BAD Engine Install

Caveman gives us his best! Story/Photos: Blacktop Staff What a beauty. Like he said, this thing is a jewel. You may recall, when we received the BAD Bike donor the engine was at Caveman’s garage. He is a builder and engine expert for shovels, pans, etc. Caveman agreed to build up the motor to our […]

Dave’s Collection

Hidden Treasures Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone Lately I have been thinking a lot about how things were “back then”. Most of the time when we look back to our past, we see it as a simpler time. And you don’t have to go that far back anymore. For example, looking back just to the ‘70’s and there […]

Greg’s Garage

Photos/Story: T-Bone In the afternoon shadows of Knott’s Berry Farm’s Xcelerator lies a garage of musclecar proportions. Greg is an Underoath Car Club Member who has a very impressive garage. Situated behind his house through a long drive-way running the length of his yard the garage was added on above and beyond. The roof of […]

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 who you like to hang around with too. In the competitive world of Performance Modules […]

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, so I made it a point to stop by their booth. Like many of you, […]

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 Bar. We finished off the year with a set of Helo wheels and Nitto Trail […]

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 headed out to have some breakfast at the nearby Dennys then caravan over. After a […]

Garage Tour of Classic Chrome

From Joe Amato’s Team, To Restoring your Dream Photos/Story: T-Bone There gets to be a point where you have to go out on your own. No matter what dream job you have, an entrepreneur knows they have to strike out on their own. Such is the story of Johnny Parkinson. Johnny had his dream job working […]

E-Stopp Shop Tour

Entrepreneurial Inspiration Photos/Story: T-Bone At the recent SEMA Show there was a cool green patina’d Buick hot rod with electric chair seats and an electric motor. Like good booth dressing, the vehicle was the exclamation point on the exhibitor’s products. In this case, the exhibitor showed only one product. Pretty risky move we say. That’s […]

Building a Hot Rod Shop Truck pt. 2

Richard Graves’ Gets to the Details on his Truck Photos: Billy, Story: T-Bone The devil in the details. We stopped by Richard’s shop to see the progress on the cab-over truck he is building. He had the cab off to fix up some minor bodywork issues after getting it sand-blasted. The undercoat was sprayed and […]

B.A.D. Engine Pt. 1

Wait till you see the black jewel to be unearthed from this beast. Photos/Story: Billy/T-Bone Today we ran over to visit with the engine for the B.A.D. Bike Build. Our buddy Mitch is going to split the cases. We ran over to get some BEFORE photos and take a look inside the motor for our […]