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 Last weekend, Wildman visited the island of Oahu and took part in the Cruise Night held by Ron’s Performance Center. MOONEYES Hawaii Dealer, Pacific Rod & Custom helped out with the event, so Chico and Bob from the mainland flew over to help out as well. Wildman had . . .
The 1st Annual Aloha Rod & Custom Super Show was held in April 18, 2009 (Saturday) at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii.
Tad from, MOONEYES Dealer in Hawaii, Pacific Rod and Street, sent us some pictures from the show. Continue reading…
Limited Edition Rat Fink Skateboard Decks! MOON of Japan’s master pinstriper, Hiro “WILDMAN” Ishii, created the pinstripe motif of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth which covers the bottom (underside) of the deck, around a standing Rat Fink. The entire design was printed on limited edition decks featuring the pinstriping in two-tone black and red color and sold in as exclusive Stormy (sk8shop in Japan) decks. A variant color version was produced in limited numbers exclusively for the 2008 Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show held in Japan back in December.
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Gold leafing has been around for alot longer then most people would imagine. The craft of gold leafing in which leafs of gold are applied to objects for ornamentation, goes back some 4000 years to Northern Africa where at that time gold foil was applied to wood to give appearance of being made of solid gold. Gold leafing today used in the automotive industry by sign painters serves a similar purpose.
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This years Grand National Roadster Show held at the Pomona Fairplex on Jan 26-28 featured as usual some of the finest hot rods, customs and motorcycles found anywhere. However, new this year was Hot Rod’s 1st annual pinstripers reunion which attracted new and old sign painters and pinstripers . . .
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Yokohama Show (HCS2012) 21st Annual
YOKOHAMA HOT ROD Custom Show 2012 (HCS2012) is scheduled for Dec. 2, 2012 (Sun) at Pacifico Yokohama in Minato-Mirai Yokohama, Japan.
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