When muscle car enthusiasts talk about the mightiest engines produced by Ford during the 1960s and 1970s, the Boss 351 rarely gets mentioned. However, this underappreciated eight-cylinder gem, which ...

Exterior of Boss 351 differs little from 302 except that water pump housing is semi-integral with block. Cleveland engine has flat plate bolt-on pump cover, while 302 is complete item by itself.

The Boss was no regular Ford 302 V8 engine. This ferocious Camaro-hunting V8 was designed when the new Z/28 and its powerful DZ 302 engine were dominating the Trans Am race circuit. A carefully ...

Between 1969 and 1971, Ford built 11,806 Boss Mustangs in three distinct series. While the 1969-1970 iteration of the race-bred 302 and 429 are indubitably the family superstars, the final model – ...

With their brute power having already peaked in 1969 and 1970, Detroit's 1971 musclecars had rolled past their prime. Corporate cutbacks in the factory financing of all performance-related areas ...

The early 1970s marked the end of peak muscle car, as new focus on safety and emissions regulations brought the classic era to a close. Life was particularly tough for Ford at the time, as the Blue ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

If you ask any Mustang enthusiast in the present day about the Ford Boss 351, they'd probably tell you it's one of the most desirable Ford muscle cars from the era, the last of its kind. It's become a ...

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