You know that I’m a freak for looking around to find cool and rare muscle car stuff that has somehow survived the march of time and then bubbled up to the surface, right? That being said, understanding my glee in discovering this set of new in the box Boss 429 wires should be pretty easy. Priced at just under $6,000 they have to be the most expensive set of OEM spark plug wires on eBay right now and probably among the most rare as well.
If you are laughing at the price of these and how dumb someone would have to be to buy them, don’t be. If someone is restoring a Boss 429 to 100% factory condition there’s one set of plug wires that he needs. These. The escalation in value of Boss 429 Mustangs has made purchases like this one seem nearly sane because of the value add that these wires would bring in a private sale or even at auction. When you can claim 100% authenticity it makes the price of a car skyrocket.
Now, the truly epic part of this story is where the wires went. These were actually shipped to Stepp Ford in Anchorage, Alaska! The dealer had a customer buy a Boss 429 and a car that was heading for Rhode Island’s Tasca Ford was then shipped to Alaska and apparently these ended up there for parts support purposes. So not only are they rare wires, they have a heck of an interesting story surrounding them. Alaska of all places!
CLICK TO SEE THE EBAY AD FOR THESE NEW IN THE BOX BOSS 429 WIRES
And only 29.95 shipping !!
Barney you got it all wrong! Its $26.95 shipping!
With Boss 429 Mustangs going upwards of $500K, $6K not a bad price.
I\’m not so sure if the rubber/synthetic parts of these wires are good, way past their shelf life. Maybe good for display purposes but probably won\’t hold up to actual use on a hot engine. They do look good though…….det45
I’m not so sure if the rubber/synthetic parts of these wires are good, way past their shelf life. Maybe good for display purposes but probably won’t hold up to actual use on a hot engine. They do look good though…….det45
Yes, what Keith said. At 47 years old, those wires are junk. Plug wires in 1970, even on a Boss 429, were extremely low tech. Putting a set of Accell wires on your car was one first mods done by virtually everyone.
No way they’ve held up after all these years, probably about as flexible as straw.
Makes you wonder what it cost to build a complete motor.