Cool Engine Bay

Heatshield Products HP Header Armor Reduces Engine Bay Temperatures by 40 Percent and Features Quick and Easy Installation Don’t let the heat of your engine make you sweat! You can reduce underhood temperatures by up to 40 percent, keeping you cool at the track or on the street with the easiest to install and longest […]

Sherri Candland – Kulture Ambassador

Story: Blacktop Staff, Photos: Supplied by Bleu Door Marketing In what is looking like a series of significant women in the automotive world, we have recently met Sherri Candland. Her name may not be nationally recognized as yet, but she is behind some key builders and aftermarket companies, mostly helping with their marketing. A car nut […]

Let the Build Begin!

Time to get to wrenchin’ Photos: Blacktop Media Staff, Story: Panzer Shopdog It was good to see the boys back in the shop. I got kinda tired laying around watching them talk on the phone and work at the computer. Although almost each day, the hair on my back would stand on end as I […]

Dave’s Collection

Hidden Treasures Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone Lately I have been thinking a lot about how things were “back then”. Most of the time when we look back to our past, we see it as a simpler time. And you don’t have to go that far back anymore. For example, looking back just to the ‘70’s and there […]

Greg’s Garage

Photos/Story: T-Bone In the afternoon shadows of Knott’s Berry Farm’s Xcelerator lies a garage of musclecar proportions. Greg is an Underoath Car Club Member who has a very impressive garage. Situated behind his house through a long drive-way running the length of his yard the garage was added on above and beyond. The roof of […]

Readers Rides – ’69 Mach 1

Janis Cyrus introduces us to Hannah, her 1969 Mustang Mach 1 Article and photos submitted by Janis Cyrus First a bit about the Mustang 50 year Celebration in Charlotte, NC: The Mustang 50 Year Celebration in Charlotte, North Carolina lasted 5 days and it was unbelievable. There were 3,800 Mustangs registered in advance and they continued […]

Cadillac Kings of Orange County

Photos of Model Veronica Velvet: Robert at Venerable, Other photos and story: T-Bone Elephants on Parade That’s what I think of when I see the members of the Cadillac Kings come cruising into an event. Impressive classic steel and chrome usually rolling slow and low, all in line. The club has a relatively young history […]

Benedict Castle Concours

Kustoms for a Kause Photos/Story: Blacktop Staph, err Staff. For a couple of month’s there has been talk about a new show nestled along side a castle in the foothills around Riverside, California. I have lived in Southern California for most of my life, and bet I’ve seen every episode of California’s Gold but I […]

Cleaning Rusty Gold

Cleaning Parts with Evapo-Rust Story: John Oro, Photos: Blacktop Media Staff Watching the American Pickers on the History Channel you hear the term Rusty Gold quite a bit. Uncovering the layers of history to find a truly valuable and unique item is a whole lot of fun. When we picked up the B.A.D. Bike from it’s […]

Tuning the King

Installing a Vigilante Flash from Superchips Story by T-Bone, Model: Carrie Holt When you bought your new Harley, you most likely started customizing it to perform better and give a bit of your personality. We certainly did that. I picked up my bike “Down Payment Blues” on Valentines Day in 2004. After putting a couple […]

America’s Dream Car

The 1960 DiDia 150 Our friend Chuck Penhall sent in this incredible web-find: The 1960 Di Dia 150 was a luxury, custom-designed iconic, handmade car also known as the Dream Car forever associated with its second owner, singer Bobby Darin. The car was designed by Andrew Di Dia, a clothing designer, who Bobby Darin had […]