Highlights from the last day at SEMA 2017 Wow, what a blast we had a the 2017 SEMA Show. The marathon continued for our fifth day, and the last day at the SEMA Show. Kristy roamed the halls with us as we visit Pertronix, CON2R, Custom Autosound, PPG and more in the Central Hall. We […]
We made it to the Central Hall with our Spokesmodel Kristy Moats Highlights from day three of the 2017 SEMA Show. We make it to the central hall with our friends in the performance and restoration part of the industry. Kristy Moats hangs out with us as we find new products and really cool cars. […]
Highlights from Day Two at the 2017 SEMA Show. We had a couple of scheduled appointments today, which of course, were on opposite sides of the show. But first I started the day at the NHRA Breakfast. It was a great match up of Anton Brown, Don Prudhomme, Graham Light, John Force and Shirley Muldowney. […]
A Celebration of New Products and Innovation The day started early with the New Products Awards Breakfast. This is a great place to start the show as they present the awards for best new products and the SEMA Award. The presentation featured and introduction and inspiring words from Sam Schmidt. After a paralyzing Indy Car […]
It’s Monday October 30th, 2017 the SEMA Show is about to open. As we arrive at the Convention Center, we see this bitchen Chevelle parked right out front in front of the barrier to the show. Who would park there? Billy say’s: “Hey, isn’t that Kristy’s Chevelle?” I give her a call and she is […]
We dig family owned and operated companies here at Blacktop Magazine. The other day Billy and I stopped over at Solution Finish in Huntington Beach, CA. Chris West, founder, and his daughter Ashley were bottling up some of their plastic/vinyl/rubber trim restoring solution for a customer. The line of plastic trim restoring products that are […]
You could say it’s all my Uncle Doug’s fault… In 1969 he and his buddy Jim painted a ‘64 GTO Competition Orange with Black Lace Stripes in our home garage. I was seven years old and can see the overspray as if it was yesterday. From that point on, I knew I was going to […]
Hosted by the Long Beach Sultans Car Club Record turnout for this awesome show on the grass and in the shade at Signal Hill Park. Proceeds benefit the Signal Hill Police Department. Learn more about the Sultans here: LBSultans.com
For the past 7 years we have been celebrating National Collector Car Appreciation Day. This year we co-hosted the 8th annual event as a Hot Rod Barbecue at Cambra Speed Shop in Orange, CA. We were fortunate to have a record crowd with an estimated 200 people showing up for the Friday afternoon event. Cambra […]
Did something a bit different on Saturday August 12th, and went to the Nitto Tire; Auto Enthusiast Day at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA. Great to see so many young people into cars. Reminded me of when I first started driving in the late 1970’s We customized what we had, with the few dollars and […]
I gotta hand it to my nephew Marcus. He doesn’t mind just diggin in and gettin’ all greasy. Something of a rare trait for a 16 year old suburban kid. He grew up in a three generation house hold and focused a lot of his efforts on Baseball, from T-Ball up to High School and […]
Video presented by C.W. Moss A walk through the Ford Model A Club Pancake Breakfast at Hart Park in Orange, California. See over 200 early Ford cars in a great park setting. Be sure to check out the FREE Catalog, expanded inventory, and remodeled showroom at C.W. Moss in Old Towne Orange, California.
