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MotoeXotica
Freakin' cool tour of some hidden gems.
oops
Just crashin' the magnum again.
episode 65
I'm teaching my kids to catch a dream, ya gotta chase it. It's kind of fun along the way too.
episode 64
My two sons skipped a sleep over party with a friend so they could shoot this event for me. Enjoy this rare look at Rally Xing from the point of view of an 11 year old and an 8 year old.
episode 63
Over and over, friendships are the result of these things we call our rides. Such is the case in this piece. Dig this clean 300zx.
episode 62
Boys will be boys and when the local track closes due to rain, well, it just means a location change for the evening.
Do not try any of this at home. We are all highly trained professionals.
lol
episode 61
I hope you remember Hammer from past episodes. Dude created his own air intake for the LX line and is doing what huge companies have only advertised. Thank you, Hammer. Lil Suzy is runnin' all happy.
Episode 060
A Fantastic Voyage.
Man, the is the faroutedest, solidest and right onest freakin video in the world. Hop aboard and tour the largest ship at sea with me. We'll hit the West Indies, the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas. Moddin' Art has done the bermuda triangle, man!
wooooooooohoooooooooooooo!
Episode 059
Volume 8.
A mid-life crisis tour turned into the movie I have wanted to make all my life. This one-hour documentary is a shotgun point of view as I travel my life's avenues in Texas.
Episode 058
Rockin' Spring Meet '08.
What a cool weekend. Hangin' with family and friends, checkin out the sweetest LX cars on the planet, and sculpting young minds on the proper ways of hotel stays.
Episode 057
Drag Racing 201.
Spring is in the air, man! I decided to go do some pretend bracket racing on a test n tune night to get ready for the '08 season.
Episode 056
Drag Racing 101.
A night at the track for a first-timer can be head-spinning. This is a walk through the process to help those who have never drag raced.
Episode 055
Well, I obviously needed some body work done anyway so it was tribal ghost flame time!
ProDaddy Kustoms is the only shop to touch my car from now on. Awesome work, Ethan!
Episode 054
My 100 Acre Wood Adventure. Salem, MO plays host to this international annual event. This was my first Rally. Gonna need some body work and I'm shoppin for a shell... I will see you fools next year!
Episode 053
Indoor Drag Racing? Hall of famer, Bret Kepner offers a look at the world's first indoor drag racing league just outside of St. Louis, MO.
Episode 052
Some POV autoX action and Granny the adrenaline junkie is back again... this time on my pit bike.
Episode 051
I head out to Sarasota, FL for the West Coast Bike Rally. Confusing but think of it as the west coast of the east coast. This three day event offered bikes galore, never ending parties and cameos from Greg the hammer Valentine and Scotty from Skid Row.
Episode 050
Bob's Corner Two. Bob the neighbor and I hit a local Cadillac show.
Episode 049
Granny goes driftin', I tour a Bugatti Veyron and then go do some drifting in the dark.
Episode 048
Monster Mopar Weekend '07. I didn't enter this year, just walked around with the camera. Got some great show cars as usual and caught a few cool weelies this time.
Episode 047
Kickin' off the Volume 7 DVD, this is some autoX 101. Seldom does a view get to walk the course, learn what the cones mean and ride in a Z06 through the conage.
Episode 046
The SouthEastern Shindig part four... the travels and the people.
Episode 045
The SouthEastern Shindig part three... the party. Moddin' Art is a family show but parents, watch this one first before lettin' the kids watch it. just a bunch of drunken fools.
Episode 044
The SouthEastern Shindig part two... the show, man.
Episode 043
The Volume 6 DVD is detailed coverage of one event. The SouthEastern LX Shindig is just what it sounds like. Picture Mopar maniacs, hemi heads and staggering rednecks in general coming from all four corners of the country to the big town of Perry, GA. This is part one of this event... the drag racing.
Episode 042
Ryan Egleston flies solo on his first gig and covers a night of bracket racing out at the track. Badass coverage, Ryan. You rule, dude.
Episode 041
A little help from my friends. Mark Stuart, Ryan Egleston and Kevin Pendergast are great friends and great cameramen. This is a compilation of stuff they have shot for me.
Episode 040
Trampoline Assembly. Dude, don't go readin' the directions. This clip makes the cut just because it was the most major freakin mod I did in '07.
Episode 039
Parking Lot Shinanigans. Just makin' the most out of a rained out race night.
Episode 038
NOPI stl '07. Some great drag racing, sweet show cars, close up drifting action and some cool interviews with Q from Pimp My Ride and Nick & Hulk Hogan.
Episode 037
Tera goes to Space Camp. We take a lil road trip for her graduation and get a tour of the space center. This one is more about family than cars.
Episode 036
Some fun with my boys. We start things off with a little airsoft war in the back yard and then head out to the track.
Episode 035
LX enthusiasts from all over the nation meet up each spring in Utica, IL. My famly and I have attended the last 3 years and this peace turned out really nice.
Episode 034
This one starts off the Volume 5 DVD. You will only relate to this video if you have ever been a racer, a parent or a child.
Episode 033
Part two of the NHRA coverage, I get some funny car 101 from a clutch specialist and then catch a few Pro Mod runs on tape.
