I thought it would be fun to see which articles on BlacktopMagazine.com was the most read. It was fascinating to see what everyone is interested in. I was really surprised to see the top article. A very intriguing story you…
Top Ten Articles of 2024
Jordan Family Classic Cars Grand Opening Car Show
There’s a new automotive venue in town and it starts with the incredible Jordan Family collection formed and managed by patriarch Tim Jordan. A collection of over 100 cars from the 1920’s “Jordan” models to modern hot rods. The 16,000…
Optima – Lithium Powersports Battery and D400+ Charger/Maintainer
Official Battery of Blacktop Magazine We just picked up the OrangeTop™, a fairly new Hypercore Lithium Cell Battery from Optima along with the durable YellowTop™, RedTop™ and the D400+ Charger/Maintainer. Our vehicles in the garage have had a pretty good…
2025 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Award Contenders
Here we present to you in beautiful fashion, the most incredible images of all 11 contenders for the 75th running of the Grand National Roadster Show’s America’s Most Beautiful Roadster award. In no particular order other than the winner being…
A Summertime Daily Driver
Kevin Cox’s 1931 Ford Roadster Pickup A Blacktop Motor Minute. At the recent Historic Main Street Garden Grove Car Show, I saw this cool little flat black pickup with bright orange Hot Rod Wire Wheels from Wheelsmith. I had to…
David Mann ChopperFest 2025
What a beautiful day in Ventura for the David Mann Chopperfest. A crisp and sunny February in Southern California. I got there as the gates were just opened and still had a line about 10 minutes long. I was shooting…
Fuel Fed Fun with Pinky at the Grand National Roadster Show
Blacktop’s Grand National Roadster Show Favorites
Sure there are the contenders for the big awards “America’s Most Beautiful Roadster” or the Slonaker Award, here we share some of our favorites outside of those. We noticed a bunch of cars with old school jagged flames, and in…
Cool Old Stuff Hideaway
My buddy Clint really did a solid and introduced me to this Father/Son shop that has an incredible collection of Cool Old Stuff. They work on friends and family hot rods and customs in the front shop, then off to…
HOT ROD MAVERICKS
The Builders, Racers and rebels Who Revolutionized Hot Rodding by Tony Thacker A Blacktop Book Review by Tony Colombini I have known Tony Thacker for many years. Since his days at the NHRA Museum. I would run into him at…
RAW METAL
A Conversation About The Rising Cost of Paint at The 75th Grand National Roadster Show Blinded By The Raw Metal Beauties on Display Pinky and I were running through the 75th running of the Grand National Roadster Show. Each of…
A Collection of American Classics
With a History of the Tail Fin Design On this Sunday Drive with the Mercifuls we land at a private collection of American Classics. If hooded headlights and finned tail lights are your thing, then this gallery is for you!…
Newport Beach Classic Car Show
Newport Beach in October is usually pretty quiet. The cold dreary weather doesn’t make for great beach going. Especially when you are right on the sand at the Balboa Pier just a block away from the famed Balboa Fun Zone.…
Sunday Drive to the Petersen
Today we take a drive over to the Petersen Automobile Museum. Here are several of the exhibits ending with a really creative installation. We start off with “Best in Low” an exhibit of legendary lowrider icons of the street and…
PaintProStation Professional-Grade Mobile Inflatable Paint Station
CarCapsule USA, a manufacturer of inflatable premium vehicle storage products for the past twenty-plus years, has entered a new phase in vehicle preservation products with the introduction of the inflatable PaintProStation, a 26’x14’x10′ professional-grade mobile inflatable paint station. The PaintProStation…