MN Illest Meet

Text & Photos by John Krueger

Tuesday's mean two things; tacos and MN Illest's weekly meet at Battle Creek Park for some car hangs.  I usually try and make an effort to show up to this meet because the location is great, and the people and cars that it attracts are pretty good.  It gives me a chance to see friends, and meet new people and expand the brand.  The Q does a pretty good job of attracting a crowd, and  we always try and park a few of the VIP-Style cars together to help promote that as well.  Kyle and Edwin showed up with their GS400 and LS430 to showcase Minnesota's VIP-Style.

Kyle's GS400

Edwin's LS430

It's been awhile since I've walked around a meet with my camera and shot, but it was fun and a nice change of pace.  It's nice to shoot for fun sometimes instead of always for work.  Plus that whole saying of, "practice makes perfect."  I can never get enough practice behind the camera.  I also really enjoy my new, Nikkor 28-70 f2.8 lens, haha.

Cool VR-T swapped Cabrio

This 20th Anniversary Edition GTI belongs to Josh Hernandez, one of the admins of MN Illest

Pretty cool to see a JZX80 Chaser.  I'm a sucker for stylish sedans (shocker I know).

Anyways, enjoy a few more pics.  Turnout was alright, but there should be some decent ones since the season is winding down.  Quick plug for an event coming up on October 1st.  MN Illest is having a summer end show at the Aldrich Arena in White Bear Lake and we're a sponsor for the event.  We'll be having a booth there stocked with merchandise and some of the Mid-West's finest cars.  Check it out, along with MN Illest on Facebook.

Welcome

Welcome to a new section of AB, the blog.  Being that two of us here at AB got our start as automotive journalists, it made sense that we should have a place to document our work, travels and shenanigans on our site.  It'll take a bit to get going, but expect this area to be fairly active with posts, stories, pictures, and maybe even some videos for your viewing pleasure.

It'll be fun, and it's how  two of us got our start in this creative industry as photographers.  What we love?  Culture, and how in this day and age, how accessible different cultures are.  It's safe to say that the three of us that currently make up AB live, eat, and breathe cars, and the respective cultures in the US and Japan.  Our goal with this new project is to share our viewpoints of those cultures through media, as well as personal  projects.   So sit back and enjoy the ride.