[Bob Gaines]

Originally Posted by cougar

Hey Bob---I assume that this is the same car. I think that it was blue.
Frank


The Boss Shelby

This one is still being researched, but it is known that this '69 G-code (Boss 302) fastback was sold to Shelby-American and was, at some point, equipped with a '69 Shelby console, a rollbar, and "Cobra GT" interior emblems. Apparently, the car was destined as a prototype for a possible Boss-powered '70 GT350 prior to the decision to pull the plug on Shelby production. Built very early in the '69 Boss 302 production run, on April 21, 1969, the Shelby Boss carries an 84 DSO (for Home Office Reserve) and a consecutive unit number that begins with "48,"--Ford's in-house code for Shelby Mustangs--as opposed to the standard Mustang numbers that begin with a "1," as in 100001.

George Huisman, who once owned the car and performed much of the research, says it appears the car never received the Shelby exterior fiberglass. During his ownership, Huisman found four Shelby-American GT350 emblems under the carpet.

The '69 Shelby Boss is currently undergoing a restoration in Indiana.

Found the picture

Frank, that probably is a picture of the car .That picture is a lot nicer then any of the Before pictures I have in my records.Thank you for posting it. George was who I got the car from when I owned it. It has been restored as the picture Rod posted testifies to. I traded George a 67 GT500 for it. Yes it is originally Acapulco blue. As far as the statement about not having the 69 Shelby fiberglass from the factory that very well might be true but only because of when it was produced the design exercise it was meant to be was scuttled by the announcement the Shelby production would cease and so never finished. I feel that the car was meant to have the Shelby fiberglass fitted .I think it sat in the corner waiting to be completed until a engineer snuck it out the back door with some Mustang finders and hood. The special hole in the firewall was punched out for the fog light wiring harness which supports a extremely strong probability that would indicate it was meant to have the rest of what would have gone along with that harness. I believe this car was never finished at Shelby for reasons I hypothesized earlier .This car has been acknowledged as having all the interior Shelby appointments why would it be such a stretch to think it was meant to have Shelby fiberglass .The Boss 429 Quarter horse with Shelby fiberglass doesn't even have a Shelby number yet it ended up with Shelby fiberglass from the factory.We know of 66 ,67 Shelby converts,67 supercharged coupes ,68 Green Hornet coupe and various 69 experimental cars , this would not be anymore weird then any of those.