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Barn Find: A soldier's 1970 Boss 302 (original owner) tells us
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- 1970 Boss 302 Mustang unrestored, original owner, ordered new in 1969 and received while in the service at Fort Polk. Soldier talks about what it was like to have a new Boss 302. 1970's modifications include a Corvette L88 hood scoop.
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Life happens. The memories he has out ways the value of the car. Thank you for your service.
Very true
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Hopefully this car will be restored for Reginald. Sir, I thank you for your service. Take care.
Enjoyed hearing this man's story, great memory.
The world needs more men like the man that has this car! I could sit and listen to him talk about his story all day long.
Hopefully the club can help out a deserving , aging vet relive some of his youth ! that would be great , he looks like he deserves it
They need to call Overhaulin.
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Yeah, so those jerks would ruin the car...
Agree 100% he served our country he deserves it
Well said
@@marcryvon ain't that the truth
I'll never forget this when I was a kid back in the 80s. Me and my friend from school went over his grandmother's house in the back of the yard there was a Mustang with velocity stacks on it. The tarp was all ripped in the stacks were sticking out of the tarp. It was his uncle's car who never made it home from Vietnam. God bless all the men and women who served our country.
What a great story! Thank you for your service Reggie!
Ford should restore this veteran car he sure deserves it in my opinion
They have everything to do it and the people what is stopping them
Or someone like Jay Leno.
@@jamesdean9195 Yeah ! Jay, that's a great idea !
@John Harris Evidently you have missed the videos on here where he HAS done that very thing.
@@shaunclifton5281 Please, can you get us more info on that ? Much interested to see it. Love Jay...
Implying Ford would do jack for him
I love this! Had to watch again. In his eyes it’s still his baby and holds a lot of great memories. I know in the mid 70’s that Boss looked slick with the hood scoop and fender flares. Hope he gets her back on the road. God bless and thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
man I could sit for hours and listen to these old boys tell stories of their youth, it kinda brings my father back in a way to me if even only in memory....car guys are definately a special breed.
I fell in love with muscle cars in seventies as a kid, and this was one of em. In 17 I came across a 13 Boss with 1800 KMs. Its in my garage and I'm livin the dream. Awesome story, thank you, cheers from Canada :-)
I see an old war horse , let out to pasture by it's owner to peacefully rest after a life of adventure.. Don't be n a hurry to restore her Reg, She is yours and no one could ever replace those memories .
What a nice guy Jerry he is a veteran and has no problems being a good guy
Yes!! We hope he gets it going again.
@JB GTO I am investigating how to do a gofundme with my latest video - th-cam.com/video/HGmWPZtEUpE/w-d-xo.html
My friend All I can say is thank u very much for your service. I hope u get her going again the Mustang that is. 💪
Geez, somewhere out there someone or some group can salute this very decent and honourable man by restoring his Mustang before it's too far gone. Good for him for not selling ( too many memories I'm sure). Thanks for your service and fixing up the guys who came back.
Reggie, I hope that car guys around the country come alongside and help you get that car back on the road. Thank you for your service!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful Boss 302 story. Another chapter in the Boss 302 life. Thanks again!
Someone should help him restore the car so he can enjoy and drive it for the rest of his life!
You do it.
@@jameshealan3540 I dont think i come over from Finland for that!
Cool. Just saying.✌
@@jameshealan3540 But its so sad when someone have cool cars and maybe dont be able to do all the work self and then someone, maybe a family member tells that everything have to be sold for some weird reason.
@@niklasgroning5792 I had a 70 model just like it but it wasn't a boss pkg. It had the 302 but wasn't boss. Same paint job, but it was blue. 3 speed on the floor.
Happy Memorial Day Reginald. Thank you for your service.
I am a Canadian and have all the respect for vets , thanks for sharing . Cheers
Great Guy....Great Story....This guy reminds me of my old man who has a 1963 Lincoln Continental Convertible in his yard rotting away and he refuse to sale it but he can't afford to fix it up....I know people will say "it's his car and he can do what he wanna do with it" but that concept is just down right crazy to me....If you have a car, it's suppose to be enjoyed and driving, not sitting around rotting away because you don't wanna see someone else enjoy it....I pray that he one day fix it up and drive it but I know he won't....So until then!!!!
Great clip. Really enjoyed hearing this man’s story.
Awesome car and an awesome story teller...I could listen to you all day. God bless.
That's a nice honest car and video. Jerry always finds the great cars and stories behind them.
Great story. Sounds like a great guy. Thank you for your service to our country Reginald.
Jerry, you are great at capturing the human aspect of the finds.
I appreciate your comment Mark. Thanks.
Thank you Reginald, for your service. You have a nice Boss there and I hope you can get it restored.
Great find, awesome owner, the story behind the car is golden !
That was as real as it gets, it's not hard to imagine him hunched over the wheel, bang'n gears.
