On April 9, 2021, Jason Billups, along with his father, Gerald Billups, and friend, Todd Hollar, rescued the featured Grabber Orange 1970 Boss 429 Mustang from a private location in Oklahoma, where it had been sitting in a field for years.
The Grabber Orange '70 'Boss 9' had been on Jason's radar for years. He and Todd had purchased another Boss Mustang from the seller years before, and that seller had recently expressed an interest to part with the second Boss from his collection.
Upon receiving news of the car's availability, Jason reached out to one of his clients, Jose Armario, who said, "I want it." While working on a 1968 Shelby GT500 for Jose, Jason had learned that Jose was looking for a Boss 9 that he could occasionally drive to work at his company in North Carolina.
According to Jason, the '70 Boss 9 was in great original, unrestored condition, despite its time outside. The factory Grabber Orange paint was still intact, but had some patina expected on a car that's been sitting outdoors for some time. However, the weather is relatively mild in Oklahoma, and apparently Mother Nature had been good to this Boss 9.
Once Jason laid more careful eyes on the car, his plan to bring it back to life was to clean up the paint by performing some careful and methodical polishing. It was just too good to fully restore.
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