What if Ford had decided a drop-top performance track pony car was a good idea?
We all have a lot of questions in life, and perhaps the most important one is why Ford has never made a convertible Boss 302? While it probably has something to do with structural rigidity and optimal handling on a track, surely Ford engineers could have figured that one out. In the meantime, this 1969 Ford Mustang custom Boss 302 convertible to satisfy our curiosity and titillate the senses.
The body on this car has been fully worked over as a tribute to the 1969 Boss 302. A red-orange paint color absolutely hugs every cure of the sheet metal, complemented by the black graphics, plus a black grille, chin spoiler, bumpers, exhaust tips, wheels, and smoked taillight lenses. While everything doesn’t look absolutely factory, it’s good enough to fool all but the most astute observers.
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Poking up out of the hood cutout is none other than a 5.0-liter Coyote V8 sourced from a modern Boss 302. That means you get 444-horsepower and 380 lb.-ft. of torque from a reliable engine, which is just fantastic. At a show or even in just a parking lot, if you pop the hood you’ll immediately know who else is a gearhead and who just is impressed by a large V8.
On the inside is plenty of custom work, like the black and brown two-tone leather seats, a sumptuous wood steering wheel, plus trunk-mounted subwoofer and sound system amplifiers.
Every once in a while, a 1969 Ford Mustang convertible modified to be an unofficial Boss 302 surfaces, each one with its own unique approach. This is one of the more original examples in the past few years, so if you want a machine which will turn heads and not blend in with the sea of other Mustangs at shows and the track, this could be your ticket.