Thank you for your service kind sir.
My respect to you sir, thank you for your sacrifice and the service you gave to preserve our way of life, our freedom.
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Thank you for your service sr. Im a mopar guy myself but that is an awsome car and an awsome story. Good luck getting her restored and back on the road
Thank you for your service. I help my buddy pick up a 70 Boss 302 and the motor blew twice on him. When I got out of the Navy he sold it. I still remember his light blue one. He had the shaker hood, 430 Detroit locker and top loader 4 speed. He lost his license twice with that car. Once he was clocked at 135 right after he was backing down from 150. That was the second time he lost his license. I do remember sitting in the passenger side seeing the fendor flexing a bit when he ran through the gears and torqued it up. What a ride.
The nylon toothed timing gear was a week point in that engine. I blew one up too. Also (during rebuilding) another problem area I discovered was the piston skirts wearing excessively because the stock Boss rods were a bit shorter (center to center) than ideal and caused a greater bore angle that caused the skirts to rub excessively. If you left the 6150 rev limiter plugged up, the engines were good for maybe 60 or 70K miles if not dogged all of the time. The stock forged pistons were also 10.5 :1. In pure stock form and a 3.50 rear end the car would reach 138 or 138 mph before the limiter kicked in. With less than $1000 worth of streetable mods the car would bust 160 mph while also being more durable. The 302 Boss and 302 Z-28 in stock form were very close (almost identical) in performance.
Like I said, the motor blew a couple of times but, it was build by a good motor builder and small stroke motors can run high RPMs very well no mater what you might beleave. I build 283s and they can scream all day long if you realy know what your doing and I still do know what I'm doing since my first motor was built back in 1972. In my motors, I ballance all the internal parts myself and have a arospace background so, I think I have a pretty good idea what I'm talking about. Remember I never mentioned tire size or and how long it was run at those RPMs. So please don't judge untill you learn all the facts.
@Lumbee Warrior the best rods for geometry were listed in the Ford MotorSports catalogue as simply Indy Rods. These were 5.315 on center rods and came out of the early 60s Indy and Lemans programs. I suspect they were Carrillo products branded as Ford pieces. They were H-beams and sold for $500/set of 8 in 1970. They were also listed at one time as TA Boss 302 Competition pieces. I can't remember what pistons were available, but this length rod would have moved to pin much higher into the ring area. I used TRW forged 12 to1's (stock 5.155 rods) in my rebuild with titanium 2.19 intake valves ($400), needle bearing rockers), all steel double roller timing set, and a few other pieces from Ford, Holman-Moody, and Shelby American. A stock 70 Boss 302 (limiter unplugged) stopped making power a tad above 7,000 rpm. It had a relatively mild solid lifter cam that probably prevented a lot of heavy stock valve train pieces from being tossed around the engine compartment.
@Lumbee Warrior Yes Sir. He bought the Boss with a blown motor and one day my other buddy had a 427CJ Stang.They had a run and he pulled away from my buddy's Boss untill the second run then my buddy with the Boss 302 came off the line around 5-6k and was shifting out at 8k. He blew away the 429CJ. The guy never knew what that screaming sound was untill after the run. He said, he never heard anything like it and would not have beleave that a Boss 302 could blow away a 429CJ untill he saw it with his own eyes. Those were the good old days. Have a great day!
Thank you for your service...I sure hope you get her restored
Great story. 👍 Thank you for your service and for having enough charm and charisma to get out of 130 mph ticket. 😁
“My homeboy”!! Oh man your killing me.🤣
Really hope you can get your Boss 302 restored and enjoy it . You deserve it, Thank you for your service. One thing get rid of that dam LS hood.
Tell that man Thank you for his service!!
A 70 boss stang with an L88 hood ... priceless !
You don't see that everyday!
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Thank God!!
And those beauty bondo flairs!
That looks awful.
@@normross7424 The norm back in the 70's.Air shocks,L60's on the back,and sidepipes.
What a wonderful story,,,,, life goes quick and now we are here..... thank you for your service and hope your car gets back alive Reg...👍🏻👍🏻✌🏼
I hope the mustang organization your in could find a way to help him with his car. Not pay for a rebuild but maybe help the sting a little in the rebuild. Seems like a good man then you would have a proud new member to share in the glory of classic mustangs and a great new friend
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Great story. Thank you for your service.
First, Thank you, Reginald for your service. My cousin Jim, enlisted in the Army around the same time as you, went to Ft. Rucker and learned to fly Hueys. Served in the 159th Medevac and 187thAHC .
I hope that you can get that Boss back on the road and enjoy it.
Nice and gracious man, who served our country during a very controversial time. Thank you! I hope the right folks step up and help you get her back on the road. Blessings to you and your family.
The cars in your videos are fantastic but the stories are even better . Your doing God’s work here . Thank you .
