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DEAN MOON
The infamous "MOON logo is more than a half-century old, if you have been exposed at all to the world of street-rodding and racing you are probably familiar with it. If you know what the logo stands for than you must be familiar with its creator, Dean Moon "An Original Innovator".

As an teenage growing up in the 40's Dean's passion was for cars, he wasn't content leaving them alone and was always looking for ways to make them faster. The very first products sold by Moon was a cast aluminum fuel block that Dean actually created in high school shop class.

Dean's parents owned a small cafe in Santa Fe Springs, California called "MOON Cafe" and it was from a small garage out back that the most famous company in hot-rodding was born. Dean's products and innovations become instantly popular with racers and hot-rodders in Southern California. He took the money he was making and put it right back into developing new products, he soon out grew that small garage and moved his company to the location where it is still today.

Many of Dean's innovations are renowned to racing and hot-rodding. Moon spun aluminum wheel discs are still widely used on dry lake and land speed cars. You can find Moon aluminum fuel tanks and oil tanks on many today's drag cars and boats. If you've ever admired the hot rods, street rods, and customs that fill the pages of your favorite magazine and fill the halls of the biggest car shows, then you've seen Moon "no-name" finned aluminum valve covers. Moon gauges and many other products created by Dean Moon. .

Dean became heavily involved in motorsports to showcase his products. he built several famous cars including; the "Moonbeam", a Devin-bodied sports car powered by a V8 Chevy with a Potvin front mounted blower. The "Moon Jocko Streamliner" the sleekest most eye-catching car to hit the salt-flats. The most famous was the "Mooneyes Dragster" which now rests in the Don Garlits Drag Racing Museum in Florida

Dean had association with many of the legends in the industry including Vic Edelbrook, Ed Iskederian, Don Garlits, Clay Smith, Micky Tompson, George Barris, and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth to name a few. It was Dean's relationship with Carroll Shelby that brought Shelby to the Moon facility to construct the very first "Shelby Cobra" which rolled out of the Moon machine shop in 1962. Dean also served as an original board member and past president of SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association.

Dean passed away June 4th of 1987, not only was it a shock to his family and friends but it was a great loss to the industry as we had lost one of our founders.

Everyone will always remember Dean as a true legend of our time and the company that he created now lives as "MOONEYES". Continuing in the tradition, MOONEYES will bring quality and innovations for years to come, look for the Moon logo and accept only he best.

GO! with MOON!

Any questions about kits, parts, installations or services are welcome. Contact Bishop by phone at  866-867-8324 or e-mail bishop@bishopsales.com and we will respond promptly. If you're in the neighborhood, then drop by the shop at 1130 West 15th Street North Vancouver BC and we will gladly give you a tour of our facilities, but beware – there may be a Monster and ferocious horsepower beasts in our shop when you visit! We really love to share the fun with other performance enthusiasts who want to take their cars to the next level of performance, appearance and handling!

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