had to be different. Many four door cars with big blocks were the donare to my obsession of trying to go fast as a sixteen year old kid. So just keep it short, no one wants a ten mile long comment. Racing was the big thing then, no computers to keep peoples noses in some phony baloney stuff. If it wasn't a naked girl in some picture, then we were looking at cars and lying about how fast our own was.
Great find! History! Take t a show before restoration. Then do the restoration!
Sounds like a good idea to me,.
Good video 👍 , I'm in the process of rebuilding a 1973 Mach 1 351 Cleveland numbers matching car , having a ball doing it , been a year and will be done by summer 2025 ,will be driving it .
It would be an absolute shame to restore that car to factory. It’s soo cool as is!
factory in this case would be as Holman Moody prepped it
I would have to say to those that say do not restore this car I think miss the point about someone willing to maintain the history of these cars and restoring back to the drag condition as it was raced in 1970. Think about this, the Notre Dome Church in Paris France Burns down. That is now part of the history of the church so why rebuild the church? So you can use the church. Makes sense to restore this car to its former glory rather than put it back to the stock red and street trim. Pretty cool concept.
The NHRA has to have records from the 1970 winter nationals. He has a ticket for participant 106. Who was participant 106 in the official records?
Good idea, I'll check into that, thanks.
That Harley has a long set of extended Forks. 😎😎