But Ford had something special planned for 1971: the Boss 351 Mustang. And the one you see here is for sale at the 2022 Mecum Orlando auction. The 1971 Mustang Boss 351 was one of Ford's last true ...

Although Ford had dropped almost all their performance programs after 1970, they introduced the Boss 351 Mustang at the Detroit auto show in November 1971. But instead of debuting the car as the ...

The '71 Boss 351 represents one of the last of the first-generation Mustang musclecars. And it came at a time when Ford was trying ... which wasn't available for 1971. A previous owner repainted ...

The color (Bright Red) was quite popular for the 1971 Ford Mustang Boss 351, with 186 examples out of the total production of 1,806 being sprayed in this hue. The Mach I Sports Interior group was ...

For reference, the side stripes came standard only on the Boss 351 model in 1971 and optional on the Mach 1 and the short-lived. Ford also included them in the coupe-only Spring Special Mustang ...

The design for the 351 Boss was meant to offer a more aggressive style, but to do that, the car had to gain some size. The length of the 1971 Mustang extended 2.1 inches longer to 189.55 inches ...

As the tacit Detroit liaison at Car Craft in 1971, I snatched the keys to the Boss and wouldn't let anyone else touch them for weeks. That's about when the PR guy began yelling to get his Mustang ...

A year after the engine's release, Ford came out with what fans call the best version of it - the modified Cleveland used in the 1971 Boss 351 Mustang. Bigger and meaner looking that the 60s ...

all names trotted out by Ford every decade or so to boost pony car sales. But the Boss 351 has never seen a reprise. It was a one-year-only special—rare by Mustang standards. Luckily ...

A rare Mustang has been found in a barn after sitting for 46 years, and it’s a model that not a lot of people would recognize. The Boss 351 was only available for the year 1971 and was slotted ...

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Looking to build off the huge success of the original Mustang ... Ford included a cross-flow radiator and reshaped spring towers to allow for the extra cubic inches. Meanwhile, the Boss 351 ...