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Old 01-08-2018, 11:25 AM   #23
Rusty Gillis
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Default Re: 1969 Mustang race car that I have owned since 1970

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Originally Posted by nomad View Post
This kind of thing happened a lot when I worked at Dearborn Assembly. A plant worker buying a new Mustang or Cougar was usually afforded the privilege of following his car down the assembly line. Sometimes that employees co-workers would add some extras. Convertible rocker boxes on hardtops and fastbacks was a popular "option". The required the carpet molded for that rocker box. A set of Boss quarter panels accidently ending up on your car or a Big E car would not be out of the question.


In the large repair bay at the end of the line a 428 ending up in a 390 car that lost it's engine on the test rolls happened a couple of times, too.
This was built in Oct 1968 before Boss 302's were built.
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