He wanted to get more tire on the car since he likes to do autocross and needs more lateral grip. Ashton kind of stumbled his way through it, but the end result is very nice. Oh, and those fender flares aren’t from a kit and they aren’t made of some composite. The idea Ashton had was to build a Trans Am car for the street, which explains a lot of the mods. Each grade 5 bolt has a Ford Oval logo stamped on it and is proudly made in the USA.
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He started off with a run-of-the-mill ’70 Mustang he said was a decent driver but was certainly nothing special. Shocked? The guy who looks like he could play Shaggy in a live action version of Scooby Doo works in the video game industry. The owner of this car, Chris Ashton, doesn’t work in the auto industry. You’ll notice the side-exit exhaust and the Boss 427 badges What’s more, the scoops on the front fender extensions are functional.
That’s thanks to an LS3 under the hood, which is enough to make the Ford faithful wither up and die. Those suspicions are absolutely confirmed once this widebody ’70 Ford Mustang fires up, because it sounds mean as hell.
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However, as you get up close and can see the full custom roll cage, stripped-down interior, and other details, it becomes apparent there’s something serious going on. Upon first seeing the car from a distance, it would be easy and quite frankly forgivable for dismissing it as just a Mustang with a crazy body kit. There’s a video accompanying this article if you want to see it in action. One from SEMA 2019 is this 625-horsepower widebody 1970 Ford Mustang.
There are not only all kinds of cool, innovative products shown off there, plenty of builders display amazing custom muscle cars and other vehicles. We are big fans of the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, which thankfully is happening this year. You’ll never guess what the guy who built this does for a living.
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