Moons over my hammy....

In the 1940's, there was a teenager by the name of Dean Moon who grew up in Southern California. His passion was all things cars and racing. His parents owned a small cafe in Santa Fe Springs, Ca. called "Moon Cafe", where in the back was a small garage that actually birthed, to what is arguably, the most famous company in all of hot-rodding. If you consider yourself a car person and don't, at least, recognize the infamous Moon logo-- you should go back, do some history research, and reconsider your standing as a "car guy." Once the company had been established, soon after Moon was bought up by a very smart japanese businessman (i have his name and info here somewhere). Today, you can find various Moon locations throughout Japan, along with the original Mooneyes location in Santa Fe Springs, Ca. still intact-- and even a Moon Cafe (in Japan), similar to the original version that Dean Moon's parents owned. Beyond all things kustom for your car, their apparel line is one of the finest out there. The quality of cotton on their shirts are amazing (rather than the typical Triple A bs found in "streetwear") and the graphic quality is amazing.


Speed Shop (OG logo)...


in Navy....


Thrill Rides....




in black....




Hot Rods...




Wild Deuce...




Classic Roadster...




Speed Shop...




Moon Equipped Mechanics (one of my favorites)....




MQS Mechanics....




Along with the apparel line, we carry a range of accessories from oil tanks, to shift knobs, to patches and stickers and side mirrors to the original Moon discs.... update following soon people.

Girls with full body suits are so hot right now....

Just in time for the holidays, Rebel 8 sent another part of their original shipment. Nice clean windbreaker with more rad Mike Giant graphic hits on front and back. Come and get 'em...


Liza and Louise...

No Trailer Queens....

The following is a SUPER truncated version of a time in history. Many details have been left out, so if you are further interested-- Google that shit....

My first memory of Len Higa was way back in the day when I was perusing through a Turbo Magazine and it was one of the first coverages of Hawaii's Fastest Street Car Shootout. If my memory serves me correct (its been through a lot!) Len was running low 11 sec quarter mile times in a "street-prepped" EG Civic. That was unheard of at the time, as the fastest "race-prepped" Honda (basically THE fastest Honda in the world) was running 10 sec times. I mean Len basically put on some slicks, at times put some "bogies" on the back, and straight ran his car and was keeping up with "The Fastest" Honda's in the world, that had a lot of track preparation to their cars-- one-piece front ends, back-halfed chassis's, FULL lexan glass all around. And here was Len with a streetcar that was able to keep up. That's a testament to Len and Jensen Oda's, who ran Hypersports Hawaii back in the day, capability to build one fast and reliable car. Len eventually went on to becoming THE fastest Honda in the world at the time, while keeping his streetcar status-- simply amazing.

While this was going on, Alyasha was doing Alphanumeric and had met Len through a mutual friend. That is what eventually led to Alphanumeric sponsoring Len's car and a long time friendship had begun. Fast forward years and Len is still a true gearhead. From helming his position as Head of Research and Development at Apex'i to building some THE raddest competition vehicles out (Sparco Evo, Apex'i Competition Drift FD, to numerous Skylines), he still finds time to fabricate, weld and build with the best of them. Not to mention that he gets out and DRIVES.

As a core part of the F.I.S.M. (Fuel Injected Suicide Machines) collective, Len has built a strong brand that reflects his interests and talents as a true gearhead, while keeping it fresh and unique in a sea of all-over print and pastel colors. One of the most genuine and awesome guys that I have had the opportunity to meet and know, Len never ceases to amaze. It is my pleasure to present to you O2 Motorworks.


Never Die




in black....




El Mirage...






in black....






Nine Lives...




in black....




Dragstrip Riot...




in black....




Unfinished (its actually primer gray)...




in black....

Finally... geez....

Winter '06 lookbook is live here.

Bloggin sucks ass.... (not really feeling too witty right now...)

After delaying for almost a week and being "out-blogged" by Aly, which is really bad in it's own right considering that he updates every other year, I've finally sat my ass down and sorted through a TON of photos, courtesy of Mr. Jay Canter, who so graciously covered the whole evening. This is just a fraction of the photos that were provided to me and I'm a lazy ass anyway, so its just a taste of how the evening went down. A huge, gracious thank you goes out to everyone involved in the show and everyone that attended. It couldn't and wouldn't have went down the way it did without everyone of you! Thank yous are definitely in order.

This perfectly describes how I felt the whole evening-- 1,000 mph...


Rhandy WILL NOT sell this bike....


Setting the tone for the evening




"Jesus Juice"


Remember to tip your bartender!


...exactly....


The turnout was amazing...




Mini car show outside-- Andy Meeh's truck, Cartoon and Estevan's Bombs.




As Aly put it... the OMFG mobile...




Cort taking a ride in Aaron's OMFG mobile.... supercharged, weighing next to nothing, making full blown passes down Washington Blvd-- with only REAR brakes!! OMFG....


Yukio, Aly, and Yuki enjoying "Jesus Juice"


Mr. Cartoon and friend...


Paul "Animal" Chan as DJ acgreen providing the awesome soundtrack to the evening...


Gary (DesignCraft Fabrication) and Ken Chang (Volkswagen/ The So-So's) enjoying...


Bobby Hundreds and Misa Hundreds!


Ben Hundreds and Sean B


Daniel, Arsen, Nate


Casual Suspects! Thank you guys for being a part of the night....


Sean, Andy, and Mr. Salvador Lucas Barbier





SGV Soundsystem and Steven


Craze....






Roger is always down to bartend....



The So-So's


Call it a night....



Once again, I personally want to thank everyone that made it out: Rickey Kim, Estevan Oriol, Mister Cartoon and the whole SA Studios crew, Eric, Paul & Haakim of the Social Trust, Johan, The Hundreds, Arsen, Yuki and the Franco Shade crew, the WHOLE F.I.S.M. crew for helping and contributing, Jupiter Desphy, the SGV crew, Bart, Eric & Kevin of 530 Media Lab, The Cerritos family and crew, The San Diego heads that made it up to LA, and the Mu-Fucken So-So's!! I'm getting delirious, so I think I'm going to stop blogging.... I really don't know how you do it Bobby....