Installing ACCELL Super Coils in Billy’s Blacktop Baller Story/Photo: T-Bone (Click on photo above to watch the video) I like working in the garage. After spending a week behind the LCD screen and the fingertips pecking away at a keyboard,…
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Tech and detail articles.
BAD Bike Build Progress #2
A slow start, with plenty to do. Photos/Story: T-Bone We have been working on the project quite a bit. Just not in the gettin’ dirty playing with wrenches and grinders kind of way. We are looking for great stories to…
Mooneyes Summer 2013 BBQ
Another great summer party. Story/Photos: John Oro From massive tens’ of thousand attendees to more intimate BBQ lunches, Chico and the Mooneyes crew know how to connect with their customers. They enlisted Hot Rod Trio to rock the lot with…
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…
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…
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…
Edelbrock Carburetor Installation and MORE!
A Brief History, Tour and Installation Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone – Click the pic for the VIDEO on Blacktop TV We have always been a fan of Edelbrock here at Blacktop Magazine. In-fact it’s hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t a fan.…
Primer Podcast Interview
Now that was cool. Pictured: (left to right) Billy, William, Davis, T-Bone Photos: Provided by Primer Podcast, Story: T-Bone I got a call a while back from Davis who, with his partner in crime William, produce the Primer Podcast. Davis…
Take the Load On.
Installing a Hellwig EZ-990 Load Spring Story/Photos: T-bone See the video on BlacktopTV Billy and I decided to take the Blacktop Baller shop truck over to guest garage, The 401k Club Hot Rod Shop to install a Hellwig EZ-990 Load…
Bruiser Gets Sparked
Installing a set of ACCEL Super-Coils on the Blacktop Hemi Shop Trucks Story/Photos: T-Bone Check out the video on Blacktop TV! We like bolt-on performance adders. Today we picked up a set of ACCEL Super Coils for the Hemi Magnum motor…
No Sway or Swagger
Installing a Hellwig Sway Bar on the Blacktop Bruiser. By Panzer Shopdog. The boys in the shop are working hard at turning their daily driver trucks into awesome rolling billboards for Blacktop Magazine. Today I got to lay there and…
Installing a Banjo Wheel
Ain’t No Sad Songs On A Banjo Photos/Story: T-Bone For many of us gear heads half the joy of working on our cars is actually driving our cars. Who’d a thunk it? Well, when you are behind the wheel we…