The guest cars and bikes have arrived in Yokohama without any issues.
The big show is in 4 more days!
The gate will open at 8am for general admission. Come early as there will be a line.
Vans / MQQNEYES Shoes will begin sales at 8am sharp from the MQQNEYES Booth and Vans Booth.
All cars and bikes arrived safely.
Finally, the MQQNLINER is here in Japan.
Exclusively at the VANS booth (not the MQQNEYES Booth) will be a special limited Vans BIg Slip On Shoes LOTTERY DRAWING.
This pair is size 50. Very rare and possibly your only chance at getting your hands on these! Don't miss your opportunity.
There will be many limited items for sale at the Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show 2016 but this "MQQN Prisoner" T-shirt comes in a special design box.
In the '60s, Dean MQQN sold Prisoner T-shirts and used non other that Ed "Big Daddy" Roth as the model.
Today for lunch we sampled HCS Little Get Together Party food.
All staff members took part.
Onion Rings, French Flies, Fried Chickens and some desserts.
Big Showまで2週間! – Big Show in 2 Weeks!
There are just 2 weeks before the 25th Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show!
This year, from Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, there are 9 show bikes entered from overseas and one show car too. I'm sure it's not an easy task and quite expensive to do. Thank you for your support.
The next few weeks will be too exciting.
A new collaboration between MQQNEYES and Stussy was completed and worldwide sales has started. For those that are interested, please visit your favorite Stussy Shop.
These will not be available at MQQNEYES Area-1 in Japan.
For the 2016 World Finals, the Jim Dunn Racing funny car was designed by MQQNEYES Staff Sumi "Pan".
It was very popular with the spectators.
However, the car itself didn't do as well with a "DNQ" Did Not Qualify result.
There are 4 qualifying rounds but sadly the design was defeated.
The Crew Shirt was also a new style and very popular!
The Crew T-shirt is also available from the MQQNEYES USA online store for a limited time (LINK).
On Friday during the second pass it was a good run but halfway through the front lifted and resulted in the loss.
We brought the MQQNEYES Dragster for display to match the body design of the funny car.
We also have a new MQQNEYES Trailer. The interior is still being finished up.
Jim Dunn's grand daughter "Johnna" will drive Alcohol Dragster in 2017 Season.
They are really Drag Racing Family.
Next to the MQQNEYES Booth was LOTTO Motorcycle Shop, a MQQNEYES Dealer located in Kaohsiung which is the southern top of Taiwan.
I got to sit in this Pontiac for the ride-in.
This helmet was selected by Wildman as the Best Helmet Contest Winner.
The entire place was crowded. The two girls in front of Wildman watch him pinstripe from the morning until the very end of the event.
The MQQNEYES Pick decision went to I.M.P Custom for their Yamaha build.
On FWY 15 heading for Las Vegas, just about 1 hour away, there was an accident and the FWY was closed so we had to decide whether or not to get stuck in traffic or not. We checked Google and if we got off the FWY we could circle around and avoid the traffic. I think most people have used Google Maps for this type of situation before.
A single winding road in the middle of the desert, Google indicated to turn left but there was no turn.
At this point, there were no cars turning around.
Google indicated the next road was up ahead.
So we continued to proceed. Then a car coming the opposite direction was waving us down so we stopped. The driver told us, "There's a gate up ahead. The road is blocked." So we made a U Turn.
We drove back the way we came.
Should we return to the FWY or try Google for a third time?
In the end, we used Google again for directions.
The sun was setting at this point, you could see our car's shadow.
We followed all the way around completely. Normally, we would approach Las Vegas with the hotels on the right. This time the hotels were on the left.
The results were the fact it took a lot longer to reach our destination.
Be cautious when you use Google Maps.
It's the 50th Annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The very first president of SEMA was Ed Iskenderian of Isky Cams and the 2nd was Dean MOON of MQQNEYES. MQQNEYES has been consecutively attending SEMA since the 25th SEMA. Times have sure changed.
Special MQQN Fuel Tank for 55 Chevy stroller.
This year at SEMA featured a lot of over fenders and raised white lettered tires.