{"id":78167,"date":"2021-03-02T13:46:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T21:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=78167"},"modified":"2021-03-02T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T21:46:56","slug":"check-out-ringbrothers-1968-mercury-cougar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/check-out-ringbrothers-1968-mercury-cougar\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out Ringbrothers&#8217; 1968 Mercury Cougar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-78167-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/DSF0918-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;78168&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Check out Ringbrothers\\u0026#8217; 1968 Mercury Cougar&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Check out Ringbrothers\\u0026#039; 1968 Mercury Cougar&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;One of the most famous names in car builders, The Ringbrothers, showed off their new incredible Cougar build. The Ringbrothers\\u0026#8217; love taking a lesser-known car and giving it the RB treatment. People may remember their AMC Javelin reveal at SEMA a few years back. Although this Cougar is one of their more tame builds, it\\u0026#8217;s still one of the coolest Cougar builds around.\\n\\nThe stunning Cougar makes a healthy 460 horsepower from its Ford Coyote 5.0L V8 engine connected to a 10-speed paddle-shifted automatic transmission borrowed from the Ford F-150 Raptor.\\n\\nRingbrothers gave the Cougar a frame-off restoration that included new floor pans and transmission tunnel, new performance suspension by DSE, brakes, and HRE Series C1 C103 Forged 3-Piece wheels wrapped in Michelin tires. The Ringbrothers team completed the show-quality bodywork thanks to 3M\\u0026#8217;s bodywork products and fresh BASF paint, and a new bumper, grille, hardware and badging finish off the appearance. Under the hood, Motul synthetic oil keeps the engine running smoothly, while a custom Flowmaster exhaust provides an aggressive growl.\\n\\n\\u0026#8220;We put our heart into each car we build, and this Cougar is no exception,\\u0026#8221; said Ringbrothers co-owner Jim Ring. \\u0026#8220;The finished product is mild and classy, yet any enthusiast instantly knows it\\u0026#8217;s not stock. I imagine this is what Mercury designers would have come up with if they were building the Cougar today.\\u0026#8221;\\n\\n\\u0026#8220;While we couldn\\u0026#8217;t bring the car to the SEMA Show, we hope it can be shown to the public soon,\\u0026#8221; continued Mike Ring, co-owner of Ringbrothers. \\u0026#8220;We had never done a Cougar before, so this was a fun build. I love working with new shapes and coming up with new ideas.\\u0026#8221;\\n\\nRingbrothers offer several billet aluminum parts for fans to build a custom Cougar of their own. 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