Episode 032
Jason Dukes of gateway Raceway gives me the VIP treatment at an NHRA event. This was the first time I had ever been to an NHRA event. From interviewing the drivers to witnessing the best team work ever, this was one cool day.
Episode 031
Bob the neighbor is so dang cool, he now has his own segment called Bob's Corner. After hangin' with Bob, I stumble onto a hidden classic down the street and then Tera and I do some moddin' in our back yard.
Episode 030
DriftSTL is a club in St louis. I have hung out with these guys enough to call them friends now. They have created their own little community, all offering thier spacialties to one another. You'll dig the art of the drift captured in this piece. If you don't see drifting as a dance, you should look at it that way. No other form of driving meshes man and machine like drifting.
Episode 029
HIN Chicago '07. Man, all shows aint perfect. From a poorly-run event to a meanass spider bite, this family road trip became a documentary all by itself. When daddy has to walk into a room with theme music behind him, it's on like donkey kong.
Episode 028
The first Midnight Madness of '07 at Gateway Raceway. Ryan Egleston assists as we tour the rides and personalities of the midwest in this very entertaining feature.
Episode 027
A perfect beginning to a great Volume 4 DVD, Mark Stuart installs a Universal Air Suspension kit on his Magnum and we "test it out" at the track.
Episode 026
Taylor Sun helps me put some under-the-hood goodies on from Billet Technology.
Episode 025
My buddy Jeremy Bock takes me and the boys on a tour of Kirkwood, MO's Rc club racing scene.
Episode 024
Granny plays Warpigs.
Episode 023
dude, don't buy my car.
Episode 022
The only thing more expensive than chasing a dream is not chasing a dream. In spending so much time and money on Moddin' Art, I really have put a strain on my post-production business. Most would slow down on the labor of love but as you see in this video, I closed down my studio to focus on the dream more.
Episode 021
Some front yard innovations lead to meeting a neighbor that would go on to have his own segment on Moddin' Art. Introducing Bob, the neighbor.
Episode 020
I'm an old dirt bike kid but had not been riding in 25 years when we shot this one. While crashin' was some funny stuff back in the day, dude it really hurts now.
Episode 019
You remember that web clip of the redneck gettin' busted doin' 144mph in a Magnum?
dude. keep the adrenaline at the track, man.
Episode 018
RT66Fest '06. We try to hit this show every year. It's a 3 day event with a big ole cruise and it takes up the entire down town area of Springfield, IL.
Episode 017
A day at Hennessey's track down in TX. I got to compare a sprayed SRT8 to turbo SRT8 to a few surprises that showed up at the track that day.
Episode 016
A group of friends create an annual event to honor a fallen brother. All proceeds go to that fallen brother's little girl. It's this magic that made me fall in love with cars.
Episode 015
MOFO is a car event where after market goodies are compared and tested. I take a test drive with the infamous Meister and find old fighter pilots are much crazier than adrenaline-junkie hippies.
Episode 014
Drag racin' the rental at Sacramento Raceway. These dudes are awesome out there. Most laid-back track I have ever been to fer sure.
Episode 013
To this day, this is my favorite Moddin' Art video.
A group of strangers from all over the nation rally around a little girl and her family in a story that enhanced my life. I gained family members making this one. This is what it's all about.
Episode 012
A few local rides and a meet in Utica, IL hosted by LXforums.com.
Episode 011
Power Ported Performance installs some ported and polished Indy heads on my car, I install and test out a Superchips Flashpaq, and then hit the World Ford Challenge at Gateway International Raceway.
Episode 010
Midnight Madness, NOPI '06 and Tera Star's directorial debut.
Episode 009
Dadgummit. First magnum wreckage. Have no fear, Tera Star helps her daddy...
Episode 008
This is the World of Wheels, man. I saw many a sweet ride and had a wonderful time talkin' to Dale Ison about his world famous "Heros" and "Dragonmaster" trucks.
Episode 007
Beginning the Volume Two DVD, this is my first taste of the SCCA racing scene. I'm, uhm, lookin' for a car now.
Episode 006
SEMA '05 (shot by my friend, Mark Stuart), mods in the driveway and two fine examples of car cummunities reaching out to good people.
Episode 005
Tours of some friends' rides and a headlight swap for the Magnum.
Episode 004
Hall of famer, Bret Kepner shares some staging tips and I try 'em out at the track. I then have a local shop throw on some Hotchkis springs for me.
Episode 003
After hitting Monster Mopar at Gateway Raceway, I am inspired to have some body work done on my car.
Episode 002
HHP racing hooks me up with some longtube headers and I have a local dealership put em on. Yeah, the dealership did it!
Episode 001
The introduction to the series and a trip to the Rt66 Fest in Springfield, IL. It's fun for me to watch to production value grow from this clip in 2005.
Grinner Hester -videographer/driver
I love video and a freakin' looove to drive anything with wheels. What makes me unique is I speacialize in doing both at the same time. It simply doesn't get more first-person than this.
1988
I began travelling around shooting car events over 20 years ago. This show was always intended to been seen through the eyes of the enthusiast.
