SEMA show would feel empty without the renowned coachbuilders of Ringbrothers bringing their wonderful designs to the show each year, even though most of those designs remain a concept forever. Here’s four new cool ideas the Ringbrothers have for the 2016 SEMA show, including a Chevrolet, a Cadillac, a Ford, and a Winnebago!
Let’s begin with the Caddy, a 1948 Cadillac Series V fastback named “Madam V” which is the ultimate restomod project with the steel body of the original car and 2016 ATS-V underpinnings. As you’d expect, the body is somewhat caricatured and has a strong hotrod vibe about it that the purists are not going to like very much.
The car we’re partial to is 1965 widebody Mustang convertible “Ballistic” which, again, features a classic body and a modern engine, in this case a supercharged 5.8 liter Ford V8 engine from a Shelby GT500. This thing would have hella Mad Max if it weren’t for that rather lovely BASF Glasurit custom hue “Blu by U” paint job.
Muscle car lovers will be pleased by the presence of the “G-Code” Camaro, a 1969 model with a Wegner Whipple supercharged LS3 which makes the car the fastest and most powerful Chevy the Rings have ever built. The body has a cool sleeper look about it and is adorned with modern aero features.
The weirdest Ringbrothers product at this year’s SEMA is the Winnebago thing, a 1972 “Happy Camper” Winnebago Brave which they have equipped with a 900+ horsepower engine and tikki lounge and WWII Bomber-inspired interior. Now that is something worth seeing.