good looking 356 made better looking by adding Moon discs

https://www.automesseweb.jp/2022/05/27/1030132/_mg_2335

Moonbeam!

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-trophy-girl-photos.376791/page-280#post-13568227

Moon discs on a Prius! Moon makes stuff look better, has for about 7 decades!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7BTg4VSKk8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-prius-on-moon-discs-thats-it-thats-the-blog

there is an upcoming documentary Craft of Speed, looking for a distributor, which follows the Moon brand from its inception in the early 1950s to its current iteration. (thanks Marc B!)

"The hard part about this film was that it's an expansive story," says Craft of Speed director Ming Lai. "It's 30 years of Dean Moon's history. And then it's 30 years of Shige and Chico's taking over that important legacy. And if you wrap it together, it's really the history of hot rodding from then until now and what it's becoming now. It was a huge challenge to try to capture all this. The film is a little bit longer because of it, but I didn't want to shortchange history." 

 Lai spent four years filming Kodama and Suganuma and their friends and family at the shop, overseas, and at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The end result is both the automotive history of the brand and a close look at the lifelong friendship between Suganuma and Kodama.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a46619090/mooneyes-documentary-hot-rodding-details/

https://www.craftofspeed.com/

Mooneyes 2nd annual New Year Party is Jan 28th, 2023 at Irwindale racetrack

An independent filmmaker is putting together a documentary called “Craft of Speed” about Mooneyes hot rod parts

The film is independent and low budget, and to fund the project, sponsorship opportunities are available via a crowdfunded effort . 

The goal is to raise at least $50,000 for the production and postproduction costs. 

Once completed, “Craft of Speed” will shine a light on the glory days of hot rodding, starting at the beginning of Mooneyes Speed Equipment, with the origin story of legendary Mooneyes founder Dean Moon and his worthy successors, Suganuma and Kodama.

For 30 years, Shige Suganuma and Chico Kodama, two Japanese hot rodders, built Mooneyes, an iconic American speed equipment & custom accessories company, into an international brand, honoring founder Dean Moon’s legacy and celebrating car & motorcycle culture. As Asian/Asian American pioneers in their industry, they battled against racism and xenophobia and ultimately earned their respect. Now, Shige is attempting to grow the company despite declining interest in hot rods, and Chico is handcrafting a new modified street rod to try to break his second land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats.

The Fundraiser is ongoing, but ends in April. 

The documentary was started in late October 2019, and though having shot a significant amount of footage the coronavirus has caused a temporar stop in shooting. However, to optimize time, they’ve been editing the existing footage. Plans are to resume shooting and finish the film by mid-2022.

https://craftofspeed.wedid.it/campaigns/8648  via https://lacar.com/support-the-craft-of-speed-mooneyes-documentary

I never heard of this one, the "Baby Moon Eyes" rocket dragster built by Romeo Palamides

https://villages4sale.com/don-garlits-museum/

https://www.pinterest.at/pin/430938258065927338/

via https://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2021/01/don-garlits-museum-of-drag-racing.html

The Moon Eyes company truck at the dragstrip

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-6277#post-12998308

in 1974 the Moonliner (built in 1959) was used for a Budweiser commercial, and became world famous not for accomplishing much on the salt, but for it's cool as hell design. I've seen it in 3 colors, but I've never seen it with a trophy, or time and speed

In 1964, Dean Moon (of MOON Equipment fame) purchased the V-12 Allison powered streamliner and swapped the V-12 out in favor of a BBC. In 1974 Budweiser hired it for a tv commercial, and while it was on the salt Gray Baskerville took photos of it in black and white

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/snapshot-1974-moonliner-set-make-a-giant-leap
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/1974-moonliner?family=editorial&phrase=1974%20Moonliner&sort=best#license

What I find weird? Is that some retired engineering group has a website, has used my photos (very courteously with a link credit) and just posted nearly exactly, what I just did here. Yep, I didn't find their site until after I finished the above https://lynceans.org/tag/mooneyes-moonliner/  and what more shocking, that some group of retired SAIC engineers (where I once worked) did a post on the Moonliner, that they did it 2 weeks ago, or that they've used my photos (on LSR) ? and BLOG!

https://lynceans.org/all-posts/land-speed-record-lows-and-highs-in-2019/

when I mention I've seen it in e colors, I mean the red above, and it's usual yellow, but also blue

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/moonliner-was-standout-amongst-racing.html

Cool vintage advertising

 

http://scottygossonexposed.blogspot.com

31st Annual MOONEYES Street Car Nationals 2017

Nickey 56 Nomad gasser

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/nickey-performance-turns-restored-1956-chevrolet-nomad-straight-axle-blown-gasser/

it's someone's lucky day

thanks Burkey! https://www.instagram.com/p/BNyn1ofgO2s

Some cool photos from Hot Rods coverage of the Moon Eyes 2016 show in Japan

http://www.hotrod.com/events/1601-bizarre-builds-and-1969-camaros-from-the-2015-mooneyes-show-in-japan/

1962 drag races

Above and below, same car

Found on http://mashable.com/2015/10/04/drag-race/#EPlBKqvBZkqz  via the Hot Rod Magazine archives at The Enthusiast Network and Getty Images

Mooneyes last Xmas party at Irwindale, Dec 12th

Saturday December 12th, gates open at 6 am
 Irwindale Speedway
500 Speedway Dr. Irwindale, California

https://www.facebook.com/Mooneyes/

http://www.mooneyesusa.net/xmas-party-show-drag-2015/

I've seen it in red, I've seen it in yellow, but this is the only photo I've ever seen of the Moonliner in blue and yellow

I shot a lot of photo of it in 2010 at the GNRS http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/moonliner-was-standout-amongst-racing.html

found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/getting.there/

Coolest car show poster I've seen in a long time

Cool photos from Junkyard Warrior Tumblr

the above was the Max Wedge 426 truck

For more cool stuff, look through http://junkyardwarrior.tumblr.com/