Category: Billy

Cleaning Rusty Gold

Cleaning Parts with Evapo-Rust Story: John Oro, Photos: Blacktop Media Staff Watching the American Pickers on the History Channel you hear the term Rusty Gold quite a bit. Uncovering the layers of history to find a truly valuable and unique item…

Avanti-full

A Custom Classic Story/Photos: Blacktop Crew There is something really cool that I am learning deep in this car hobby of ours. Enthusiasts come from all walks of life and interests and at this particular time in history we gather…

Birthday Autocross and MORE!

Street Machine and Musclecar Nationals Story/Photos/Video: T-Bone This story is more than a simple report about an awesome event. There was quite a bit going on, so let’s take it to the beginning. I haven’t heard much about this new…

JET Performance Installation Tour

Installing a Performance Module Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone. Click pic above for video on BlacktopTV Call us crazy, but we enjoy working with people we like. I would bet a bottom dollar that you tend to buy products or work with people…

B.A.D. Bike Design and Planning

Now What? Story: T-Bone If you are like us and have never built a bike from the ground up it can be a bit daunting. Sure the TV shows show how easy it is, like a snap-together kit. Most of…

Treasured Truck Trunk

Say that three times fast… Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone You may recall when Billy and I were at the SEMA Show we saw some really cool products. One of them we mentioned in a previous article was the AeroBox from the family…

Time for a Road Trip

Photos: Anna/Potter, Story: T-Bone Living in Southern California I feel a bit isolated from the rest of our great country. Many of you have been under an arctic vortex with sub-zero temperatures and storm after storm after storm. I hope…

A Visit to Burns Stainless

Aerospace Quality Race Exhaust Photos/Story: T-Bone In the Summer and Fall of 2013 I started receiving e-mail news about a new stainless steel polish called Manifold Destiny from Burns Stainless. The e-blasts said they would be at the SEMA Show,…

Gibson Performance Installation Tour

The Roar of the Baller Photos/Story: T-Bone Here is another installment of transforming Billy’s 2007 RAM Hemi Quad Cab into the Blacktop Baller. We installed an AIRAID cold air intake system, ACCELL coils and a Hellwig Helper Spring and Sway…

Hillco Super Cruise

Going for the Goal Video – Blacktop Media Network Our buddy Gary Morin from Rusty Relic Photography has said throughout the year that we should hit the annual Hillco Fastener Warehouse Super Cruise. This year we woke up early and…

Treasure Hunt

At the So Cal Cycle Swap Meet T-Bone and Billy head out to the So Cal Cycle Show and Swap Meet at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach. The Topping Events’ meet is one of the best in the country. On…