Petty vs Pearson
A Legendary Story told by Mike Hembree A Blacktop Book Report I’m a fan. A fan of racing and always…
Category: ArtMartyr
ArtMartyr is a gallery we opened up in a warehouse space in 2002 in Costa Mesa California. It has since become a part of the Blacktop Media Network and resides on Facebook and in posts here on Blacktop Magazine.
The Complete Book of Corvette
We all have those stories. When we first saw a Corvette. America’s sports car. Maybe it was in black and…
The Craft and Art of Motorcyling
From First Ride To The Road Ahead. A book by Steve Krugman A Blacktop Book Review… In 1977 I bought…
Porsche 911 – 60 Years
A Blacktop Book Review Randy Leffingwell authored an amazing detailed history of the Porsche 911 in this beautifully hard-bound landscape…
Doug DoRr’s ’58 Pontiac
A Motor Minute Piece Today at the Historic Main Street Garden Grove Friday Night Car Show we catch up with…
Two-Stroke Trouble
An ArtMartyr Short Story While most of Southern California was in a drunken, coke-infested nightclub haze in the 70’s and…
Raymond Loewy – Industrial Design Champion
A Brief History of Raymond Loewy Associates “Never Leave Well Enough Alone.” Raymond Loewy When I was studying design at…
Le Mans 100 – A Blacktop Book Review
How do you push the limits? Is it that short blast of energy railing down the quarter-mile? Is it pulling…
Rich Taylor of Boneyard Artillery
An ArtMartyr – In Memorial repost of his article in Issue #26. When I first met Rich it was at…
Riding Shotgun with Rat Fink
Here’s something new. I call it Man on Main Street. Kinda like the old Man on the Street stuff from…
A Decade of Dapper
10 Years Of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride A Blacktop Magazine Book Review. While I am reading this really nicely designed…
ArtMartyr Presents: ArtGirl
I have known Linda now for geez, it has to be 20 years or more. As a rep for a…
ArtMartyr: The Painted Pinups of Kirt Pettey
After being introduced to Photoshop by a friend who worked at Disney, Kirt Pettey created a card for Pinup Model;…
HOT ROD Magazine: 75 Years
I can hear the muffled sounds of Mannix on the old boob tube downstairs in the den. Dad would occasionally…
Andy Warhol Cars at the Petersen
The Mercifuls So Cal Car Club took a field trip out to the Petersen Automotive Museum. In the Armand Hammer…
Guy Salazar Art
An ArtMarty Feature So I am walking around the 2022 Mooneyes New Years Party Car Show and Drags. My eyeballs…
MODEL BUILDING CULTURE
Maxx’s Tribute Project Car modeling has been around since the late 1950s, and has been going strong ever since. Companies…