Ford Mustang Classic With Widebody Flares is Hot
YouTuber overhauls his ’66 Ford Mustang with fender flares and they look superb. Who knew modernity and classic cars mixed so well?
It seems that wide body kits are all the rage these days. Box flares or bulges, rivets or filler: no matter what your taste is, there’s a kit out there to make the wide wonder of your dreams.
But what happens when you want to mount some serious rubber and there’s no kit for your car? You make your own. YouTuber Vince Hernandez did just that and performed major surgery on his early 1966 Ford Mustang coupe.
Most flared cars you see are from the 1980s and newer. So how do flares work on the styling of a car from the 1960s? Surprisingly well, in our opinion. While we usually prefer fastbacks, Hernandez’s coupe is just about perfect. We actually think the boxier styling of the coupe suits the flares better, even though the flares themselves are quite curvaceous.
We especially like the classy, understated look of non-metallic grey paint over a red interior. Like the rest of the build, it effortlessly mixes classic and modern styles to create something entirely new. The blacked-out trim has the same effect. In short, this Mustang just looks tough.
Following the old-meets-new theme are a handful of small details that tie the whole package together. The LED headlights are our personal favorite touch, like the cherry on top of one seriously bad-ass sundae.
Back to the flares, they do a great job of following the car’s natural body lines, looking almost like something Carroll Shelby might have done back when the car was new.
Our favorite part of the video is the canyon-carving ride-along. The car sounds even better than it looks, and it appears to handle quite a bit better than your average early Mustang. For this Mustang, beauty is clearly more than skin deep.
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