Summer came pretty quick. We still have a couple of projects to finish. Time to start hitting the So Cal Cycle Swap Meet at Veterans Stadium. Here’s their schedule for 2016 June 26, 2016 July 31, 2016 August 28, 2016…
So Cal Cycle Show and Swap Meet
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Early Times Picnic
Tradition Lives Each year, the Early Times car club hosts a picnic in at a private park hidden behind a row of trees along side the Harbor Freeway in Southern California and flanked by industrial buildings and truck yards. It’s a place…
SINISTER Cadillac
Rick and Tempie Abate’s Custom 1967 Cadillac Coupe De Ville In an action packed 18 weeks the Ron Cambra and Matt Bernal styled Coupe De Ville was torn down and re-built to display at the 2016 Good-Guys Del Mar Nationals. Rick…
Behind The Scenes at MAGNAFLOW part one
Edelbrock Car Show 2016
This was one of four great shows going on the very same day. Not much to say other than: Enjoy the photos:
Long Beach K9 Officers Benefit Show
The Long Beach Sultan’s do it again! There are certain shows in Southern California that are “must-see” events. Early in the show season the Long Beach Sultans host this annual show in a cool tree covered park behind a bustling…
2014 Cruisin’ Nationals on BlacktopTV
Rolling to Santa Maria with the Mercifuls So Cal Spent the weekend celebrating the West Coast Kustoms’ Cruisin’ Nationals in Santa Maria, California. Be sure to subscribe to BlacktopTV on YouTube and get first hand news of new videos.
Sparks On All Eight
Installing An MSD Ignition System In Our ’56 Fairlane Story: T-Bone, Photos/Video: Billy Colombini, Blacktop Media Network Don’t you just love it when your car is running at its peak performance? For the past several weeks, though, the old 390 has…
Battling Heat Issues on a Harley
On our 2004 Harley-Davidson Road King sidecar rig, heat becomes a real issue. A couple of years ago we punched out the motor a bit and added high-compression heads at HB Hot Rods and Hogs. This mild build-up and the added weight…
Hemi Performance and Economy
Daily Driver Report – Programming Power with Hypertech Story by Hot Rod Hilda Hi everyone, this is Hilda, the Blacktop family adopted me from Angel City Pit Bulls and NKLA a couple of months ago and this is the first article I…
5th Annual Throttle Jockeys Car Show and Old Time Drags
Story/Photos: Clinton Powell What a wonderful Herington, Kansas day. After a week of rain, cool temps and a tornado watch or two. The gearhead gods granted the Throttle Jockeys a great day to get out. This is the 5th year…
Teen Drives a Vintage Racer
RUNNING HISTORY Teen driving sensation Courtney Crone drives Jim Gilliland’s 110 Offenhauser powered 1947 Kurtis-Kraft racecar at Irwindale Speedway. Courtney was trained by famed circle track driver Wally Pankratz. The car is available for purchase at Car Crazy Depot