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Sweden Rat Fink Reunion 2012

Rat Fink Reunion 2012
On July 28, Mooneyes Sweden hosted the Rat Fink Reunion 2012 event for the 9th time in the park surrounding the old dancing barn in Nas, Sweden.
Hot rods, customs, choppers and artists joined the fun from all over Europe as usual.
The weather was great, the beer was cold and people had a great time!
The award winners this year were:


Hottest Hot Rod 2012: 1930 Model A Coupe, Micke Ohman


Coolest Custom 2012: 1949 Ford, Henrik Bergman


Bitchin’ Bike 2012: 1946 HD Knucklehead, Arne Abrahamsson
And of course, we all ended the day with a great rock ‘n roll party in the barn.
So enjoy the pictures, and why not join us next year!

Thanx !
Hank / Mooneyes Sweden




Photos by : Wictor Bergqvist / mandit.org

Getting Ready for Bonneville Speed Week 2012


#533 Modified Roadster for Speed Week 2012

(Video) RAW FOOTAGE: Chico Kodama and staff testing/tuning the Land Speed Racing (LSR) Modified Roadster #533 at MOONEYES USA machine shop in Santa Fe Springs, California July 2012.
Getting ready for Speed Week at Bonneville 2012!

Hope to see you all on the salt! Please visit out booth and say hello!
August 11-17, 2012

B. Vintage Category: F/BFMR #533

Donated by Bill Jenks’ Family


If you recognize this pickup, then you must be a MQQN Fan.
This car was originally purchased and owned by Fred Larsen. Fred initially purchased the same model truck in 1992 but that one was stolen from his driveway so he ended up getting this one in 1995. He used this truck for Bonneville and commuting to MQQNEYES until his passing in 2003. After that, Bill inherited the truck and used it to commute to MQQNEYES until his death in 2009.
On the day of the Open House, the Jenks Family

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donated the car to MQQNEYES.
This year (next month) it will be used to pull Chico’s #533 Modified Roadster to Bonneville.
A very special thank you to the Jenks family. We deeply appreciate the gift and will cherish it always.



Registration when Fred Larsen owned it.


And this is when Bill owned the truck.

MQQNEYES Open House

(originally posted by Shige Suganuma on MOONEYES EXPRESS Blog)

On July 14 (Saturday), it was the MQQNEYES OPEN HOUSE. I flew in a couple days before our open house to help get ready.
When I got to the shop, Dean, Jr. was already there. For some reason, Dean must sense when I’m going to arrive because he is never there otherwise. On this day, Thursday, in preparation for the Open House on Saturday, we did major machine shop cleaning.


Dean MOON Jr. and Toyota



Machine Shop Clean up. We just did a major cleaning but this time we pulled everything out of the building.
Then on Friday, it was time for some shopping. Up until now, we have been buying food supplies for the open house at Smart & Final (S&F). The reason mainly being because Ed “Big Daddy” Roth would always buy food for parties at S&F. He would love to find hamburger patties with the shortest remaining expiration date to get the best bargain. This year, we went to COSTCO. In Japan, they pronounce COSTCO with the “T” unlike in the US where most people pronounce it with a silent “T”.
Four of us went and used 5 shopping carts.


The Chevy Van was fully loaded. 700 bottles of water, 360 patties, 360 buns.


Once we returned from COSTCO, we hosed down the parking lot. At first Darren was hosing it down but he traded with Leonard and he finished up. The staff one by one left for the day and these were

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In the process the sun began to head west, the setting sun has been getting stronger.


Sunset.


After a long day, the sun finally set and ended Friday.


The next day, Saturday, was our Open House.


The day of the Open House at 6AM in front of the shop.


This was stopped right in front of the shop.


Mmm Nova.


The gate was kept closed until 8AM.


First to arrive were the “Corsairs” & Crusaders Car Clubs.




This was the condition of Norwalk Blvd.


Billy from Shifters CC


Chief Cool Chico & Leonard.
The COSTCO Patties are delicious!


Drag racing Legend, Roland “The Hawaiian” Leong.


Tim explaining about his Rikuo motorcycle.
A lot of people don’t know about this bike.



Wildman was very busy the whole day.


This was Norwalk Blvd. after everyone left.


That’s when I realized how the stuff we move next door looked like a junkyard.

Thank you everyone for stopping by and making this year’s MOONEYES OPEN HOUSE a wonderful day!
See you again soon!

Born Free 4 (June 30, 2012)

BORN FREE 4 (June 30, 2012)
Oak Canyon Ranch Silverado, California

On Saturday, June 30, 2012 from 10AM to 5PM, BORN FREE 4 was held at Oak Canyon Ranch in Silverado, California located in Orange County behind Irvine Lake. Born Free 4 is the best vintage chopper & classic cycle show around. The show took place on a private ranch, the location was perfect, the weather was incredible and the show was second to none.

