{"id":18473,"date":"2011-12-21T12:15:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T19:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=18473"},"modified":"2013-10-28T08:57:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T15:57:55","slug":"mooneyes-christmas-2011-car-show-and-drags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/mooneyes-christmas-2011-car-show-and-drags\/","title":{"rendered":"Mooneyes Christmas 2011 Car Show and Drags"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fmooneyes-christmas-2011-car-show-and-drags%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2FMooneyes-Xmas-20111.jpg&amp;description=Mooneyes+Christmas+2011+Car+Show+and+Drags\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/mooneyes-christmas-2011-car-show-and-drags\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/mooneyes-christmas-2011-car-show-and-drags\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Mooneyes Christmas 2011 Car Show and Drags\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/mooneyes-christmas-2011-car-show-and-drags\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Mooneyes Christmas 2011 Car Show and Drags&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/mooneyes-christmas-2011-car-show-and-drags\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/mooneyes-christmas-2011-car-show-and-drags\/\" data-text=\"Mooneyes Christmas 2011 Car Show and Drags\" data-desc=\"Each year in December, Mooneyes throws their Xmas Party Show & Drags. Out of all the car shows here in Southern California, this is one of my favorites. Not only does it have plenty of cool cars and a great people - but it's held at Irwindale Speedway and has a \"run what ya brung\" drag racing\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes-Xmas-20111.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes-Xmas-20111.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18557\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Mooneyes Xmas 2011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes-Xmas-20111.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"mooneyes xmas party show and drags 2011, irwindale speedway, mooneyes car show 2011\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes-Xmas-20111.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes-Xmas-20111-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes-Xmas-20111-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes-Xmas-20111-575x387.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each year in December, Mooneyes throws their Xmas Party Show &amp; Drags. Out of all the car shows here in Southern California, this is one of my favorites. Not only does it have plenty of cool cars and a great people &#8211; but it&#8217;s held at Irwindale Speedway and has a &#8220;run what ya brung&#8221; drag racing event alongside everything else!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18484\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.11.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"mooneyes xmas car show\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.11.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.11-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.11-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.11-575x418.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Often, it happens to be raining during the Mooneyes Xmas Show &#8211; but this year was nothing but blue skies and beautiful weather! I loved the exhaust coming off this little pickup.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.06.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18480\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.06\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.06.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"vw bus, bare metal volkswagon bus, mooneyes show 2011\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.06.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.06-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.06-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking past this bare-metal Volkswagon van\/bus made me do a double take! I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.05.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18479\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.05\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.05.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"vw bus, bare metal volkswagon bus, mooneyes show 2011\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.05.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.05-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.05-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not only for the fact that it&#8217;s a VW and is in bare metal &#8211; but because the body style was completely original to me too! With the front having 4-doors and looking like a VW van, but then it&#8217;s got this delivery-truck bed in back complete with awning above! Come to find out, this thing is called a VW Vanogen. I love seeing new and unique stuff&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.03.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18477\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.03.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Mooneyes Summer Show and Drag 2010 irwindale speedway racing, buick riviera\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.03.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.03-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.03-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.03-575x375.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and Mooneyes Xmas Show always brings it on! For example, this line-up of slick Buick Rivieras. Most car shows have a fairly limited niche of cars attend. At the usual hot-rod show I&#8217;d go to, I don&#8217;t normally get the chance to see this sort of low-rider styled car. But all types show up for Mooneyes. The lines on these Rivieras are beautiful and it doesn&#8217;t take much to make them look custom.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18485\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.12.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Best of Mooneyes Xmas Car Show and Drags 2011, lowrider\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.12.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.12-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.12-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another lowrider styled ride I loved seeing sparkling in the sunlight was this 1976 Chevy Impala. Owner Miquel Zarate of the Strays CC says it&#8217;s all factory minus the tube grill, moonroof, lifts, rims, and paint. Even though I&#8217;m a hot rod girl, I&#8217;d roll in this any day!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.10.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18483\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.10.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Nomad Concept Car, Mooneyes Xmas Show 2011, toyota speedway\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.10.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.10-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.10-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other then hot rods and lowriders, there were of course classics &#8211; and unique ones at that! Check out this cool Corvette Nomad &#8211; a 1954 GM concept car. If the Jetson&#8217;s drove a stationwagon, it should&#8217;ve been this one!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.02.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18476\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.02.