In the 60s Ford was struggling to keep up with Chrysler in NASCAR racing, so they created the Blue Crescent, a big block, with large intake and exhaust ports in the cylinder head thus imparting upon it the street name Shot Gun.
Kar Kraft was contracted by ford to create the Boss 429, because Ford was stretching its self thin across a number of projects. Kar Kraft at the time was in the process of creating the Trans-Am Boss 302. Production on the ...
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In the 60s Ford was struggling to keep up with Chrysler in NASCAR racing, so they created the Blue Crescent, a big block, with large intake and exhaust ports in the cylinder head thus imparting upon it the street name Shot Gun.
Kar Kraft was contracted by ford to create the Boss 429, because Ford was stretching its self thin across a number of projects. Kar Kraft at the time was in the process of creating the Trans-Am Boss 302. Production on the Boss 429 began in 1963 in Brighton, Michigan at Kar-Kraft's factory; the cars were transported to this plant directly from the auto maker's plant and the work begain. First the mounts for the front suspension were chopped and displaced to create room for the block and exhaust manifolds. Next the battery was repositioned to the trunk and a stiff sway bar was added to rear end.
One of the problems with the Boss 429 was it was so front heavy that it had trouble transferring the engine's power the to the ground, because the tires in the back would...
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