Andrew’s Caddy-Truck

Working the ranch in style. Photos/Story: T-Bone While hanging out with Keith Kaucher at the Good-Guys Del Mar show I ran into Andrew. A while back, Andrew asked Keith to draw up a 1959 Cadillac with a truck bed between the massive fins. Keith is good at that. Good at drawing up vehicles that look […]

B.A.D. Bike Build The Back Story

Father and Son team Tony and Billy from Blacktop Magazine were looking for a unique way to make a significant contribution to the Rip’s B.A.D. Ride benefitting the American Diabetes Association. We came up with a concept to build a chopper, share the progress of the build on The Blacktop Media Network, and then sell […]

World of Speed Plans Motorsports Exposition

Tourist destination in Wilsonville, Oregon (Portland) emphasizes vocational education World of Speed, a nonprofit experiential motor sports exposition, has purchased an 80,000 square foot building in Wilsonville, Ore., as the permanent home for an auto racing and performance car tourism destination and an auto industry educational program. “We’ve been looking for a home for nearly […]

Bedlam at the Broiler

A Photo Essay: Photos by T-Bone Looks like I may be writing the event up for Koolhouse Publications so you get to enjoy our photos from the event here. All I can say at this point, is there were more beautiful bettys than there were cars! Take a look:  

Touring Surf City Garage

Muscular Memorabilia Story/Photos: T-Bone When Muscle Car Collector and Construction Mogul Tim Miller was looking for a product to keep his vast collection of GTO’s and other American Iron in peak surface protection and appearance he was sadly disappointed. Not one to give up, he enlisted the help of former Dupont chemist to create a […]

Price Automobilia Tour

A Sunday Afternoon Roll Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone • Click to watch the video on Blacktop TV Jared went on a Poker Run. It may be his last for a while. He went and got his wife pregnant without club approval. But that’s another story for another time. I think we won the winning hand on that […]

2013 Rodeo Drive Concours “Jet Age”

A Second Father’s Day Tradition Photos/Story: Tony Colombini It was two years ago when we were looking for something new to do on Father’s Day. (There are only so many deuces you can see in your lifetime.) When my father came out from the desert we decided to hit the Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance. In […]

Born Free 5 The Bikes

As told by Bob Seger: Photos of the bikes: T-Bone, Words: Roll Me Away by Bob Seger Took a look down a westbound road, right away I made my choice. Headed out to my big two-wheeler, I was tired of my own voice. Took a bead on the northern plains, and just rolled that power on. Twelve hours […]

Born Free – The Kulture

How Big is Too Big Story/Photos of the show: T-Bone This event was amazingly big. What does that mean? In my experience we left the house early to get there when it opened and by the time we got a couple of miles away there was bumper to bumper traffic of cages trying to get […]

Futurliner Coming to Life

Just Keep Fabricating-1939 GM Futurliner is coming to Life at Kindig-It Design Article/Photos supplied by Sherri Candland When the 1939 General Motors Futurliner, number 3 of only 12 ever made, was delivered 6 months ago to Kindig-It Design, there was only one man to put in charge of that massive project. Ryan DeCol, a Utah […]

Born Free 5 Video

Click the photo above to watch our video from BORN FREE 5! Video by T-Bone, with the musical stylings of The Bastard Winos and Skinny Jim and the Number 9 Blacktops! Featuring Billy on his ’04 Harley Sidecar Rig, Potter with his Street Glide, Terry on his Sporty and Me with my Road King Custom. […]

The Martino Merc

Dave Martino’s 1950 Mercury Sled Photos/Story: T-Bone, Model: Melissa Swizz and Panzer Shopdog – Click HERE to see a walk-around video on Blacktop TV! We first saw the Martino Merc when Dave brought his newly purchased sled to the 401k Club’s Christmas Open Garage and Car Show.  He was looking for Dana to get a […]