Chip Foose Imagines A Carroll Shelby-Design Fox Body Mustang ++ It gets all of Shelby’s iconic touches.
Today, Ford and Shelby are two inseparable brands in the eyes of many. The Shelby name has adorned several powerful Mustang variants over the last decade, though the two haven’t always been partners. They forged different paths in the 1980s, leaving the third-generation Fox Body Mustang without a Shelby variant. However, famed designer Chip Foose has a new video imagining the possibility of a Shelby-designed Fox Body Mustang.
The basis for Foose’s Shelby isn’t the fastback model. Instead, he’s using the less-popular notchback body style, which looks significantly less sporty. However, under his delicate pen, he begins adding all the flavors and hallmarks of a Shelby model – the stripes, aftermarket wheels, and requisite branding. There are other touches, too, such as the stylized ground effects, sporty rear lip spoiler, h