Ed,
Here's a quote from the URL below:
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"Otherwise, every Boss 429 came with the high-nickel-content, four-bolt block anchoring a forged-steel crank, "S" or "T" rods and
forged- aluminum pistons.
Even more of a big deal were the exotic, lightweight aluminum heads, which, according to Ford literature, featured crescent-shaped
combustion chambers. Ford wouldn't call it a Hemi, which Chrysler used to describe its 426, but did go so far as to call it a "Semi-Hemi." More often, though, the engine was referred to as the Shotgun 429, Blue Crescent, or of course, Boss 429."
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From here:
http://fordpower.hypermart.net/boss429-1.html
Probably a trifle hard to find, now,
, and maybe even harder to fit under a Cobra's hood!
Tom