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Rock Solid Connection

N A follow up to the Moon article in January’s In Passing a chance conversation with Lloyd of Magoos Street Rods in Masterton revealed a strong connection between themselves and Moon. Lloyd mentioned that Moon & the original Gennie Shifter were the first two businesses to take his fledgling Magoo’s business on board 21 years ago. At the time the only overseas dealers Moon had were located in England and Hawaii. Lloyd recalls, “We formed a very good business relationship, including Magoo’s hosting Chico in New Zealand back in 2001, and then in 2005 they invited me to go with

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