Can’t wait to see updates on this car hopefully there is some. I love to see videos of people’s cars they cherish breathin new life and restorated
I was actually listening to his story more than looking at the car. Cool car, cool guy.
Even though its been neglected, its still a beautiful Mustang!
What a great story... I had the HiJackers sticker on my 67 Cougar in 1976!!
My teacher bought one when I was in her class. She was the coolest teacher. Jr. High 1973 capitol hill Jr. High. They called it middle school.
Miss Poole was the teacher
Nice guy. Really liked hearing his story around the Boss.
Enjoyed his story and looking at the car like you said lovely man
Awesome story and sir thank you for your service to our country
I owned a yellow one like yours and still miss it. Had to sell it to buy a house. Best looking car ever made. Hope you get it restored.
Reggie hanging on to the dream awesome! Hope ya get it going soon .
Great story - one of your best videos. To the owner of the Mustang - Sir, thank you for your service.
Thanks for the video and tell Reginald thank you for the story and his service.
I dig the car but the Stories it tells are the best part about it. Thank you for your service sir and I hope you fulfill your goal of restoring the car.
Would be awesome to see him get to drive his car again one day.
Thank you brother for your service
I would love to see Reggie drive this 70 Boss Mustang again. He deserves it. Thanks Sir! For your service.
Awesome story. Hope he can get it restored.
What a gentleman and thank you for your service..so many of these old gems are just hiding lost to the world because the owners are aging or not able to restore such a shame...
First and foremost thank you for your service
That 302 Boss was a hot item in 1970. I remember the specs on it. I think it was Car and Driver that flogged one at a drag strip. Turned the 1/4 in factory stock form with about 1,000 miles on it, 14.8 seconds and 98mph. Then he had a hotter cam installed so it should have been able to break the 100mph in the 1/4 and maybe the low14's.
Thank you for your service!!
Wow, my father had a 70 Boss 302 car in yellow growing up. I remember this car very well.
Love this guy he's a car guy and a nice polite individual Reginald is the best!
sorry bout the story but yall brought me back in time i love hearing stories like yours
Man, Reggie is a really neat guy. I really enjoyed listening to him interiminling 'Nam era service with the height of muscle car era. Thanks buddy......63SH8 myself
Most excellent, youg man, that was my first duty station.
Sir Thankyou for your service! Enjoy your mustang. 🤘🏻
Thanks for your service in Vietnam 1969 1970 my grandpa was over there 25th infantry tropic lightning
I'm a corvette guy but I really enjoy the mustang videos
Awesome story thanks for you service
Thank you for your service and may god bless you and your family.. Nice care for a good man.. ✌
Cool! Thanks for your service!
Just love this story hope he gets it on the road !!
thank you for your service sir. hope you can ride that pony again.
Thank you for your service sir
Thanks Jerry,
I will Pray for this Veteran, he Served us well, now we need to Serve our Vet's.....
Someone help that vet out and restore it for him so he could relive his youth. I wish I could.
I’m impressed he remembers the cam lift.
I wonder if he MEANT a Lunati® Cam? A "LeMans" Cam would be befitting of the chop-job on hood & fenders!
Sir thank you for your service to our great nation.
Great story! Dedicated man!
Nice car with a nice story behind it!
i like the changes he made .....the hood looks good [ a little botched ] and the fenders look good too. and a nice fella too.
some loser tried to pry the trunk open with a pry bar ...
Mcleod0000 right I was like wtf
probably the same scumbag that stole the rear louvers off the car.
@@RobsMusicBox Probably the same scummbag that has earned him a buckshot to the ass!!!
Great story that goes with that car!!
Jerry...thank you for serving. I hope you can get this fixed.
WOW, that’s so cool.
I surly hope he can get some help and enjoy his car again.
Great cars. I was at the boss reunion a few months back in Pennsylvania. I went with the guy that owns the yellow 302 prototype pictured in the video. Really cool to see it referenced.
I wish someone would restore it for him. We owe him
Wished we could. And do more
My best friend had a brand new orange 1970. Just before he enlisted in the Coast Guard he came to visit my wife and me. The car had fewer than 500 miles on the odometer. He threw the keys at me and we went driving. What a ride. He knew I was going through withdrawal after selling my 66 GTO and now driving a VW. A few months later while his father was watching over the Boss 302 he wrapped it around a tree ass end first. Totaled.
Great story, hope he gets it going again.
Over .500 lift and 300 degrees. That thing screams! Dude drove the hell of it too, God bless him.
God bless U reg, enjoy your Boss 302 & thank you for your sacrifice and service.
Way cool. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your service Reginal. Hope you get your car back on the road soon.
Awesome you going to help him get it restored 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I grew up right outside Ft Hood east gate near belton lake about 2 miles in an old rock german barn my dad converted to a home. Was there 1958-1971 then moved to Calif.