Wisconsin brothers gain fame for work on custom cars - La Crosse Tribune
Gearheads come for $500,000 muscle cars equal to the quality and acclaim of Frank Lloyd Wright and Shakespeare. Mike and Jim Ring will still fix a door ding or a crumpled hood from an ill-timed deer on the family minivan at their Classic Autobody business along Highway 14. But it’s the cars and custom parts built under their other business, Ringbrothers,... Over the past few months, the unassuming siblings have catapulted into the classic car world’s stratosphere. In November, a 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle they built for an Ohio man was named the General Motors Best in Show at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas, one of the largest custom car shows in the world. Then, a few weeks ago, the Rings and the car, dubbed “Recoil,” were featured in a nearly 24-minute YouTube episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage. “Everybody thinks you’ve gotta be in L. A. or New York and these major markets where all the suppliers are and you guys are just about in the middle of the country,” Leno told the Rings. “These boys up there in Wisconsin build good cars,” the former “Tonight Show” star later tweeted to the 65,000 followers of his Jay Leno’s Garage account. A side project to restore a junked Winnebago motor home has also drawn eyes to Ringbrothers. Source: lacrossetribune.com
