The reason we at Car Craft are celebrating the discovery of a long-neglected or forgotten car is because it represents the mystique that any of us could swing open the doors of an old barn, pole building, or storage unit and find a rare or well-preserved muscle car inside. A lot of attention has been given to barn finds in recent months. They show up at major auctions, and some major car shows have special sections for them.

Any time classic iron gets rescued from obscurity is a good thing, but when ultra-rare muscle comes out of hiding after nearly 40 years, it’s like unearthing a new tomb in the Valley of the Kings. That was the general feeling about this 1969 Boss 429 Mustang when it showed up at Muscle Car Restorations (MCR) of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in the summer of 2015. Charles Avery purchased the Boss 9 in March 1973 from a dealer in Fort Worth, Texas, for the unbelievable sum of $1,475. Read More