just like buying a star and naming it, there is also an organization that will sell you a 5 acre piece of the Bonneville Salt Flats

It's really a money raiser to put some dollars to work in seeing about stopping the declining salt loss.

Also, the money goes to the Wendover Bonneville Speed Museum

BOMONSTER has put out a book! Scratch This

I noticed this at SEMA.... but, you know, it gets overwhelming, and I'm still posting photos from SEMA, yeah, still more to come, and this was in the many things still to get worked up for a good post, and suddenly, I get an email, and BOMONSTER helped me out by sending me some inside pages for you to see!

This is BOMONSTER’s first collected works book of his scratched designs and he adds insightful commentary on most of his work shown. He is relatively new to the lowbrow kustom culture scene (I first met him at the Beatnik Blowout 2011, Ventura) and he encourages anyone who wants to create art to start now.

The “SCRATCH THIS” book can only be bought from BOMONSTER at live shows he attends or on his website: www.bomonster.com

Early review excerpt from Tony Colombini of Blacktop magazine:

“I expected the book to be like most artist tomes, as a chronological portfolio. Instead, the pages tell different stories from BOMONSTER’s past, his friends and of course the incredible rides. The pieces are assembled like the loose hardware in your pockets. Dimes and washers, cotter pins and pennies, the commodity of the working man. Who knows what he will pull out next.”

BOMONSTER can be reached by email: BOMONSTER@BOMONSTER.com

the cool guy in the BOMONSTER shirt at the far right is ... well, BoMonster

https://www.facebook.com/theBOMONSTER/?fref=ts

a couple good looking cars from SEMA

good advertising image

well done airbrushed skulls

Some of the cool new work from Brown Dog Welding

https://www.facebook.com/Browndogwelding/

Not many hot rodded old 1950s trucks in suede at SEMA,

Corey Hosford's Nissan 240SX turned out cool looking with the Rocket Bunny Boss S14 kit

there were 3 others at SEMA http://www.superstreetonline.com/event-coverage/sema-2015-s14-rocket-bunny-boss/

"Military Colorado" painted by Mickey Harris of Mountain Muscle Cars, Cosby Tennessee

when figuring how significant a car is by the owners and drivers, Junior Johnson and Mickey Thompson add a lot of value. Add the debut of the Mystery Motor, and it's historic significance is nearly monumental, then factor in that it's a Z06 '63 split window Vette

The Mystery Motor was the first Chevy big block... there was an initial run of 50

Mickey Thompson had prepped two 1963 Z06 Corvettes with Mystery Motors. No. 3 driven by Junior Johnson and Bill Krause, and No. 4 driven by Rex White and Mickey Thompson himself.

Full story at http://www.hotrod.com/features/1509-mickey-thompson-z06-mystery-motor-stingray/

For comparison, see the other '63 Mickey Thompson Corvette http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-63-vette-mickey-thompson-raced-as.html

every effort to make the air flow just right

Did you know K&N puts out a cool newsletter with bitchin cars? Here is the Hogie Shine from SEMA

http://www.knfilters.com/news/news.aspx?id=5640

Sign up for the newsletter, or go to http://www.knfilters.com/news/knews.aspx

Mechanics Wear company brought this awesome Pit Stop Challenge game to SEMA... effing great idea! Might be better than any vehicle they could have displayed instead

the Back To The Future inspired Toyota Mirai

I remember seeing something like this done with mirrors on a maker video, the infinity tunnel, it may have been called. Making rims at SEMA do this was a great idea

chopped Merc with a flamejob

incredible tattoos

the car is photo realistic, and the flying eyeball and flying tiger motif are just cool as hell