Traditional Smitional!

                I've had a lot of questions about why the MoonShiners Car Club, and the Absaroka State Takeover focus on Pre-1965 "Traditional" styled vehicles. Let me elaborate. If you look what was going on in 1965 in the car scene, be it from the customizers of the day or the Automotive industry, everything was changing. 1965 was pretty much the end of an era in what was being done. Our personal feeling towards this style does not mean that we don't enjoy other styles or later makes, but merely that we (the MoonShiners C.C.) hold the 1930's to early 1960's styles in high regard as the roots of the car customizing world. That era was clean, classy, highly motivated by a need for personal expression and individually, long before the introduction of the factory muscle cars and after market parts. All in all, if there ever was a time in automotive history, as far as customizing goes, that era was the pinnacle of old world work ethic, skills, and creativity, that resulted in a series of timeless styles. I like to think that the MoonShiners are an homage to the great builders who came before, whom had no idea at the time how important they were. With that, the Absaroka State Takeover is our attempt at a little piece of Time Traveling, giving the modern world a taste of that beloved era.

Photo Rik Hoving

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