Rods

One of the Moon employees built this and is still a work in progress.

Would have been good to see a few more finished off hotrods like this one.

I guess there's no speed bumps in Japan. After seeing build photos of this car years ago it was good to see it in real life.

Racecars

Ok the show was the sunday. Its massive, probably a hall as big as four football fields plus a carpark underneath and outside with thousands of bikes.
So we gotta start somewhere so heres a few race cars.

Mooneyes SpeedShop

Hhhhmmm beards coming along nicely. wasn't cold one bit. The day before the show we went down to the Mooneyes speed shop to check it out. They had a few cars out front for sale. I thought this little Crown ute was cool.
Neat little shoe box Ford hanging out outside the workshop.

Mooneyes speed shop bottom floor. Mainly Moon merchandise.

The top floor was where all the goodies were.

On the Saturday night before the show they had a little get together for all the international guys to shoot the shit and have a bite to eat. Oh yeah they fucking fed us and gave us beer! Unfortunately i was having too good of a time to take photos.

Outside i found a cool little rod when i went for a wander. Outside the main hall was a few Mooneyes shop cars.

I hope to one day measure up to this guy!!!

The Dice party.....These guys may or may not be from Mexico. Either way they ruled.

Banzai

Man what a blast Japan was, I'm still trying to get my head around it all. Over the next few days I'll post photos of the trip, i gotta sort through 567 photos so bear with me.
The first day was spent in Tokyo with a bit of sight seeing.....You know Nazi temples and shit.

Kombi inspired something? hanging out in the streets of Tokyo.
After a day in Tokyo we headed to Yokohama. This is the view from our hotel in Yokohama!!! This place was five stars all over, they must have wondered what two tattooed losers were doing there??

Satan Is Real

I know the old blogsies been lacking a bit lately, but really I've been so damn busy and getting nothing done except shit for everyone else. Anyways as of tomorrow the Mez and I will be calling Japan and the Mooneyes car show home for a few days and I've packed the camera to record the good, the better and the best of all our adventures.
So come back late next week.

J.J.

Thought this was cool, maybe I'll make a spanner shaped one?

There's No Place Like Here: Liberty Tool from Etsy on Vimeo.

Ya Fuckin' Shitin' Me

Not even i have enough screws in my kit to block all those vacuum lines to fix a misfire.
Do you know the sinking feeling you get when you undo a sump plug and the thread comes out with it and end up with a shit box stuck in your driveway whilst you waste the best part of a Saturday running around to make 50 bucks. Yeah its not the best feeling in the world and any warranty on workmanship runs out at the end of the driveway.

New Caddy.....Maybe

I saw this car for sale on Gumtree for $6,900 and thought 'fuck that's cheap must be missing a one in front of the six' for a rust free New Mexico car with good interior. So i called the number to see what was up and i get a guy who says wrong number. No sweat broseph, I'll just email in the off chance the persons lost their marbles, but i hear nothing back for 4 days.
Until today - Some "Doctor" named Abigale who works crazy hours and just left to go back to the UK needs to sell her low mileage, always garaged with full service history car thats GREAT on fuel ASAP.
Holy shit a Caddy that's great on fuel, with a 54 year service history! fuck me the stars are aligning Little Docco! The catch is it's in Sydney (even though it was advertised as being in Brisbane) but all i have to do is give my money to a trusted third party website, wait two weeks until i realise i got scammed and have a hot sensation similar to a red hot poker being prodded in my ass. This is going to be the best Christmas ever!

Double Fist Pump

YYUUUSSSS!

Amazin Blaze

What the hell did he just say?

Japan

In 5 weeks.

Fancy Dress Party

Constructed out of aluminium, computer chips and a pigs heart.
When i took off all the masking tape revealing the paint job, Black Sabbaths Iron Man came on the stereo as i looked deep into the beasts flashing eyes and it was probably the best moment of my life! Except that one time i saw a girls boob, that was awesome!

Seemed to go down a real treat, definitely something that has to be seen in real life to get the full effect and everyone was really positive about the amount of blood sweat and beers gone into its construction. Either that or everyone was real drunk, definitely the best party in living history. Oh and Happy Birthday Dee!

Nap Time

So much awesomeness in one photo!

Par-Tay

Just gonner leave this here.

Machine

MACHINE from matt machine on Vimeo.

Turning Japanese

Whoa what the fuck was that?

Pure Thoughts About Rock Music

Moral of the story - part your hair on the right, and my letter box says No Junk Mail mother fucker.

Daryl's Last Day

After 50 years as a fitter and turner, me old mate Daryl called it quits yesterday and retired.
By far and away the best tradesman i have ever had the privilege to work with. A real shinning light and example to what any tradesman should aspire to be, both on and off the job. A quiet fella who never once spoke shit or felt the need to impress anyone.
It's a huge personal loss for myself, i only hope after 50 years i can be half as good and inspire some other punk kid to try their best. All the best mate.

Eliminators Car Show

I think those new fan dangled phones all the tech savy kids have these days take better photos than my shit camera. If you squint though they are very arty, I'm just a misunderstood artist....

I couldn't be fucked adjusting the settings for glare and gave up after these.