Espionage is normally the base of being the grey man. Mixing with the crowd, not standing out but keeping your ears open. Courageous, charming and convincing, the looks of a classic spy tends to lighten up the flame in all of us. Although dubbed “Espionage”, the 1865 Mustang built by Ring brothers is everything but the grey man.
It’s wide and strong
As petrolheads might have already noticed, the base of this monster resides on a wide body Mustang Fastback. Jim and Mike Ring took the original car and pushed forward the inconspicuous carbon fiber elements. Atop of that, “Spy Green” Waterborne paint has been applied, along with a complementary orange line on the hood and above the side skirts.
Rocks on the inside
The Espionage Mustang doesn’t only look good on the outside. Instead of a rusted rat-rod interior, the driver is welcomed with leather wrapped seats and doors, contrasted by chrome handles and chrome rings on the gauges. A ball gearshift knob looks like a disco ball from the 80’s.
Spin the key in the ignition and your eardrums will quit their job and run away to Mexico. The Espionage comes with a 7-liter V8 engine which is boosted to almost 960 HP by a custom made Whipple supercharger. It all goes to the wheels through a six-speed manual transmission; this isn’t a car for the city driver stuck in morning commute.
Ring brothers first revealed the car at last year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas. While this is definitely one of a kind, there might be a chance to get your hands on it. You may never know when it will come out for auction.