Greetings! MOONEYES had a booth at Born Free 4 and it was busy throughout the day. Thank you all for dropping in to say hello. What a great show! Everything was so well organized, from the vendor booths, main stage with live music, concession stands, the show bikes parking area to the invite builders section – amazing! Grant Peterson and Mike Davis were on top of the entire operation all day long. Outstanding work by both of them and their entire crew. I really don’t know how Grant kept his voice going, talking in the mic all day like that. The parking staff, the Born Free Girls, the Born Free booth and of course, Mike and Grant, congratulations on a job well done. The day seemed to fly by, you almost wish it were a two-day show…

The show, as promoted through their website (bornfreeshow.com) gave away two motorcycles, via raffle tickets. One bike was a custom chopper while the other was bone stock. Both of them beautifully done. The story was, as Mike explained, they picked up the stock bike and when they saw it, it was too perfect to chop. So they ended up getting another bike to chop and kept both bikes, deciding to raffle both off at the show. Not only were there two bikes but they also raffled off custom painted gas tanks, each done by talented painters. The show was packed early on from the morning time until the end of the day. The parking lot filled up before lunch and at one attempt to count the show bike entry parking lot, I lost count after 900 bikes! Of course, there were still bikes coming in too.

Since we had a booth, we were there for setup a day before the show. This was great because DicE Magazine had a preview of their new DVD 6OVER after the sun went down. Check this DVD out, great feature!

MOONEYES was a sponsor of the show this year and had an extra special part in the awards section. The Best in Show award winner and bike get to come to Japan in December for the Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show this year. Yes! Congratulations to Matt Olsen and his superbly built Knucklehead. The immense detail work that went into this build has to be seen in person to really appreciate the dedication. Great job and we will see you in December at HCS2012 in Yokohama, Japan!

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Moon Space Agency Steve’s Malaysia Trip Report


MOON Space Agency Steve’s Malaysia Trip Report
June 23-25, 2012

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Greetings! This is Steve from MOONEYES.
During the weekend of June 23-24, 2012, I had the pleasure of visiting Malaysia for the first time. A few weeks prior, Mooneyes owner Shige-san learned of a first-ever Kustom Kulture event taking place in Kuala Lumpur called Art of Speed. However, there was a conflict. He was already set that same weekend to attend a different event in Europe. Still interested in this historic event and not wanting to miss it, Shige-san summoned me for the journey. Of course, I was up for the task! My main objective was to meet up with MOONEYES Authorized Dealer Vicious Cycles from Singapore as they were guests of the event and check out the custom scene.
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Arriving Saturday morning, June 23, I headed straight to the Art of Speed event location. It was held at PUBLIKA which is a shopping mall with artistic flare, galleries and all kinds of restaurants and bars. I arrived very early. Vicious Cycles had not arrived yet so I met up with the event organizer Asep Ahmad and his wife Deni. Asep gave me a tour and let me know the schedule for the next two days. After that, we went upstairs to eat breakfast at a local restaurant. Asep introduced me to Jappie from Singapore and his club members from Warpigs MC. Asep had to get back to setting up for the event so Jappie invited me to join them for breakfast. It was my first traditional Malaysian breakfast. It’s called Nasi Lemak and tastes really good too!

Malaysia Trip It turned out that Jappie is good friends with Vicious Cycles. Cool! Once we were done eating, we all went down to the Vicious Cycles booth and they were there setting up. I had emailed them a few times before so I finally met Matthew and Mervyn in person. I brought them an official MOONEYES Authorized Dealer banner and they were beyond thrilled! Immediately they all started figuring out the best place to hang the banner. Throughout the day, I would stop in at the booth and see how things were going. They were very busy all day. I walked around the event to observe. The event featured custom cars, bikes and bicycles. There were was a live music, a stunt show, b-boy competition and much more. It was a very organized and well rounded event with a lot of things happening all day. Fun for the entire family.
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Vicious Cycles Bikes

FUN FOR EVERYONE
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BIKES ON DISPLAY
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The event officially started at 10AM but very casually. As the day progressed, the number of people increased. At one point during the day, there were hundreds of motorcycles lining the perimeter of the outer area of the event. There were a dozen cars on display at this event. Custom cars are rare in Malaysia so to see a hand full in one place is ultra rare. Custom bikes are very rare too. I found out a lot about the culture and custom scene here. It’s amazing that there are people that don’t get discouraged about customizing. That’s true custom spirit! Many of them look to Japan for inspiration as well. Japan’s custom scene is unique because they also possess this custom spirit. You can see that it’s a lifestyle here just like in Japan. There were many MOONEYES fans as well. During the event, people would see the banner and point to it saying, “Oh! MOONEYES!”

WHITE BOX GALLERY
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Inside a gallery called White Box was the kustom art exhibit. There were several motorcycles on display, a photo and art gallery, custom airbrush gallery, custom paint exhibit, scale models and die casts, leather works, pinstriping and tattoo artists there. Each of them had scheduled demonstrations during the event to showcase their unique art and craft. Joop from Singapore makes leather accessories as well as hand-stamps leather hide. He has visited the Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show (HCS) for the past two years and is planning for a third trip this year. Fahmi is a pinstriper and possibly the first professional pinstriper in the region. He is hoping to travel to Japan in December to take part in the Pinstripe Gathering at HCS2012. Jappie, from Warpigs MC, had a booth for his tattoo shop, Kustoms 7. He has been to Japan several times and hopes to visit Japan in December for HCS as well.

