My buddy Clint really did a solid and introduced me to this Father/Son shop that has an incredible collection of Cool Old Stuff. They work on friends and family hot rods and customs in the front shop, then off to the side is this old printing facility building that has been converted to an old […]
Today we take a drive over to the Petersen Automobile Museum. Here are several of the exhibits ending with a really creative installation. We start off with “Best in Low” an exhibit of legendary lowrider icons of the street and show. From laid-out Impala’s to radically styled Schwinn’s the display is a spectacle of metalflake, […]
I heard of a new vintage shop opening up in Old Towne Orange. I was there when Groovy Ghost Vintage opened their doors and I was their first customer picking up a Hot Wheels Tossin’ T-Bird set and a partial kit of the Evel Knievel Scramble Van. A cool couple that bought the store from […]
Today’s episode of Motor Minute, we meet up with buddy Rick Kersh and ask him to share the incredible story of this 1929 Ford Sedan Delivery. We also include a special photoshoot of Mandy with Rick’s Delivery for a Cambra Speed Shop calendar with Rick dressed as Santa. Rick’s dad started building this car by […]
The infamous and mythologized “Uncertain-T” returns to the American car show circuit One of hot rodding’s wildest and most memorable custom cars, dubbed “Uncertain-T,” has been “unearthed” by Galpin Motors’ Beau Boeckmann after disappearing for more than half a century. The Uncertain-T was an icon of the late ‘60s show-car scene, appearing at car shows across […]
Boss and Chev take a lap at Wrangler’s Junction on Christmas Day.
I thought it would be fun to document the happenings of a particular year. I deleted most of the geo-political “news” of the day and went with entertainment and leisure activities. If you see anything missing, please feel free to send me a note. I finish the list off with photos I have taken of […]
In Memoriam: Sadly Randy passed away a few months after our visit to his Museum and the Hot Rod Shop. Earlier we shared an article from Blacktop Magazine issue #27: Randy’s Drag Racing Museum. It showcased Randy Haapala’s NHRA Collection. After we toured the museum, he took us down a path on his property to […]
A Blacktop Archive from Issue #27 of Blacktop Magazine In Memoriam: Sadly Randy passed away a few months after our visit to his Museum and the Hot Rod Shop. Mark Soltan asked me to ride out to Randy Haapala’s place with Cool Running Camaro’s. They were meeting in San Juan Capistrano to ride over Ortega […]
The Wild Indian Photos/Story by Mike Slade I originally pick up the assignment to shoot the feature on this Gober Sosebee 39 Ford coupe race car when I was covering the 1988 Daytona 500 for Circle Track Magazine. After getting to Daytona that week I headed over to the Circle Track Trade Show to catch […]
A Father/Son Garage As I reflect on the “Good-Ol’-Days”, I get to thinking that we actually live in a wonderful time. A time where you can make friends with someone from a great distance. Such is the case here, I first met Albert Traille on a phone call interviewing him about his deuce roadster for […]
A Manuel Muller Restoration from the Blacktop Archives. Have you ever been to an event and all of sudden the room get’s silent, the people disappear, and a bright light hits you in the eyes? This happened to me the other day. I was stumbling through the Whitewall Nationals and this blue baby stopped me […]
