Introductions: Barney's Hacienda

Friday, I was hanging out with a old friend and one of the original club member from back when we "started" the MoonShiners Car Club. Nate a.k.a. Barney, has been getting his garage/shop at his house in order to get some of his projects up and rolling again. Here's a little picture tour.

Nate's 67 Chev is one that he drove the shit out of it high school, but his direction and ideas for the truck (like most vehicles over time) have changed. So he tore it down and set in motion its resurrection. The '53 Belair on the side is another old friend's car that Nate is care taker/builder of while "Toad" was off at tree school.

One of three Original Club Plaques I made when I was in college.

If you don't know barney... well let's just say hes a character.

Hope you enjoyed this... I know I did, Nate is sort of like a white Dave Chappell, so shit never stops being funny. That's my favorite part of our club, the good people that keep us all laughing. 

I will have more introduction and picture tours... that's it for now.

- STUTZ

Steeeekers

VicePres Tom "the fighting dolphin" Manning, made our California bound crew a shit load of stickers to give away. Tommy and I decided it would be cool to give back to some of the vendors and people at the Grand National Roadster Show. They feature the Moonshiners Logo, with this exact blog's address, a sort sticky business card.

 IF you really want one... email me.

-Stutz

Custom Car Highlights: Dave Nostrands 41 Ford Convertible.

Custom Car Highlights with Stutz

In my line of work, I have the opportunity to meet lots of interesting people. This summer I had my 54 Buick sitting outside our family's store. It was the first time in several years that I had driven the car since a long awaited engine swap. Most people that saw the car called it anything but what it is. "That a '55 Chevy?" or "Nice ratrod" crap of that nature. However, one customer hit the nail on the head and said, "that looks like whats left of a '54 Buick". I didn't take the "whats left" part to heart, because after chatting for a minute with the customer I was pleased to find I was talking to a real car guy. Dave (the customer's name) was a very nice, clean cut guy. You wouldn't expect him to be someone who was in the custom car scene at it's infancy, but he was. Dave was a young man in the early fifties, living in the Seattle area. His car was a mild custom '41 Ford Convertible. He told me some great stories, but the best part was he brought down the only pictures he has of his car. Nosed and decked, chrome dash, pontiac taillights, single spotlight, the car was truely a clean custom in its day. Dave told me that the paint was a burgundy, the color of wine, done in 17 coats of hand rubbed lacquer. In a story he told, he visited the famous Barris Custom shop and spoke with George and Sam Barris, who told Dave that they couldn't replicate the paint, it was just too nice. He sold the car in the mid fifties, and the Ford's fate is unknown to date. He told me that the guy he sold it too had damaged the car in a short time with lacquer thinner, as well as crashing into road barriers. The only time Dave saw it later in life, was outside of an auto parts store. It was in primer and appeared to be in the process of being rebuild by a "pimple faced kid". He told the kid that it was a nice looking auto he has there, and the kid said thanks, "it took alot to get it to this point". Amazing to think what became of such a beautiful and rare car.

This is the only "color" photo left of the car.

The Absaroka State Takeover

Although its come and gone... the Absaroka State Takeover Traditional Hot Rods & Kustoms Gathering 2010 went off without a hitch.

Here's the back story...  In 1939, a man named A.R.Swirkard and like minded counties in northern Wyoming, southern Montana, and western South Dakota attempted to form a new State called "Absaroka", with its Capital being Sheridan, Wyoming. Going as far as producing license plates, and naming a "Miss Absaroka" the proposed state was short lived. However, as a tribute to this rebel spirit, we created the Absaroka State Takeover held in Big Horn, Wyoming just south of the former Absarokan Capital. Designed as a gathering of Pre 1965 Hot Rods and Custom Cars, we had our own "Miss Absaroka" the second of her kind, Courtney Gifford (Former Miss Wyoming) and Trophy license plates resembling the rare originals given to each participant. Cars lined the street in front of the Historic Bozeman Trail Inn, with good food and drinks a plenty, the vibe of the show was excellent.

Sponsored by 307 clothing (Stalick Brother LLC), The Moonshiners Car Club, The Bozeman Trail Inn, The Big Horn-Y, and Manning Signs (Gillette, Wyo) we hope to be able to make this a yearly event. Special thanks to the organizers and Participants. Look forward to seeing everyone next year.

Here is shots from the First A.S.T. August 21st 2010.

Who we are

Car Clubs are neat things. You have friends that hang out and talk about cars, have good times with cars, build stuff like cars... mainly they are about the cars. But the Club Members are the crucial part. We formed after years of threatening to make it "official" in August 2010. Afterwards we had a party, were in we all drank a sip of the blessed MoonShine. Then it was really Official. The MoonShiners C. C. was born.

Heres a few pics from that night....

 

Not all members pictured