68S08KR Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 I have purchased this old snake statue from a prior ford dealers son!! does anybody else recognize this statue? do you have a story to go with this snake also? Does anybody else have one in their collection? I have been putting it under the hood at car shows on top of my supercharger and everyone thinks it is really neat!! thanks Jon!! the statue is 16 inches tall! it is numbered also! I am really just fishing for more info, I have the real story from the son i purchased it from, he drag raced a 66 shelby with paxton, boss 302, boss 351, 68-1/2 428 , the boss 351 was his fastest car he ran low 13`s high 12`s at two different tracks! he owned a couple 67-68 shelbys and a pantera, because of health issues he has sold all of his cars, he never owned a boss-9 because they and the hemi crysler were" turds" later Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobramach1 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 That's a cool statue. You'll have to fill us all in on the backstory of the statue. From the factory the boss 9 was a slug. However, with only a few mods it changed it's tune completely. It's not often that a naturally aspirated engine can easily make 800-1000hp like the Boss 429 or 426 Hemi. Wasn't the Boss 9 banned from NASCAR too because of an unfair advantage or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawkpilot Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Sweet statue I saw one just like it in a shop in Seoul, Korea and now I'm kicking myself that I didn't buy it :glare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68S08KR Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Sweet statue I saw one just like it in a shop in Seoul, Korea and now I'm kicking myself that I didn't buy it :glare: The statue was a ford promotional item back in the late 60`s (the promotion had a slogan to go with it and also there was a small time rock group with this promo just haven`t got back to the son yet to get this information) the dealers son is going to give me a write up on paper to document to me the history of it ,the statue is made by UNIVERSAL STATUARY CORP dated 1967 #422 when i get the rest of the story i will post later!! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Sweet, but scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misskylie316 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I have purchased this old snake statue from a prior ford dealers son!! does anybody else recognize this statue? do you have a story to go with this snake also? Does anybody else have one in their collection? I have been putting it under the hood at car shows on top of my supercharger and everyone thinks it is really neat!! thanks Jon!! the statue is 16 inches tall! it is numbered also! I am really just fishing for more info, I have the real story from the son i purchased it from, he drag raced a 66 shelby with paxton, boss 302, boss 351, 68-1/2 428 , the boss 351 was his fastest car he ran low 13`s high 12`s at two different tracks! he owned a couple 67-68 shelbys and a pantera, because of health issues he has sold all of his cars, he never owned a boss-9 because they and the hemi crysler were" turds" later Jon Did you find out the history of the statue, cuz i'm really curious! Was gonna sell mine, but after finding out it's connected to ford, i won't now. Got an old 76' cobra. It wouldn't be right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08GT500KR Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Did you find out the history of the statue, cuz i'm really curious! Was gonna sell mine, but after finding out it's connected to ford, i won't now. Got an old 76' cobra. It wouldn't be right! ask amy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastersmech1 Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 That's a Cobra Bong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 We saw a cool Cobra statue at the Lime Rock Rolex in 2007! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dartmouthferry Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 I have purchased this old snake statue from a prior ford dealers son!! does anybody else recognize this statue? do you have a story to go with this snake also? Does anybody else have one in their collection? I have been putting it under the hood at car shows on top of my supercharger and everyone thinks it is really neat!! thanks Jon!! the statue is 16 inches tall! it is numbered also! I am really just fishing for more info, I have the real story from the son i purchased it from, he drag raced a 66 shelby with paxton, boss 302, boss 351, 68-1/2 428 , the boss 351 was his fastest car he ran low 13`s high 12`s at two different tracks! he owned a couple 67-68 shelbys and a pantera, because of health issues he has sold all of his cars, he never owned a boss-9 because they and the hemi crysler were" turds" later Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dartmouthferry Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 It was made by the now defunct Universal Statuary Corporation that was in Chicago. Its made of a plastic/resin compound. It is model # 422 from their catalog. It was copyrighted in 1967, thats the date that may be on the bottom but its not necessarily the year it was made. You can find a picture of one in the liner notes of Muddy Water's 1968 album "Electric Mud" at Amazon.com. Its one killer looking thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09KR0058 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 That is really sweet. Keep us posted as you find more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel-b001 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Yup let us know the history behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interceptor Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I have that same statue .My brother bought it in the 70's when he had his '67 GT500. I like the red eyes that make it all the more evil looking. He also had a ceramic one that was nicer looking than this one,but i don't recall who made it. It does get alot of attention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010KonaBlueGT Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 From the factory the boss 9 was a slug. However, with only a few mods it changed it's tune completely. It's not often that a naturally aspirated engine can easily make 800-1000hp like the Boss 429 or 426 Hemi. A naturally asperated pushrod motor making over 2HP per CI? Sorry, I don't believe it for a second. Heck, the NASCAR boys of today are barely making 2HP/CI and technology has improved by at least tenfold since the Boss & CJ/SCJ 9's. Show me a 429 (or even a 426) "with only a few mods" done to it making 1000HP and prove me wrong! I'm all ears/eyes, Phill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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