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When people mention Ring Brothers", we immediately think of an ultra-macho N rburgring fraternity full of badly-maintained BMW M3s. That, or a speciality circus featuring high-wire acts, strongmen and comedy clowns riding unicycles.But in the car world, Ringbrothers is something altogether more serious. And much, much better. Ringbrothers makes cars. And not just any cars, but some of the most striking Pro-touring customs we"ve seen in a while.Essentially, the Ringbrothers collision and repair shop base in Spring Green, Wisconsin, doubles as a community panel beater and high-end speciality builder, turning out one or two show stopping one-offs every year for themselves and official manufacturers to display at car shows like SEMA. They call it re-defining" classics. We just call it cool.Run by Jim and Mike Ring, Ringbrothers takes on pretty much anything, modifying and improving various kinds of American muscle into cars that win awards. A lot of awards. Its style is fairly specific, and though it probably isn"t to everyone"s taste, you can"t argue with the quality of the work. This is top-line custom fabrication from people who have a lot of passion for the subject matter.Take its latest car that featured at SEMA 2015; a 1965 widebody Fastback Ford Mustang with an all carbonfibre body, called Espionage".Pretty much everything is changed, and it"s not just the two-inch widening of the composite bodywork. Under the bonnet is a supercharged 7.0-litre LS7 V8 punting out some 959bhp and 858lb ft of torque. Which means it"s probably fairly rapid.The interior is all new, retro-themed but modern as you like, and although this will never be mistaken for a resto-mod, there"s definitely a lot of thought gone into the look.
Date written: 26 Apr 2016
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ID: 3175
When people mention Ring Brothers", we immediately think of an ultra-macho N rburgring fraternity full of badly-maintained BMW M3s. That, or a speciality circus featuring high-wire acts, strongmen and comedy clowns riding unicycles.But in the car world, Ringbrothers is something altogether more serious. And much, much better. Ringbrothers makes cars. And not just any cars, but some of the most striking Pro-touring customs we"ve seen in a while.Essentially, the Ringbrothers collision and repair shop base in Spring Green, Wisconsin, doubles as a community panel beater and high-end speciality builder, turning out one or two show stopping one-offs every year for themselves and official manufacturers to display at car shows like SEMA. They call it re-defining" classics. We just call it cool.Run by Jim and Mike Ring, Ringbrothers takes on pretty much anything, modifying and improving various kinds of American muscle into cars that win awards. A lot of awards. Its style is fairly specific, and though it probably isn"t to everyone"s taste, you can"t argue with the quality of the work. This is top-line custom fabrication from people who have a lot of passion for the subject matter.Take its latest car that featured at SEMA 2015; a 1965 widebody Fastback Ford Mustang with an all carbonfibre body, called Espionage".Pretty much everything is changed, and it"s not just the two-inch widening of the composite bodywork. Under the bonnet is a supercharged 7.0-litre LS7 V8 punting out some 959bhp and 858lb ft of torque. Which means it"s probably fairly rapid.The interior is all new, retro-themed but modern as you like, and although this will never be mistaken for a resto-mod, there"s definitely a lot of thought gone into the look.
Date written: 26 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3175
