In 1971, Detroit signed the instruments of surrender to the allied evil powers of insurance rates and environmentalists. The 426 Hemi was gone, the Boss Mustangs were sent to the deli shops, and ...

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 ...

The dawn of the 1970s brought a new landscape to automobile manufacturing. The muscle car movement had peaked, imports continued to take market share, governmental regulations were on the rise, and ...

351 Cleveland engines in the four basic configurations: A. 2 barrel; B. 4-barrel; C. Cobra Jet; D. HO or Boss 351. It seems that in the world of high-performance engines, the 351 Cleveland has been ...

Compared to the legions of 1965 and 1966 Mustangs built, the Boss 351 is a low-volume, one-year wonder with a production of only 1,806. But as the last Boss of the trio, and a very strong performer, ...

Like most cars of its era, the Boss 351 had far more flexibility and individuality in its ordering process than do the Mustangs of today with their packaged and bundled content. Inevitably, that ...

I started learning to work on cars in the late 1970s by helping my stepdad turn salvaged mid-1960s Chevy Chevelles into street-stock-class race cars. Throughout that period, I had my hands on a number ...