Visiting shops, garages, collections, museums of the famous and the neighbor. Behind the scenes look at collections such as Bruce Meyer, Price Automobilia, Petersen Automotive Museum, Automobile Driving Museum, NHRA Museum and more.
A West Long Beach, California Bike Shop Since 2009 Ryan McQuiston has branched out on his own to build one of a kind choppers in his style. If a customer wants a bike built, he will have to succumb to Ryan’s unique style. Sure the customer can request a specific type of bike and overall […]
Fuel Fed Fun Now on Blacktop TV:: Richard Hall, Underoath Car Club member out of Torrance, CA brought new life into this family owned beauty. I first saw this car at the 5th Annual Mercifuls Spark of Love Toy Drive and Car Show. He won the Blacktop Pick trophy at the event, so here it […]
The Most Infamous Biker Destination In The World! It was a crazy sunny day in the winter of 2016-17 when Sue Martin of ASM Auto Upholstery (Fast and Loud fame) took Texas Rich to Strokers Dallas. [Confession here: I’m a sucker for his show; “Texas Hardtails”. The show was quirky, partly scripted and a whole […]
Blacktop Magazine captures the fun behind the scenes at Mitzi and Co’s photoshoot. Now on Blacktop TV:: I came up with the idea for this photoshoot while I was soldering the terminals, rewiring the ’56 Fairlane “Project Riff-Raff”. The iPod was changing out a variety of songs when Sinatra’s “Luck Be A Lady” came on. Wow! […]
At The Mantiques Network One of the many specialties at The Mantiques Network is private party restorations. They specialize in antique safes, barber poles/chairs, slot machines, coke machines. If it has paint, chrome, wood, and it’s cool and they like to restore it. They have a small crew to take special attention to each object. […]
Introducing Jerry Laboranti A Bonneville Salt Flat style roadster Story By Jerry Laboranti, Photos by Don Carrick/Studio 413 I have always thought that a Ford model A roadster on a 1932 frame seemed to be a winning pair in traditional hot rodding. There’s just something about this combination that gets the car to sit just […]
The Guys Garage When a couple of buddies each have a collection that outgrow’s their houses, it’s time to get a space together. That’s what happened when Fred DeFalco and Rick Abate picked up one too many cars. Rick’s “Sinister” Cadillac in the foreground above was recently featured here and Fred’s ’57 “Midnight Nomad” which […]
Yep, K.C. Mathieu is up to it again. Texas Rich begins a Four-Part series with KC’s Paintshop fiinishing a ‘49 Ford F1 and an equally high-horsepower ‘53 Chevy 3100, for to the SEMA Show and the road home. We caught up with KC a month ago at his new shop; KC’s Paint Shop Hot Rods […]
Steel, Stone and Stain You may have seen this truck on the Discovery show Fast and Loud featuring the antics at Gas Monkey Garage. When we saw the episode I knew we had to do a shop tour. Texas Rich took charge and went out to shoot some pics of the shop and the famous […]
There are times when someone has to disrupt the status quo. I met Jim Schafer and Jeff Walker from Mantiques Network a couple of years ago. They had a bunch of “Cool Old Stuff” they were selling at the Cruisin’ For A Cure show while working together at a local auction house turned vintage store. […]
Texas Correspondent Rich Stops By. Sue was born in Taiwan to a family of farmers where she learned her hard work ethic. She moved to the United States in 1984 with her husband and children. While working at a Chinese restaurant a friend knew of an auto upholstery shop that was for sale, and after her friend […]
Rockin’ and Rev-in’ Event Center Blacktop Magazine was recently invited to visit the newest “over-the-top” event center in Southern California. Welcome to Highway 39 Event Center, located in the old Astor Collection building yet, entirely different. With a complete remodel and expanded women’s restroom facility, the space is one of the only places where you […]
