Say that three times fast… Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone You may recall when Billy and I were at the SEMA Show we saw some really cool products. One of them we mentioned in a previous article was the AeroBox from the family…
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My Uncle Delmar made me do it. Then my two older brothers egged me on. And after we moved down to So Cal in ‘72 this 10 year old would be tested on passing vehicles on our yearly trip up the 101 and down the 5 to visit relatives in Santa Rosa. The Chevelle passes us up and as I watch the skinny tail lights disappear through the back window of the Country Squire, I’d yell out ‘68! I study the grille of the Impala following close behind and I know it’s a ‘65. Fast forward thirty years later and with a degree in Visual Communications and this artistic classic car enthusiast is living his dream creating art, design and yes even writing a word or two on the automotive industry. And with a couple of bit parts on My Classic Car, Chop Cut Rebuild and on the cutting floor of Overhaulin’. I’m very proud to share my passion for all things art and fuel with you.
Time for a Road Trip
Photos: Anna/Potter, Story: T-Bone Living in Southern California I feel a bit isolated from the rest of our great country. Many of you have been under an arctic vortex with sub-zero temperatures and storm after storm after storm. I hope…
A Visit to Burns Stainless
Aerospace Quality Race Exhaust Photos/Story: T-Bone In the Summer and Fall of 2013 I started receiving e-mail news about a new stainless steel polish called Manifold Destiny from Burns Stainless. The e-blasts said they would be at the SEMA Show,…
Gibson Performance Installation Tour
The Roar of the Baller Photos/Story: T-Bone Here is another installment of transforming Billy’s 2007 RAM Hemi Quad Cab into the Blacktop Baller. We installed an AIRAID cold air intake system, ACCELL coils and a Hellwig Helper Spring and Sway…
Easyriders Bike Show Tour OC
T-bone, Billy and Terry roll through the Easyriders Bike Show Tour in Anaheim. Check it out on Blacktop TV:
Hillco Super Cruise
Going for the Goal Video – Blacktop Media Network Our buddy Gary Morin from Rusty Relic Photography has said throughout the year that we should hit the annual Hillco Fastener Warehouse Super Cruise. This year we woke up early and…
SALT FLATS OF SWEDEN
Low Long and Lean Story: Michael Ojala, Photos submitted by Peter Ström I started my shop about 8 years ago to build different kinds of bikes. I’m very open minded when it comes to design in general. On the contrary,…
Treasure Hunt
At the So Cal Cycle Swap Meet T-Bone and Billy head out to the So Cal Cycle Show and Swap Meet at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach. The Topping Events’ meet is one of the best in the country. On…
B.A.D. to the Bone
“Every act of creation, is first an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso Photos: Billy, Story: T-Bone I am an artist, writer, chef and I guess now bike builder. I am finding quite a few close resemblances to the art…
Garage Tour of Classic Chrome
From Joe Amato’s Team, To Restoring your Dream Photos/Story: T-Bone There gets to be a point where you have to go out on your own. No matter what dream job you have, an entrepreneur knows they have to strike out on…
E-Stopp Shop Tour
Entrepreneurial Inspiration Photos/Story: T-Bone At the recent SEMA Show there was a cool green patina’d Buick hot rod with electric chair seats and an electric motor. Like good booth dressing, the vehicle was the exclamation point on the exhibitor’s products.…
Building a Hot Rod Shop Truck pt. 2
Richard Graves’ Gets to the Details on his Truck Photos: Billy, Story: T-Bone The devil in the details. We stopped by Richard’s shop to see the progress on the cab-over truck he is building. He had the cab off to…