Forget Off-Road Porsche 911s, This Rowdy Classic Mustang Is as Cool as Safari Builds Come
For one, the pony car now rides considerably higher. While it wears some period-correct 15-inch Magnum 500-style wheels, it’s been equipped for off-road duty by way of some raised suspension and 31-inch Mickey Thompson Baja Legend MTZ tires.
To that end, it also sports a roof rack (for mounting a spare, sand ladders, or any number of other critical accessories), as well as a set of auxiliary Hella lights.
While they aren’t extensive modifications, they’re nevertheless impactful on a vehicle like the Mustang. Besides, that’s not all there is to the build.
In keeping with its safari transformation, this Mustang benefits from both performance and visual mods, too. So, even though the Blue Oval built the car with a 302 under the hood, it now comes with a larger and more powerful 351 (5.8-liter).
Rounded out by some Mach 1 tribute touches in the form of the paint, the graphics, the grille, the hood and the spoilers, it makes for one mean Mustang (and something that’s cooler than yet another 911).