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Mooneyes Xmas Show and Drags 2011, custom golf cart\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.02.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.02-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.02-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.02-575x423.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s this 3-wheeled early battery operated &#8220;car&#8221; if you could call it that. It&#8217;s a 1960 Electric Shopper put out by a company in Long Beach. More like a golf cart then a car, but it claims to have operated for only $0.01 a day!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.14.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18487\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.14.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Mooneyes Xmas Show and Drags 2011, drag races, irwindale drag strip\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.14.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.14-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.14-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.14-575x364.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While many people wandered around looking at cars and vendors, the stands were packed with everyone else watching the drag races.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.13.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18486\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.13.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Mooneyes Xmas Show and Drags 2011, stretched model a\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.13.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.13-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.13-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.13-575x377.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A variety of cars &#8211; both very competitive and not so much &#8211; came out to play. This was one interesting roadster with an extremely stretched wheel base! I was surprised by how well he did.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18488\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.15.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Mooneyes Drag Races 2011, Irwindale Drag strip\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.15.jpg 946w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.15-150x62.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.15-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.15-575x238.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The more competitive cars brought plenty of heat, noise, and wheelies (to my utter delight!)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.09.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18482\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.09\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.09.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Mooneyes Xmas Car Show and Drags 2011, custom car show\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.09.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.09-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.09-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.09-575x369.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although this louvred-hood Cadillac wasn&#8217;t drag racing &#8211; there was another winged Cadillac that was. It isn&#8217;t every day you get to see such a sled of metal lurch down Irwindale&#8217;s 1\/8th-mile strip!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.07.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18481\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.07\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.07.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"mooneyes xmas car show 2011, louvred hood, custom wagon\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.07.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.07-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.07-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.07-575x389.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each time I see this louvred hood, I love it. A wagon might not be the first place you&#8217;d think to place louvres, but it sure does provide plenty of space to fit lots of &#8217;em!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.01.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18475\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.01.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"mooneyes xmas car show 2011, lowered pickup\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.01.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.01-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.01-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.01-575x352.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting this pickup as low to the ground as possible is a good advertisement for the &#8220;Bag Man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.04.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18478\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.04.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Mooneyes Xmas Show and Drags 2011\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.04.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.04-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.04-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.04-575x374.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This five-window no doubt looks ready to race &#8211; but I think it stayed parked for the day.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes.Gasoline-Girls.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18562\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Mooneyes.Gasoline Girls\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes.Gasoline-Girls.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"mooneyes party, gasoline girls car club\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes.Gasoline-Girls.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes.Gasoline-Girls-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes.Gasoline-Girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mooneyes.Gasoline-Girls-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Studebaker didn&#8217;t come along with me this day, but I did show up with my fellow Gasoline Girls. Watching with the ladies was unlike any other drag strip experience&#8230;I think we were the loudest ones in the stands! We\u00a0squealed\u00a0and cheered each time a car noisily raced down the 1\/8th-mile stretch!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.16.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18473]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18489\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"mooneyes.xmas.2011.16\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.16.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Mooneyes Drag Races 2011, Irwindale Drag strip, chevy nova\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.16.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.16-150x52.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.16-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mooneyes.xmas_.2011.16-575x202.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, we cheered loudest when our fellow car club participant (and\u00a0veteran\u00a0racer,) Rebecca, raced her Nova down the track! I hope to make it to the track sometime soon myself, but I&#8217;m still waiting to get my Studebaker race ready. When I do, you&#8217;ll be the first to hear!<\/p>\n<p>Did you spend more time looking at cars or drag races at the Mooneyes Christmas Show? What did you like? 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