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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Writing a book of this nature is not something that can be done without the help of many people who are willing to share their stories, photos, recollections, and memorabilia. Only a few people have made it their business to become experts on the Boss 429; one of those is Denny Aldridge, owner of Aldridge Motorsports and Engineering. Currently, he has in his collection 1 1969 Boss 302 and 4 1969 Boss 429 Mustangs. Over the years, he has owned 37 Boss 302 Mustangs and 15 Boss 429 Mustangs. His company has been a Ford Racing dealer for the past 32 years and a Roush Racing dealer since 1972.

I was fortunate that Denny was willing to share his vast knowledge, expertise, and archives with me. Without his generous help, this book would not have been possible.

I am grateful to a very special and dedicated group of people for generously sharing their knowledge and photographs, as well as making available all of the unusual racing parts necessary to complete this book: Len Ewell, for his help in researching historical and technical information and for sharing his extensive library of reference materials; Randy Hernandez supplied his dad’s rare photos and memorabilia, which was a great help in filling in the blanks for the Kar-Kraft operation; and Sig Hustad, Dan Spiegel, and Richard Truesdell for supplying their excellent photos. Doing research for this book required the better part of a year. I used other sources, of course, and it would have been impossible to have an accurate project without their help. I also want to thank Joe Spinelli for reviewing the manuscript and offering his advice and expert knowledge of these very special cars.

Last, but absolutely not least, I wish to thank my editor, Paul Johnson, for giving me the opportunity, his insightful advice, and his hard work in turning the rough draft into a finished manuscript.