Fuel Fed Fun Now on Blacktop TV:: Richard Hall, Underoath Car Club member out of Torrance, CA brought new life into this family owned beauty. I first saw this car at the 5th Annual Mercifuls Spark of Love Toy Drive and Car Show. He won the Blacktop Pick trophy at the event, so here it […]
The Most Infamous Biker Destination In The World! It was a crazy sunny day in the winter of 2016-17 when Sue Martin of ASM Auto Upholstery (Fast and Loud fame) took Texas Rich to Strokers Dallas. [Confession here: I’m a sucker for his show; “Texas Hardtails”. The show was quirky, partly scripted and a whole […]
Near Fatal Short For those of you following Project Riff-Raff, here is a quick rant on what just happened: After a great day rooting out some minor issues with Craig @jerzy_goon I was installing the gauge cluster buttoning it up looking forward to cruising the beast soon. Testing the dash before bolting it in, I hear a whistle […]
Weego and OPTIMA Test and Install Marcus bought an old Mustang. It’s his first car. He is just now getting his learners permit. Learn more about Marcus and his Mustang here. Marcus gave us a call that his battery in his car is pretty much toast. Billy and I packed up Hilda and rolled down to […]
Here’s a cool Readers Ride from Hamburg, Germany! The story of the bike all starts from a friend who shared a pic from the ’60’s of a kool trike. Inspired, I looked for more pics and had to build one however with new technology. I found the rear end on ebay for $800.00 and then began […]
Off-Road Series LED Light Bars Turn Night into Day Engineered for high performance off-road use, Custer Products Never Night™ Off-Road Series LED Light Bars deliver superior performance, reliability, and value. State of the art LED technology provides excellent illumination while using very little battery power. Light bars combine a wide flood beam pattern, for the […]
An Inflatable Portable Work Place, or Display Space The CarCapsule Mobile WorkStation is a portable enclosed shelter that can be used as a work place, show place, or for displays. It is the latest addition in a long line of products that further establishes CarCapsule’s ongoing commitment to offer the most effective storage and shelter […]
What to do besides climb the walls and you can’t get out to the garage to work / fine tune your baby ? You either Improvise, watch and drool over what is going across the auction block or do what other big kids do. You dust off that box of H.O. that has been […]
Jason Jesse is a rare individual who’s known across multiple subcultures, including skateboarding and motorcycling, with skills and style in all of them. New from J. Jessee and Lowbrow Customs, introducing the Jason Jessee Signature Series Waffle Grips. Lowbrow Customs has over three dozen unique styles of handlebar grips for your motorcycle ranging from traditional […]
Blacktop Magazine captures the fun behind the scenes at Mitzi and Co’s photoshoot. Now on Blacktop TV:: I came up with the idea for this photoshoot while I was soldering the terminals, rewiring the ’56 Fairlane “Project Riff-Raff”. The iPod was changing out a variety of songs when Sinatra’s “Luck Be A Lady” came on. Wow! […]
End Of An Era I may be a bit jaded. We all know that in order to compete for the historic America’s Most Beautiful Roadster trophy you have to have some serious chops. No doubt that every builder who has won and even those who have competed are incredibly talented. This year’s winner was reportedly […]
Well let’s see… Hopefully many of you know me from the car mags from my art and my cars being published in many different auto magazines and other magazines over many, many years. Anyhow If you don’t know of my name or my work I just tell people to google my name. Seems to be […]
