In his reflective retirement years, Jones realized that he had never owned a Boss 302 Mustang. So he enlisted southern Cal enthusiasts G.S. Johnson and Mark Brown to secure a Grabber Orange 1970 Boss 302 and build it into a street-going version of his number 15 Trans-Am championship car., complete with modified engine and side stripes positioned lower like the 1970 race car.

Unlike most professional racers who focus on one type of racing, Parnelli Jones excelled in numerous race series, from oval track to off-road. Early in his career, someone described him: “Parnelli can drive the wheels off anything with a seat.” Thankfully, many of those seats were in Mustangs and Broncos.