The SEMA Show Day One, Kinda

It’s Monday October 30th, 2017 the SEMA Show is about to open. As we arrive at the Convention Center, we see this bitchen Chevelle parked right out front in front of the barrier to the show. Who would park there? Billy say’s: “Hey, isn’t that Kristy’s Chevelle?” I give her a call and she is […]

Old Yeller

A couple and their trucks. The first time I saw this truck it was love at first sight. Maybe it was the memory of the movie, or perhaps it was the song, She Never Cried (when old Yeller died). But whatever it was, it was just a moment that you never forget. Charlie Milan, a […]

Pinky Interviews Shiney

While we were hanging out at the Hippie Killer Hoedown with Primer Podcast we ran into Pinky Swear, and Shiney Mike. Pinky interviews Shiney Mike about his work and how he trades his polishing craft with other artists such as George Tantardini who painted the tank on his Sporty. Photos from the Hippie Killer Hoedown […]

Luck Be A Lady Photoshoot

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! […]

Blacktop Betty: Lady Lipstick

Sarah aka Lady Lipstick started doing pinup modeling in 2013 by accident, she is an owner of 3 classic cars and started dressing up at car shows when she would bring her classics. Sarah just fell in love with the pinup culture and style feeling that she finally found her true passion. Since then she […]

Blacktop Betty: Miss Yvonne Swenson

Miss Yvonne started pinup modeling in 2008. Her husband restores classic trucks. She would go to the classic car shows with him and men would ask if they could take her photo posing with their vehicle. So, she thought, “hmm… I could do something with this.†“Since my teen years, I have loved any and […]

Pinky Swear

Blacktop Magazine SPE #13 Cover Girl Pinky is a Super Mom that loves to tear it up in the dirt and kill it on stage! No matter the cuts and bruises she gets back up and never quits both on and off the stage or motorcycle.   “I’m Pinky Swear, a pinup model, a mentor, […]

Natalie Noir

Hello, I am Natalie Noir a SoCal Pinup model and Spokesmodel. These amazing images in the green dress were taken at Mooneyes Drag & Car Show in Irwindale by Abe Lojero. I was a lucky contestant in their pageant, & was honored to take home the title of Miss Mooneyes 2nd Place! I absolutely love […]

Bedlam at the Broiler 2016

I have written about Bedlam at the Broiler for Ol’ Skool Rodz three times now. I wanted to do something a bit different for each article. The last article, I penned it as if I was a 70-something year old man remembering cruisin’ as a kid to Harvey’s Broiler in ’56. The time before that, […]

The 2016 Whitewall Nationals

There was certainly a lot of hub bub going on about this show, both before and after the event. Let’s take it from the beginning as I see it. Last year there was a new show in town called the Port Nationals it was hosted by two friends, Carly DeVille and Eddie G. This year, […]