So Nakai San has left Texas this morning, and the frantic last minute scramble to prep MaydayDanny’s 993 has finally ended. Well… for now at least. The painting, the dealing with customs, the crazy motor situation, the tires, even the color choice were all factors in the weeks leading up to Nakai San’s arrival. Are we done? Not yet. Nakai San will be back after we visit him and the rest of the Rauh Welt crew in Japan next month during Tokyo Auto Salon time. It’s gonna be a crazy time, and we have other projects that are scheduled to debut in 2012, so watch out. MaydayGarage in full effect. For Ricers, by Ricers (in a good way).

Even though he tried many Texas made brews, Stella is still his favorite. (one of mine too)

–David–
David@maydaygarage.com

If anyone has been paying attention to the blog or our Facebook lately, they will see that Mayday Garage has gotten their hands into some very interesting things. David is moving out East, Danny is building a Rauh Welt 993, Mikey is wrenching his S14, has school and work. Khiem still rolls his beast SC, and plays SF4 professionally. Pro-phan Danh has become a wedding master and BMW track master, Newton is into films, Slappy got married but is still a ricer, Venn works 160 hours a week, and myself, well, I started a food truck called The Rice Box.

The Rice Box is Houston’s first Chinese Fast Food, Food Truck and is also the reason that I have been mucho MIA on the blog, local car events, Formula D and SEMA. Hopefully I can get out to TAS, but we will see. This is a car blog, not a food inspired blog, so I am going to spare the details of all things kitchen/ food related on the truck. I will however share that the truck is powered by a 5.7 liter carbureted V8 and is known to lay down a heavy 27 second quarter mile, and does 0-60mph in about 15 seconds. One of the quicker food trucks in Houston for sure. I hope to get this thing into the 15s fully stocked in a year or so, we will see.

All paint and body work, was done by myself, Danny Barber, Mike Nguyen from TeamShiftPoint and my business parter Arthur Wentworth. The vinyl work on the truck was designed and installed by none other than local Houston Hardparker, Greg Lilly from Underground Graphics. And just in case you don’t remember Greg, you can see his car here.

Im going to keep this short. I wanted show you guys what I have been working on as of late since I haven’t been around. And no, Mayday Garage in Houston will not be dying out nor slowing. We have two more guys coming on to the Houston team since David left to go blow up the East Coast, literally.

So, if you want bad ass Chinese food, or just want to come hang out with any of the Mayday Garage team when you are in Houston, come out to the truck! To the plugs.

Follow the Rice Box on Twitter @RiceBoxTruck
Like the Rice Box Facebook.com/RiceboxTruck
Check out our Site and Schedule over at www.RiceBoxTruck.com

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Mayday Garage Forever

– JohnP

People ask me all the time who we are and what we do. Yeah we take photos, but at our core, we are Ricers. We love cars. It’s moments like these that make it difficult to remember to pick up our cameras and snap what we see in both our heads and in our hearts. This picture captures how we all feel about automotive masterpieces.

It's polite to stare.

–David–
Davids@maydaygarage.com

With Texas Beers and barbecue, Nakai San is supplied a healthy dose of the two plus a surprise visit from a former feature, Princeton Wong and his awesome fire spitting 993 911. Stay tuned for more as Nakai San is shown how Texas does it.

Beer/BBQ/Porsches/Gas Stations. What more could you want?

–David–
David@maydaygarage.com