Sometimes it takes a few months for a truly unique build to get attention. Such was the case with WMS Racing, who built the Vanquish’d S197 Mustang equipped with a V12 Aston Martin engine and debuted it at this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas. Just recently a video has been floating around Youtube and other sites – and then that got it picked up by Autoblog and a few other media sources.

However – there has been almost no information on the car. Well, since this is old ‘new’ news – we figured StangTV could tell you a little bit about this creation from Dave Lockwood and Shannon Wall of Western Motorsports.

The Vanquish’d was a unique idea. Take one S197 Mustang, add a Aston Martin Vanquish V12 engine, stroke it to 6.1L, and equip it with 620+ hp courtesy of the WMS power upgrades. Oh yea, and since it’s going to make a crap load of power, better mini-tub it and install 19 x 12 wheels with mind-numbing 345mm wide Viper rear tires.

Kind of sounds like the Heretic doesn’t it? If you forgot about the Heretic, check out the video.

Let’s start by reviewing some of the Vanquish’d Specifications:

• Aston Martin Vanquish V12
• Stroked to 6.1L, JE Pistons, Eagle Rods
• WMS Custom 6-2-1 hedders
• WMS Ported heads and intake
• WMS Velocity intake
• WMS / SDS Engine management
• MSD DIS 4 ignition
• WMS Wideband O2 sensors
• Magnaflow 3″ Cats, X & Catback
• Tremec T-56 transmission
• iForged 19×9 & 19×12 Essen Wheels
• Michelin Pilot Sport Tires, 275/35ZR19 front, 345/30ZR19 rear
• Baer Extreme 14″ 6 piston brakes

As if you couldn’t already tell, the paint is stunning. As SEMA, we were blown away by how this S197 looks in person. Paint was by Fix Auto, and master paint god Duane Flodell expertly applied the B-A-S-F R-M Carrizma Candy Blue paint. Other exterior touches include some CDC goodies from our friends at Classic Design Concepts – the CDC Glassback roof, Hood Struts, and Rear Blackout kit.

This was one of the best built Mustang’s of the year. That it’s just now getting press is testament to the power of the internet, and also to the car.

If you like what you see, check out some of the information that WMS provided below:

Here is the Aston Martin V12 apart to find some more power. The 04 version of this engine is rated at 520hp but WMS did better than that. We have spent considerable time on head work with 48 valves to do! The crank is being ground for added stroke and we are using stronger Eagle rods with custom JE pistons for more compression. Engine management is be 2 SDS units and 2 MSD DIS 4 ignition boxes. Interesting to note Aston Martin uses 2 Ford processors stock.

The Aston Martin just about ready to drop in. Hedders and intake are both ceramic coated to keep the heat down.

With the V12 power WMS figured traction will be an issue so their first major chassis modification was to modify the rear framerails and build new wheel tubs. Here the stock wells and rails have been cut out. You can see the inner structure of the stock framerails that will be reinforced.

Here are the finished framerails. There are two inner steel reinforcments welded to the stock rail with the one piece outer covering it all. The end result is a stock looking framrail with about 3″ more tire clearance.

The wheel tubs are in place as are the mounts for coilovers (fit up inside the tubes) These are large enough to fit 345/30-19 tires on 19×12″ iForged wheels in the back. Custom KW coilovers are used in the rear with KW coilover struts in the front.

These long tube hedders really were a labour of love – lots of hours of fitting and welding here. Primarys are 1.5″ stepping up to 1.625″. 6 into 2 in 1 design with unique parallel merge collectors. Exhaust will be 3″ with X pipe, sound will be killer!

Here is the final look of the car before paint. Nose and lights are the 07 GT500. Stock hood has been modified with openings for the dual airfilter intake. At this point everything has been fitted in the car and it is coming apart for paint. Then the tedious work of assembly begins around fresh show quality paint.

A quick picture just back from the paint shop. The color is BASF R-M Carrizma Candy Blue and was done by Duane Flodell and Fix Auto in Calgary

A shot from the rear showing diff and the huge 19×12″ iForged wheels. Rear suspension uses rod end control arms and panhard bar, moved in to clear the tires of course.

Here it is just about ready to run. Intake tubes were custom built using two of our filters for the 05+ Mustang. Cold air comes from both the grille and vents in the hood.

Interior shot showing Cobra seats in black leather and blue Alcantra. Rear seats and door panels were upholstered to match by J Allen Custom Interiors. Dash is custom by WMS and includes an AiM Strada that is hooked to the SDS and Widebands. The AiM handles all gauge functions and datalogging.

Vanquish’d was displayed in the Mustang Dyno booth at SEMA. Here it is sitting on their AWD dyno before the show opened. Reponse was incredible – one of the hottest Mustangs of the show built by Canadians eh!