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MOONEYES USA Open House
Saturday July 9, 2011
It was time for the MOONEYES USA Open House! As you may remember, last year there was no Open House. Instead, the MOONEYES SUMMER Makeover event took place at Irwindale Speedway. Well, that was a one time thing and this year the MOONEYES Open House was back. Although most of the MOONEYES Staff arrive before 6AM, there were already people there parked outside of the MOONEYES gates. This was going to be an awesome day and it was indeed.
Live bands scheduled to play were Hot Rod Trio and Gamblers Mark. However, due to technical difficulties, Gambers Mark was unable to play. DJ Dan of the Dynotones spun sounds all day too. There were several vendor booths including Max Grundy with his Mercury.
Two Nitro Dragsters were parked on site to have a little Cackle Fest. An AFX make that a B/FX Mercury was also on site and other hot rods and customs in front of the shop. Speaking of the shop, there was a sale all day long. The machine shop was open for visitors to check out and Chico cooked up his famous Chico Burgers for lunch. Wildman had his booth and was quickly filled with things to stripe. Soon there were more and more people, cars, bikes and more showing up one after another. Before I realized it, the gates were open and the Open House was in full swing. Cars and bikes and people, oh my! Outside on the street, across the street in the parking lot and next door at Hungry Boy was packed! It was awesome to see so many varieties of customizing tastes. There were no two vehicles alike. All day was non-stop action. It was truly an awesome day. Thank you to all the visitors throughout the day that came to MOONEYES.
First thing in the morning there were many people already waiting to get in as MOONEYES Staff begin setting up.
Vendor booths & DJ Dan of the Dynotones
HOT ROD TRIO played an extended session.
CACKLE TIME!
There were two cackle front engine dragsters on display all day. They took turns twice and fired them up. It was awesome!
WILDMAN Pinstriping all day!
Lunch was served via limited edition Chico’s Burgers. They were gone in no time!
Lots of motorcycles too. Of course, it was fantastic weather for riding.
At the very end there were custom cars still coming and going. What an awesome day!
Thank you to everyone that stopped by and made the MOONEYES USA Open House a great success and to all the helpers, the band, the DJ and everyone that made the wheels turn smoothly.
