If you look at the last of the 427 Cobra street cars, the CSX3300 series, they have the big "comp flares" with 7" wide "sunburst" knock off wheels.
Back in the day, no one liked them and the thing to do was to put on 11" GT40 Halibrands. Even so, the comp flare still had a lip.
They always struck me as looking like a "Batmobile" with three or four inches of fender overlap.
There are other cars of the era that are similar. In fact, if you look at the 68 Gulf GT40's, the race cars have that big overlap as well.
It all depends on what you want the car to look like. There is no requirement that every .001" of available fender spacing be filled.
In fact I personally have grown to like a big tire with "a little" clearance to the fender.
Here is my 68 GT350 rear with a 295-50-15. That's a 12" TREAD tire, 12.5" section. Look at the clearance to the fender lip. You can put your hand in there easily.
Notice how far the tread extends on the inside?
OK so some are going to say BFD. Fine. That tire has the same clearance as the original 70 series Goodyear Polyglas 235-70-15 tires. Better in fact. Those tires require the fender lips to be bent over to clear them.
Most SHELBY people walk right by not even noticing because it looks stock.
This car is also lowered which you won't notice unless it is parked next to a completely stock version.
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