I wish him luck in his new ventures. I never knew him, but since I used to build nothing but lowriders back when it was actually popular to do, I remember the stories and how to's from Lowrider Bicycle Magazine (no longer in production). If it was not for them times, there would have never been any decent looking wheels for lowrider modelers. Back before I ever heard of Model Cars Magazine and any others.... ...LRB was the magazine I looked for on the shelf. Half models and half bicyles. I remember exactly how the first wire wheels looked, and at the time they were very cool. I remember when guys put o-rings on wire hubcaps because not everyone had them. Before I saw any after market wires, I would shave my tires down really low and use the most "custom" looking wheels in the kit or that I might have from my parts box. Now days.....I am very glad we have so much available to us, I use only what I want to use because it's easy to get.