Greetings from the Republic of Texas! I recently purchased (July 2018) a 1971 Boss 351 (Vin 1F02R154257) from the 2nd owner who's owned it for the last 41 years. He purchased it in January, 1977 from a Chrysler Dealership in McAllen, TX. He was told the original owner was from Mexico who drove to McAllen and traded it for something on the Chrysler lot. Since McAllen is a border town the story made sense but there was no way to prove until I obtained a MARTI report. According to MARTI my car was only 1 of 18 to be designated for export at production with a DSO code of 99. So there are 17 other Boss 351's somewhere on the planet that were sent overseas after coming off the assembly line. This picture was taken the day I purchased it (July 12, 2018) outside his garage. The wheels are not correct but the car is in awesome condition with solid metal since it has lived in the desert south all of its life.
The engine is in the machine shop as I write this note. My intent is for a bottom-up rebuild but I want the car to be driveable and allow me to get gas at the corner store. As such, I don't want 11.7:1 compression and asked they "detune" the engine. The engine will still look like a 1971 Boss on the outside.
Oh...I'm selling the original intake manifold (D1ZX-9425-CA) and a NOS Boss distributor in the classifieds if interested.
Ed
San Antonio, TX
The engine is in the machine shop as I write this note. My intent is for a bottom-up rebuild but I want the car to be driveable and allow me to get gas at the corner store. As such, I don't want 11.7:1 compression and asked they "detune" the engine. The engine will still look like a 1971 Boss on the outside.
Oh...I'm selling the original intake manifold (D1ZX-9425-CA) and a NOS Boss distributor in the classifieds if interested.
Ed
San Antonio, TX
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