CARS ON DISPLAY
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The first day of the event lasted until about 9PM. At the end, a bunch of bikes and the cars on display went for a night cruise into the city. There were several parties scheduled after the cruise. I wasn’t sure how long the cruise would last but some of the members from Warpigs MC that didn’t go on the cruise said to stick around.

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Sure enough, they all came back and they invited me to go with them to Hard Rock Cafe (Kuala Lumpur) so I hopped in with them. We ended up staying until they closed, ate at a late night Malaysian style outdoors restaurant together and called it a night.

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The second day of the event also started at 10AM. I arrived there on time but as someone said to me later, partying all night on the first day isn’t a good idea during a two-day event. Similar to the first day, everything gradually started flowing. As vendors started setting up, more and more people started flowing through. The second day I decided to spend the day at the Vicious Cycles booth. Again, they were busy all day with many people stopping by to check things out. Matthew, his wife Teresa and Mervyn make up the foundation of Vicious Cycles. Based in Singapore, they recently became an MOONEYES Authorized Dealer but have been around for many years offering services to the biker scene. Although it is very difficult to customize bikes in Singapore, there are a lot of riders there. There are also a lot of people that love MOONEYES so they stepped up and connected with MOON.

SWITCHBLADE
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In the afternoon, Asep brought us to his shop located inside the mall. It’s called Switchblade and half of it is a diner and the other side is a boutique store. They carry a lot of custom lifestyle clothing and accessories. A lot of the items on display are his own personal collection.

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The day really flew by and in the evening there was an awards presentation. It was based on people’s choice. Before the main awards, Asep presented appreciation awards to everyone that assisted with the event.

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The second day ended earlier, at around 6PM. After the event was finished I had dinner with everyone at Vicious Cycles. We at a Fat Boys, a hamburger shop.

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From there we had a few drinks at Hard Rock Cafe as they wanted to go and didn’t get there the night before. They were riding back to Singapore which takes about six hours on bike.

The custom scene in Malaysia and areas around the region is growing. There’s a strong presence of motorcycles and cars and the movement towards customizing is at a the point of being recognized. The event was a first step towards what will become the basis of kustom kulture there. Just like anywhere else in the world, if there’s a group of people that are into the custom scene, they will find a way to do it no matter the obstacles. That’s just how it works and Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and other areas have this same custom spirit in them as well.

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA PHOTOS
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Last two shots. This old Toyota Celica was not part of the show! Nice!
Look closely at the photo of the taxi ride… in the shoulder lane!

I hope to return again soon! If you are ever in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia please be sure to visit PUBLIKA and stop by Switchblade. Of course, if you are in Singapore, you must drop in on Vicious Cycles! Thank you to everyone there for showing me around and taking care.

Thank you for reading.
Steve…

1st European Hot Rod Custom Show

(Originally posted on MOONEYES Express, Shige Suganuma’s Blog)

I did it again.
Thanks to social media, Facebook and YouTube, news travels super fast so rather than not saying anything, I figure I would post about it.
In Sweden 8 years ago when I crashed and 7 years since my crash in Japan, the scope of news didn’t travel very far. Unlike this time which was in a blink of an eye. I have received a lot of emails from people concerned and saying not to worry. Thank you very much.
This was my second time going upside down. As the Dragster is turned over and I’m hanging upside down by the seat belt, I could only think, “Oh man, I did it again, Dumb!”
The medics came quickly to the scene and got me into the ambulance real fast. They took me to a medical facility on the course area to check me out. There was nothing wrong to report so they let me go.
Thank you to everyone at Chimay Race Track and thank you for your concerns about me and the Dragster.


Right after this photo is when it happened.







Inside the ambulance


Narashino Automotive’s Mr. Oba saved the day by being there to provide service.


With a lot of assistance from people in the area, we were able to get it moving again.


I received the Bad Luck Award.
I wasn’t injured so it wasn’t Bad Luck,

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After it was repaired, the Dragster was pushed into this garage and we were done.

Cruisin’ Nationals Santa Maria Trip Report by Pan


http://mooneyes.co.jp/events/12/0526/cruisin-nationals/en/index.html

MOONEYES Staff from Japan, “PAN” headed over to Santa Maria for West Coast Kustoms Cruisin’ Nationals this year.

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His trip report was translated into English. Check it out from the link above and enjoy the tons of eye candy.

First Cobra Construction at MOONEYES

At the NHRA Museum, at their Cobra exhibit, they feature pictures of the first Cobra being constructed. As you may know, it was built right here at the MOON Equipment Company garage in Santa Fe Springs, California. In the early sixties, Carroll Shelby rented the garage space as well as the MQQN Staff to complete the Cobra project. Here are some shots when the very 1st Cobra was being built at MQQN Equipment Company. Be sure to check out the exhibit at NHRA Museum.