Tech and detail articles.
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, it’s nice to get the fingers dirty and twist a couple of wrenches. Even in […]
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 share about how people have overcome diabetes, about people who continue to inspire us to […]
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 jammin’ rock-a-billy music. A handful of vendors flanked the bar-be-cue. I was awestruck (again) with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. For the past 75 years the Edelbrock family has been producing incredible performance and speed […]
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 asked if I wanted to do an interview. My first thought, was, who would he […]
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 Helper Spring. The Load Control spring will help keep the truck level with loads or […]
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 in the Blacktop Bruiser shop truck. These coils are made for high-compression and/or supercharged motors […]
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 watch them grunt and groan as they install a beefy sway bar kit from Hellwig. […]
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 gaze over the big circle on the road ahead. In-fact, in driving school they say […]
