New issue of M&F (Ring brothers and JBA)

[Edbert]

Anyone get the new issue yet?

I'd like to hear what folks thought of the newest creation of the Ring Brothers. As well as thoughts of Jay's '68 tunnel-port vintage-racing coupe.

 

[DarkoStoj]

my autoparts store had the issue on the counter and I flipped through it and saw the euro looking fastback. that thing was HOT! I really dug the interior and the carbon fiber rear valence plus the 18 and 19" wheels. The thing turned out real well.

 

[thehueypilot]

Too "retro" for me, but they are very talented guys.

 

[iskwezm]

i saw it 5 months ago at SEMA, cant get any cleaner.

 

[DarkBuddha]

This may be a topic better suited for the Talk forum (since we have it). That said, I'm a fan of the Ring Bros. car, and the JBA car is an oldy but a goody. You might also spy another article on the Ring Bros. car in last month's PHR (or was it Hot Rod?).

 

[Edbert]

I'd never question their talent, or the "cleanness", but something about their aesthetics bother me. On the 67 (maybe was a 68, ya really cannot tell) fastback though I think they went too far. Many of the things that i like so much were not just modded, they were removed. The square things hanging off the front valence and many of the doo-dads seem sort of glued on as afterthoughts. The rectangular exhausts and whatever those things that replace the air extractors are just don't seem to add anything other than be different. The interior has almost everything that looks like a classic mustang removed and replaced by something more spaceship/euro like.

Again, amazing skill and fabrication work at every level, very high marks on originality and creativeness too...it just doesn't leave a positive impression on me. I can still appreciate that they are pushing the envelope, and the show car scene seems to prefer their type of mods to what SN65 did, but I prefer Bob's approach.

Now Jay's car?

THAT'S what I like in a restomod, mostly business and totally retro!

ETA: What is this "talk forum" you speak of? <BFG> Did anyone notice FRPP is going to start making Boss302 blocks again?

 

[180 Out]

The Ring brothers demonstrate once again that Wisconsin winters are verrrrry long. Those guys need to do a mock up using Elmer's glue, then pull off half the stuff they put on a car and call it done.

The vintage racer is everything cool. I wonder how well it works on a road course, though. The gas pedal on a 302 ci engine with 450 hp @ 7300, a 12.5:1 CR, a 273/283 .640" cam, dual 615 cfm Holleys, 1 3/4 into 3 1/2 headers, and 2.12/1.60 tunnel port heads would feel more like an on/off switch than a throttle.

 

[Jimmys66]

I liked the car better than the last two they did. One of them had the headlightd distorted at an upward angle and kinda made the car look, challenged, so to speak.

I love the billet hood hinges. I called and talked to Jim Ring about 2 months ago about purchacing a set. They were $599 through them. Now they sell for $650 through Mustangs plus.

 

[jcode68]

I tend to agree with Edbert on this one. Ring Bros are obviously very talented and skilled and approach things with their own originality, but it's just not my taste. The front valance air vents just don't look right on the car and remind me of what Chevy put on the SS pickup, which they happen to look very good on. After reading the article and really looking the car over, it seems to me that they are looking to develop a line of aftermarket parts for classic cars. As you pointed out, many of these parts are bolted/mounted on the car. Their previous cars seem to have taken a different approach where mods were more subtle because they were carefully blended in and not so obvious. My guess is you will begin to see more than just the hood hinges (which totally rock) available from Ring Bros. You too could have your very own billet cowl covers and Euro air extractors for your classic ride. You won't see them on my ride anytime soon though...

 

[Edbert]

You too could have your very own billet cowl covers and Euro air extractors for your classic ride.

Those look like they bolted on a set of dual-quad spacers to me. And the flat tail-light panel bugs me, carbon fiber or not. I was starting to feel a bit queasey with the liberal use of the ricer "R" all over their cars, but then I figured it stood for "Ring" and cut them some slack

 

[69Rcode_Mach1]

 

[Jester67]

I'd never question their talent, or the "cleanness", but something about their aesthetics bother me. On the 67 (maybe was a 68, ya really cannot tell) fastback though I think they went too far. Many of the things that i like so much were not just modded, they were removed. The square things hanging off the front valence and many of the doo-dads seem sort of glued on as afterthoughts. The rectangular exhausts and whatever those things that replace the air extractors are just don't seem to add anything other than be different. The interior has almost everything that looks like a classic mustang removed and replaced by something more spaceship/euro like.

Again, amazing skill and fabrication work at every level, very high marks on originality and creativeness too...it just doesn't leave a positive impression on me. I can still appreciate that they are pushing the envelope, and the show car scene seems to prefer their type of mods to what SN65 did, but I prefer Bob's approach.

Now Jay's car?

THAT'S what I like in a restomod, mostly business and totally retro!

ETA: What is this "talk forum" you speak of? <BFG> Did anyone notice FRPP is going to start making Boss302 blocks again?

I could not agree more.

Those look like they bolted on a set of dual-quad spacers to me. And the flat tail-light panel bugs me, carbon fiber or not. I was starting to feel a bit queasey with the liberal use of the ricer "R" all over their cars, but then I figured it stood for "Ring" and cut them some slack

That “R” stands for rice because that is all I could think of when I was looking at the car. What a way to end it after living a proud life of 39 years

 

[Steve69]

I use to live 5 Minutes from the Ring Brothers and Never new that they
had Mustang Projects until I opened up the M&F magazine. There place
looks like a Bodyshop that you would see in any small town. I can vouch
for the Cold Weather in Wisconsin. Heat wave today its going to be
50 degrees.

 

[Edbert]

Or try this, the car's official website.

I should probably mention, I like everything under the hood, including the hood

 

[69Rcode_Mach1]

Ehhh, it's okay. I am not discrediting the hard working and creativity that went into it, I just don't dig it. The wheels are too large, the interior just doesn't look right either.

 

[SN65]

Hi All,

I had the oportunity to meet the Ring brothers at the Detroit Autorama. Two of the nicest guys you will ever meet.

They spent about an hour going over the SN65 at the show. They were very complimentary. In fact, they told Wayne that the SN65 was better than anything they ever built. They said that our car (the SN65) has raised the bar for every custom mustang yet to come.

I only wish I could have taken them for a ride. Seeing the car is one thing, but riding in it is a surreal experiance.

Bob

 

[180 Out]

These pix are from a Popular Hot Rodding feature on the Bittle Trans Am car, and the Ring Bros '67 fb was a feature car in the January '06 Hot Rod. I've been on the fence about renewing my Mustang & Fords subscription, which expires June '06. If Mustang & Fords is just going to recycle Mustang feature cars from other Primedia mags that I also subscribe to, and that have a lot higher level of editorial content, it's going to be a lot easier to make the call on M & F.

 

[Jester67]

These pix are from a Popular Hot Rodding feature on the Bittle Trans Am car, and the Ring Bros '67 fb was a feature car in the January '06 Hot Rod. I've been on the fence about renewing my Mustang & Fords subscription, which expires June '06. If Mustang & Fords is just going to recycle Mustang feature cars from other Primedia mags that I also subscribe to, and that have a lot higher level of editorial content, it's going to be a lot easier to make the call on M & F.

I have been having the same problem between Mustangs Monthly and Mustangs and Ford. I seams like they just recycle the same articles from one to the other and it is getting worse not better. If this trend has not stop by the time my subscription comes due I will cancel one if not both of them.

 

[mustangdave]

I cancelled all because of this and just pick up a newstand issue if something new is in it; maybe twice a year.

 

[69Rcode_Mach1]

Now that Trans-Am coupe is freaking awesome.