1969 Ford Mustang BOSS 429 Die cast Car Model

The Mustang is an Iconic muscle car, but one of the most important and well-respected variants of the Mustang was the 429 Boss. In the late 1960’s, Ford just didn’t have the power to compete with the 426 Hemi that Chrysler was using in NASCAR, so it had to do something to remain competitive. The answer was to build a new engine that could compete, and work began on the Boss 429. The engine would have never made it into production vehicles, but NASCAR’s homologation rules required a minimum of 500 cars be equipped with the engine and sold to the general public for it to be used. Because of the modifications required to make the Boss 429 fit inside the Mustang's engine bay, the car has a slightly different appearance that other Mustangs. Up front, a sexy chrome ring surrounded in radiator grille that also housed the two inner sealed-beam headlights. To either side of the grille, you can find another sealed-beam headlight that was recessed into a rounded, rectangular cutout. The