I GOT TO MEET SOME LEGENDS AND I ALSO GOT TO MEET COOP!!!

THIS YEAR'S MOONEYE'S PARTY WAS ESPECIALLY NICE, BECAUSE I GOT TO
MEET ROBERT WILLIAMS, "THE KING" GEORGE BARRIS, AND COOP!

I HAD 2 POSTERS BELONGING TO MY LATE FATHER FRAMED IN MY HOME
FOR SOME TIME AND IT DAWNED ON ME THAT IF BARRIS AND WILLIAMS
WERE GOING TO BE THERE AT THE MOONEYE'S PARTY THIS YEAR,
WHY NOT GET THE POSTERS SIGNED BY THE LEGENDS THEMSELVES?

SO THRU THE POWER OF THE NET (AND MYSPACE BLOG UPDATES)
I SECURED THE SCHEDULED APPEARENCES!

THE MOONEYES X-MAS PARTY 2006 WAS HELD AT THE IRWINDALE
SPEEDWAY THIS YEAR AND LET ME JUST SAY, THE MORNING RUSH TO GET IN
WAS INSANE!!! SCORES OF KUSTOM CARS, HOT RODS, AND BIKES ALL
TRYING TO GET IN THE GATES, WHICH RAN OUT OF PLACES
TO PARK FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC!!!

I MANAGED TO FIND "THE KING OF LOW-BROW ART",
MR. ROBERT WILLIAMS SIGNING HIS PRINTS AND BOOKS THAT HE HAD
UP FOR SALE. WHEN I SHOWED HIM MY 'DUECES WILD' PRINT
HE GOES "WOW! LOOK AT THIS OLD DOG!". THE PRINT ITSELF WAS HANGING
IN MY FATHER'S GARAGE FOR YEARS AND I TOOK IT DOWN
AND FRAMED IT SAFELY. EVEN THOUGH IT HAD SOME DIRT STAINS AND TACK HOLES, WILLIAMS WAS STILL INTRIGUED BY THE FACT THAT THIS WAS ONE
OF THE ORIGINAL PRINTS HE DID 20-SOMETHING ODD YEARS AGO!
I'M ASSUMING MY DAD HAD BOUGHT THIS AT SOME RANDOM SWAP MEET...

THE MAN, THE LEGEND! ROBERT 'BONDO BOB' WILLIAMS!!!

SIGNING THE 'DUECES WILD' PRINT FOR ME!

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!

MY WIFE GOT THIS KILLER SHOT OF ME WATCHING ROBERT WILLIAMS
SIGN THIS!!! I'M STILL BLOWN AWAY BY MEETING THE MAN!!!

WILLIAMS SIGNS THE 2ND PRINT "DEVIL W/ A HAMMER & HELL W/ A TORCH"

AFTER WALKING BACK AND FORTH ON BY THE 'BARRIS KUSTOMS BOOTH'
OVER AND OVERAGAIN, MY WIFE AND BRO DECIDED TO HANG OUT AND WAIT
FOR BARRIS TO COME BACK, AND JUST WHEN HE SWUNG ON BY;
ONLY TO LEAVE AGAIN, I SAID ALOUD
"HEY GEORGE, CAN I GET YOU TO SIGN SOMETHING FOR ME?"

"THE KING OF KUSTOMS" WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIGN IT!!!

THE "KING OF KUSTOMS" SIGNS THE 'DWAH,HWAT' PRINT!

MY WIFE SURE KNOWS HOW TO WORK HER CAMERA!!!

BARRIS' ASSISTANT TOLD ME THAT HE KNEW OF SOMEONE THAT
HAD THE 'DWAH,HWAT' PRINT WITH BARRIS, WILLIAMS,
AND ED 'BIG DADDY' ROTH'S SIGNATURE ON IT.
MADE ME THINK HOW MUCH 'BIG DADDY' IS MISSED THESE DAYS!!!
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HIM SIGN THIS AS WELL!!

(WE ALL MISS YA ED!)

THE BEST PART OF THE DAY WAS THAT I FINALLY GOT TO MEET "MRS. COOP",
TO FORMALLY THANK HER FOR BEING SO RAD IN HELPING ME WITH
THE COOP HOT WHEELS PRINT! RUTH WAS ESPECIALLY NICE AND VERY COOL!!!

I ALSO CAUGHT THE COOPSTER HIMSELF SNAPPING PICTURES (AS HE ALWAYS DOES!) AND GOT HIM TO POSE WITH ME FOR THIS KILLER SHOT!!!
COOP IS COOL AS SHIT AND SUCH A MELLOW GUY, AND I DIG HIS WORK!!!
CLICK HERE FOR HIS BLOG ON THE EVENT!
HE GOT SOME KILLER SHOTS OF KUSTOM KARS THERE!!!

ME WITH COOP! (TRUELY AN HONOR!)

EVEN THOUGH I WAS FEELING LIKE SHIT THAT MORNING,
I MADE THE BEST OF THE DAY AND GOT WHAT I CAME FOR!
IT WAS COOL TO MEET WILLIAMS, BARRIS AND ESPECIALLY COOP!

I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THEY DO AND FOREVER
BE A TRUE FAN OFTHEIR WORK FOREVER!!!