 Picture courtesy Gus Tarrab
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The History of Richard Wall and Bill Follmers 69 T/A Boss 302.
"I
got the car in '70 with 10,000 miles on it....I was the road race goof ball
in high school, everybody else was a dragger guy.
I
saw a Trans am race and decided that is what I wanted to do...So the machine
shop and welding shop in College got me some skills. I used the Boss
302 Ford book as a guide and built a race car out of it.
I
did SCCA cal club racing and in my first year I was regional champion....
winning
the championship at the last race with a come from behind win passing 28
cars. I
also was the Cal Club driver of the year in 1974.
I
re-rebuilt it several times getting more out of it. It ended up as the
"trickest" Boss 302 ever I am sure. Fiberglass front and rear
fenders, hood etc.helped reduce weight. I got it down to 2600 lbs.
 
I
sold the car to Brian Rice from England. I think he took it to Australia
having seen it in a magazine. I
sure would buy it if I could get it back !!!!
I
later raced in the Trans-Am series . I had a company called Stock Car
Chassis. We built a dozen or so cars for myself and customers. I actually
qualified on the front row for the Ceasars Palace Trans-Am race in '86
Rich
P.S.
Nothing looks more cool than a lowered Boss 302 whith Minilites on it !"
  
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