Finally got an S197, Sonic Blue GT, also a 69

BuckeyeBOSS

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Finally got an S197. Loved this body style since it came out, just picked one up this last weekend for my new driver to replace the 98 Trans Am. Exactly every option I would have chosen from the factory.

2005 Mustang GT
Sonic Blue
Auto tranny
Dark charcoal leather interior with upgrade package
17" Grey Bullitt wheels
22k miles

Excuse the pics, I'm not a very creative photographer.



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Here's my other Mustang, 69 with a 545 big block...

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Alot more pics and info here: www.fquick.com/buckeyeboss
 

281express

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nice 05, my girlfriend wanted me to get blue but i got black instead cuz it looks oh so sexy at night haha but awsome 69! it looks like a beast
 

BuckeyeBOSS

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nice 05, my girlfriend wanted me to get blue but i got black instead cuz it looks oh so sexy at night haha but awsome 69! it looks like a beast

Thanks man. I've had a lot of black cars over the years, love black cars, but it was time for something different. Always liked the Sonic Blue color.
 

BuckeyeBOSS

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Nice Boss 429 scoop on your 69! Tell us more about the 69.

Thanks man, and you asked for it:

Factory Options:

-Originally Acapulco Blue exterior - now dark red
-Standard black interior
-Originally came with a 351 engine. Now has a 545 cubic inch big block
Exterior Modifications:

-Boss 429 hood scoop
-Ford Racing hood pins
-Front chin spoiler
-Weld Draglite wheels
-30 x 12.5 ET Streets out back and skinnies in front
Interior Modifications:

-B&M Quicksilver shifter
-Aftermarket tach
-Replaced door lock knobs
-Replaced inner door handle cups
Performance:

Engine:
-545 cid shortblock - a .030 over factory D1VE block, forged 4.5" crank, 6.8" scat h-beam rods, ARP 2000 series rod bolts, dished forged Diamond pistons with custom valve reliefs for both Kaase P-51 and conventional heads, Total Seal plasma moly file fit rings, Clevite H series bearings, Durabond cam bearings, sfi flexplate, sfi balancer, internally balanced
-1969 DOVE-C heads, ported - 2.250 intake valves and 1.720 exhaust. Flowed 307 cfm intake and 169 cfm exhaust
-Comp Cam solid roller XR286 R-10
-Offenhauser Port-O-Sonic intake
-855 cfm Holley carb
-K&N X-Stream air cleaner
-De-anodized the gold Moroso valve covers and painted them black
-MSD Pro-Billet distributer #8577
-MSD 6AL
-MSD Super Conductor sparkplug wires
-Comp Cams 954-16 springs
-Comp Cams retainers and locks
-Comp Cams solid roller lifters 836-16
-Crane hardened locks
-7/16 Rocker studs
-5/16 moly pushrods
-Crane roller rockers
-Melling true roller timing chain
-Melling high volume oil pump
-Milodon 8 QT. oil pan
-Milodon pickup
-Milodon Billet oil pump drive shaft
-March aluminum crank pulley (stock size 5.0L)

Cooling:
-Meziere 35GPM electric water pump (#WP108S) and backing plate - both black anodized
-Aluminum radiator with custom support
-Mark VIII electric fan with Delta Current Fan Control
Suspension/Chassis:

-Subframe connectors
-Summit Racing shocks
Drivetrain:

Tranny:
-1970 SCJ C6 Tranny
-Steel clutch packs
-Kevlar clutches
-B&M Trans pack shift control
-4 pinion planetary
-Custom API 9" 4500rpm stall converter - switching to lower stall soon
-Deep pan, trans cooler, racing filter

Rearend:
-9" rearend-Nodular Iron
-Detroit locker 31 spline
-4.11 gears - switching to a numerically lower gear soon
-31 spline axles
-Daytona pinion support
-Daytona yoke
Electronics:

-95 F250/350 7.5L starter from Autozone (only 8 lbs)
-Radio and speakers removed
-Radio delete plate added to dash
-130 amp 3G alternator upgrade
 
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shatter

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Awesome! We need a youtube video of the 69 in action now! :) You make one of yours and I'll do one of mine but mine is tame as hell as it is mostly a stocker.
 

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Very nice!

Looks like my garage! I have a Vista Blue GT 5spd and a Burgundy 69 Mach with a B&S 351 Clvd (409ci) 4spd.
 

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Nice on both accounts! I bought my 06 vista after getting tired of spending years searching for a decent condition 69/70 sportsroof.
 

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