New York to LA for a Drag Race at Mooneyes Xmas Party
Something about the Mooneyes Xmas Show and Drags makes it different. Maybe it’s the fact that it often rains, leaving everyone huddled together under EZ-ups. Maybe it’s the drag racing. Or maybe it’s just a special combination of gearhead folks who aren’t too pretentious and just like to have fun. Whatever the case, Ed Grima from New York decided he needed to come for a visit... and his 5-window hot rod should come along.
Ed’s one of those build it & drive it sort of car people who can make friends anywhere he goes. In fact, it’s exactly how he met me at The Race of Gentlemen last year. His ’32 Ford project has been evolving ever since I met him. Doing the work himself in the little shed on the side of his house, Ed was after a proper sixties-style hot rod. That included him doing a true old-school paint job of silver base topped with silver flakes, followed with red base topped with red flakes.
After flying over to help paint and flake a friend’s car before last year’s Mooneyes Xmas Show, this year Ed decided it was time to bring over his own. No stranger to long drives, his “long range” status in his car club, Blvd Bombers, means more than just his relocation to living in Detroit at present. As miles passed during his drive to California, the snow and cold receded as the adventures piled up.
Come the day of Mooneyes Xmas Show, Ed and his 5-window were there and ready to race. He clocked 77 mph on the 1/8th mile, not too bad for a road-built car like his – but timeslips were just an afterthought of this trip. More friends were made and good times were had – which is just what the Mooneyes Xmas Show is all about.
Merry Christmas y’all and may your New Year be filled with car project progress, adventures and more friends along for the ride. View the gallery for more pictures of Ed's 5-window plus views from the Mooneyes Xmas Party.
