There is nothing more classically American than walking into a dusty old barn and stumbling on this vintage Ford Mustang. Chase from Michigan recently had the pleasure of tasting that slice of Americana when he wandered into a barn and discovered a 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 in the back corner. This gray and black treasure has been resting since 1985, spending its days making acquaintance with the spiders and flies.

The Mustang Boss 302 was the brain child of legendary car designer Larry Shinoda (famous for designing the Corvette Sting Ray). Shinoda’s vision for the Boss was to take the Stang from simple pony car to all out racing machine. He designed it so the driver would feel as if he was behind the wheel of a race car. This was achieved through adding a meaner grill, a hood scoop, side scoops and “hockey stick” side stripes which give the car a track day appearance.

Known today for packing a lot of punch in a small package, the Boss 302 mill was assembled largely from spare parts. Using the block from the Standard 302 Windsor motor combined with Cleveland motor cylinder heads, a deadly 290 horsepower beast was born.

Despite being inanimate objects, its long been said that every musclecar contains a soul. Deep within that soul is a story waiting to be told. A story of its past, its racing history and its previous owners. We know little about this Boss 302’s history but judging from the big fat tires on the rear and its four speed gear box on the floor, this pony was once the queen of the local street races. Her 302 mill is numbers matching and only clocked 31,000 miles before been tucked away from sight. Chase hopes to save this beauty and let her roam the highways once again.