[DeTomaso] NPC: The Mach 1 Project begins

[Ken Green]

If there were two versions, and only 200 of the semi-race, were the high dollar sales for the super rare version?
 
Ken

--- On Wed, 10/22/08, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

From: JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: The Mach 1 Project begins
To: kenn_green at yahoo.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 2:54 PM

In a message dated 10/22/08 8:59:18 AM, kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:

> I took a look at a BOSS 429 Mustang last night, they really shoehorned
the 
> engine in.  The guy how owns the shop said Ford had to modify the shock 
> towers to make the motor fit. 
> 
There were apparently two versions- the street one with a cooking version of 
the Boss 429, and the one-of-200 with a semi-race Boss 429 and a brass tag on 
the doorsill that said NASCAR Boss.... We asked one NASCAR-Boss owner that had 
his for sale why if there's was only12,000 miles on it, had it recently
been 
overhauled? He said the forged aluminum TRW pistons extrude longer and 
narrower from heat & stress as the engine is run, causing piston rattle and
blow-by, 
and the valves didn't last very long either. And with it needing 98 octane 
(with water injection), delivering 4-6 mpg and getting only 6000 miles out of a

set of OEM 7" wide tires, he just couldn't afford to run it any
longer.... in 
1987. He was asking the outrageous price of $12k, as I remember!! FWIW- J 
DeRyke


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