{"id":41532,"date":"2015-07-28T09:17:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T08:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=41532"},"modified":"2022-06-15T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T10:37:03","slug":"the-boss-mustang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/the-boss-mustang\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boss Mustang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Boss Mustang was the daddy Mustang.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It might not be as pretty as the lighter ponies, but the &#8216;Stang with extended everything, which was introduced in 1969, was the the star of the early seventies show.<\/p>\n<p>The longer, wider, beefier Mustangs were the result of the 1969 restyling of the &#8216;Stang, which came with quad headlamps, a wider grille, competition style hood tie-downs and a whole host of scoops, intakes and stripes, many of which were non-functional. Later models reverted to single headlamps, in order, apparently to &#8216;tone down&#8217; the aggressive styling of the car.<\/p>\n<p>They screwed up, methinks.<\/p>\n<p>The two &#8216;Boss&#8217; models, the 302 and 429, were introduced to homologate the engines for Trans Am racing, but received instant props on the street for the their general badassness.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame the shape didn&#8217;t stick around for long. They were replaced as early as 1971 with that elongated, lardy style that was irrelevant by the time the 1973 oil crisis put paid to most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/american\/\">American<\/a> muscle.<\/p>\n<p>We love the look and feel of these fleetingly famous beasts.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking forward to having a go in the UK released pony car later this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch this space.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stang2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stang2.jpg\" alt=\"Stang2\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stang-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Stang-1.jpg\" alt=\"Stang-1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boss Mustang was the daddy Mustang. It might not be as pretty as the lighter ponies, but the &#8216;Stang with extended everything, which was introduced in 1969, was the the star of the early seventies show. 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