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01-24-12, 07:59 AM
1969 Boss 429 Mustang - '9 Lives
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Barry Bergmann brought this Boss 429 back from the brink (http://www.mustangmonthly.com/featuredvehicles/mump_1201_1969_boss_429_mustang/index.html)We imagine that if this had been a Mustang any less rare and iconic than a '69 Boss 429, it would long ago have been melted down and reconstituted into some mundane appliance--like maybe a Chevy. Back in the dreadful days of disco, this Royal Maroon muscle car was already festering away in a Tennessee salvage yard, where it was discovered and rescued from imminent recycling by a Canadian Ford enthusiast and collector named Don Henderson, who then hauled it back to his place in southwestern Ontario. That's where current owner, Barry Bergmann, first saw its accident-damaged carcass in the late '70s while searching out parts for another Mustang he was then restoring. This was in fact the very first Boss 429 Barry had ever laid eyes upon, though it had no drivetrain and he admits that, at the time: "It didn't look like much." Still, he wanted KK #1885, though it would be many years before he'd own it.
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Barry Bergmann brought this Boss 429 back from the brink (http://www.mustangmonthly.com/featuredvehicles/mump_1201_1969_boss_429_mustang/index.html)We imagine that if this had been a Mustang any less rare and iconic than a '69 Boss 429, it would long ago have been melted down and reconstituted into some mundane appliance--like maybe a Chevy. Back in the dreadful days of disco, this Royal Maroon muscle car was already festering away in a Tennessee salvage yard, where it was discovered and rescued from imminent recycling by a Canadian Ford enthusiast and collector named Don Henderson, who then hauled it back to his place in southwestern Ontario. That's where current owner, Barry Bergmann, first saw its accident-damaged carcass in the late '70s while searching out parts for another Mustang he was then restoring. This was in fact the very first Boss 429 Barry had ever laid eyes upon, though it had no drivetrain and he admits that, at the time: "It didn't look like much." Still, he wanted KK #1885, though it would be many years before he'd own it.
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