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bergy
07-24-2015, 12:12 AM
This thing followed me home today. Any guesses? Mostly original paint. original interior. 33k original miles

BLACKLS5
07-24-2015, 12:21 AM
70 Boss 429?

Ryan1969Chevelle
07-24-2015, 10:46 AM
Do you care for strays?

Looks like a nice pony!!

Ryan

napa68
07-24-2015, 01:01 PM
No schitt? Neat!

442w30
07-24-2015, 10:04 PM
There's one in <span style="font-style: italic">Hemmings Muscle Machines</span> this month just like that.

SuperNovaSS
07-25-2015, 11:42 PM
http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/1504-1970-boss-429-is-an-original-12000-mile-dragstrip-survivor/

???

bergy
07-26-2015, 11:28 PM
It's funny that these Boss 9s sat on dealer lots like many of the COPO Camaros. Mine was shipped to the dealer 11/3/69 and sold 8/27/70. Invoice price was $5,111.70. Restrictive exhaust manifolds &amp; rev limiter really hurt the quarter mile times. 429 was a NASCAR engine that came into it's own at higher RPM.

COPO CARTEL
07-27-2015, 11:07 AM
Congrats Bergy !!

bergy
07-27-2015, 01:07 PM
Unloaded the Boss 9 this morning. Interior in this car is amazing - even carpets are good.

Charley Lillard
07-27-2015, 01:18 PM
I had one that same color years ago. The problem was I could not let out the clutch unless I sat kind of sideways. Otherwise my knee would hit the steering wheel or get jammed between the wheel and the door panel.

COPO
07-27-2015, 01:54 PM
Beauty, congrats.

Tracker1
07-27-2015, 02:23 PM
Congrats Bruce!!! - any undercarriage pics?

I love the clean fastback look of no louvres, no spoiler on her.

MosportGreen66
07-27-2015, 03:14 PM
Awesome car... congrats!

mockingbird812
07-27-2015, 03:16 PM
Congrats Bruce..........more pix!!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif

SuperNovaSS
07-27-2015, 04:44 PM
Sweet find!

Jason

bergy
08-09-2015, 06:12 PM
- It's not too cramped for me. The worst was this car! Had to change the wheel to a 13&quot; Moto Lita to even sit in it!
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/08/full-2170-30227-cobra_2.png


Back to the Boss 9 - tank &amp; lines cleaned, fluids changed, new battery, etc. Tomorrow is &quot;start day&quot;. Waking it up after a long slumber.

bergy
08-10-2015, 10:02 PM
Cleaned out the carb, changed the power valve - started right up on the first turn of the key - whew!!!!

Xplantdad
08-11-2015, 12:30 AM
Awesome to hear!

bergy
08-11-2015, 01:33 PM
Looking the car over more. Verifying what I saw at inspection, Appears OE drive train. Block is correct 429HP with vin stamp @ rear of block, trans is RUGAZ with vin stamp up top, rear is correct 3.91 RUG with good date for car. Researching ownership history - I'm back to 1974. Like most of these supercars, interesting story to tell.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/08/full-2170-30325-boss_9_rug_tag.jpg

bergy
09-07-2015, 10:39 PM
Tracked ownership back to the second owner on 1975. Got this picture from one of the owners - believed to be late 70s vintage. Turns out I'm the 8th owner. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/09/full-2170-31575-boss_9_circa_late_70s.jpg

Ryan1969Chevelle
09-07-2015, 11:18 PM
Very cool!!!

Ryan

Fast67VelleN2O
09-16-2015, 04:25 PM
I know you were looking for a dated carburetor. Was the one that was on it a service piece or just an incorrectly dated one?

firstgenaddict
05-31-2016, 02:14 AM
Son of a Beech that is a nice BOSS 9. Wicked score Bergy!!!

bergy
05-31-2016, 10:09 AM
I found the correct carb - original part # &amp; date correct for the car. Then sent it to Eric to work his magic. Eric even went out of his way to help me get the engine running correctly. He's the best. The other carb was dated too early for my car (December '68 - good for a '69 Boss 9 though). I put it on eBay with a reasonable (I thought) BIN of $3,500.00. It sold in about 5 minutes!

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2016/05/full-2170-44130-boss_9_front_pic.png