What a show!!!! So many cars and so many more people. The show was a success and the roll in went pretty smooth. Some teasers will be up tonight and the rest of the pics will be up by tomorrow, too many pictures to go through and edit. Also, the photo shoot that we did for Brian’s S2K will be up later tonight. If you were at the show and saw Brian’s car, along with the photos from the shoot were there. Mr. Jimmy Uy completed his car at 2am the morning of the show, so congrats to him. It was a good thing that Matthel had me make him a display board for the show, his car seemed like the center of attention every time a group of people passed by. As I was leaving the show, the fire marshall was heading into the garage, I wonder if it was passed the max occupancy of the garage… Any ways stay tuned, and check back here later tonight and tomorrow for A LOT of pictures…
-
Wekfest 2010!!!
February 28, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Events, Featured News -
Another teaser…
February 17, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: MiscFinished up Brian’s photo hoot this evening, if you want to see why we are being so secretive about these shoots, come and join us at Wekfest in Japantown on the 28th and see for yourself…
-
Camera Rig Test
February 14, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: MiscSo today we made a camera rig for rolling shots, thanks to the help of Jimmy Uy. Here is a test shot with the rig…
Don’t worry, better pics will come with time, this is just a test.
How did we do it? Well we acquired some suction cups, 10ft in piping, and a ghetto camera mount (will be replaced soon with a magic arm).
This is pre editing
with photoshop, you want to clone out the pole and do whatever touching up you want to do. This again was a test, I know the picture isn’t perfect.
Stay tuned for some awesome pictures in the near future.
-
The Shop Vintage Video
January 28, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: MiscI was trying out a new iPhone app called Vintage Video, I recommend this app if you are a camera/video person like me.
-
SF Wek’Fest 2010
January 18, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Events, Featured NewsCome and join us at SF Wek’Fest 2010 Sunday Feb. 28 @ the Japantown underground garage. The Shop’s LS1 RX7 will be in attendance alongside cars from Memory Fab, friends and customers of The Shop. Show begins @ 1PM and ends @ 5PM. Stop by The Shop to pick up a flyer and get a discount on entrance to the show.
-
Brian Lee’s ASM S2K
January 12, 2010 by C.Castro · Filed Under: MiscThis evening at The Shop, we had Brian Lee over with his ASM S2K. He needed a photo shoot of his ASM S2K for the up and coming wekfest event, where Matt and his LS1 RX7 will be showing alongside Memory Fab. Here is a little teaser for everyone, more pictures will be posted once the car is complete, so stay tuned…
click for larger image
-
Merry Christmas!!!
December 25, 2009 by C.Castro · Filed Under: Featured NewsFrom all of us here at The Shop, we would like to bid everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
-
Bob’s Donuts Track Day 11.27.09
November 28, 2009 by C.Castro · Filed Under: EventsAs you know, The Shop attended a track day on Black Friday, hosted by owner of Bob’s Donuts, Don Ahn. The event took place 4 hours south of the Bay Area at Buttonwillow Raceway. I rolled in with a couple friends and customers of the shop the night before because of the 7:30am drivers meeting. This was the most diverse track day that I have attended. There were your drifters, you had your Corvette drivers, BMW guys, and some Honda Challenge competitors. There was a Dodge SRT-10 truck driving around and Matt, in his Police Interceptor (long story short, the RX-7 wasn’t ready to be tracked). Moring sessions started with the drifters, they never cease to amaze me and they never cease to kick up dirt onto the track. since the day started late, they had to combine the novice, intermediate, and advanced group. We BBQ’d for lunch before the afternoon sessions begun. Towards the end of the day the wind picked up and the clouds moved in and started to drizzle, it wasn’t enough to stop the last session, but it made for some hairy conditions. I wan to thank Don for allowing me to get on track to take pics at the 1st and 2nd hills. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment for more please visit our gallery.
Drivers meeting going over the track layout
Morning car preperations
Drifter kicking up dirt onto the track
Luke Lonberger and his LSx powered S14
Joe and his IS300 getting sideways on the last turn
Ken Tsukii looking for attention
Brandy and her S13 showing off
Again.. visit the gallery for the rest of the pics…. ENJOY!
-
IT’S ALIVE!!!
November 18, 2009 by C.Castro · Filed Under: The Shop ProjectsSo I stopped by the shop today to drop my girlfriends car off and Lawton comes up to me, “Do you have your camera?” I wish I did , they were about to start up Justin’s RX7. I have a video from my iPhone but some of the sound got cut out… My microphone couldn’t handle the monsterous roar of the open headers… I will have pics of it tomorrow, for now enjoy this little vid.
-
Boss Man’s Birthday
November 15, 2009 by C.Castro · Filed Under: EventsYesterday was Matthel Ma’s birthday, if you don’t know him already, he is the owner and manager of The Shop San Bruno. Some friends, mechanics and long time customers of Matthel went out today for paintball fun at NorCal Paintball in Petaluma. It was a nice mix of experienced players, one of the being Matthel, and some newbies. At the end of the day we played a game of Terminator, for those that don’t know, it’s when one person plays against all. The Terminator cannot die and the game ends when they give up or they kill everyone on the field. Matthel and good friend Bud volunteered for that position. FYI Matthel is the one sticking out like a sore thumb, in the Hawaiian shirt. also the referees let me on the field with my camera, which I was a little weary about, but the pics came out awesome, flip through them below or visit our gallery.
