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.
Iconic Hot Rod Builder Richard Graves’ Shop Truck Photos/Story: T-Bone Richard is building a truck. It’s not his first and most likely not his last truck. This truck is not a hot rodded classic truck from Ford, Chevy or Dodge. Although it may appear to look like a 1957 Chevy LCF (Low Cab Forward) and […]
A 2013 SEMA Show Find: Photos/Story: T-Bone and Billy (photo of the Silverado: from MaxTrac) Our ride to the SEMA Show in Billy’s Blacktop Baller was smooth going. Friday before the show we installed a set of Helo HE879’s and some Nitto Trail Grapplers from The 401k Club Hot Rod Shop. We are running stock […]
Innovation Photos: Billy – Story: T-Bone While in the central hall’s “Hot Rod Alley” at the SEMA Show I was mesmerized by a certain cobalt blue and polished billet wheel. The color just popped out and even the buxom model in the booth couldn’t keep my eyes off the bling. Chuck Blayney noticed my gaze […]
Bicycles, Gassers, Choppers and Collectibles Photos/Story: T-Bone There I was, setting up a small booth at a local car show to share the latest issue of Blacktop Magazine. Issue number 5. I hear a cool rumble down the street and see a primer 55 Chevy Gasser come rolling into the lot. The sedan was blaring […]
Another Benefit From SEMA Photos/Story: T-Bone SEMA – Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association is the premier professional organization for the automotive aftermarket. Their annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas is the second largest trade show in Sin City and arguably the best car show in the world. A couple of years ago, the SEMA Action Network […]
Another great summer party. Story/Photos: John Oro From massive tens’ of thousand attendees to more intimate BBQ lunches, Chico and the Mooneyes crew know how to connect with their customers. They enlisted Hot Rod Trio to rock the lot with jammin’ rock-a-billy music. A handful of vendors flanked the bar-be-cue. I was awestruck (again) with […]
The Sixth Annual Classic Car Show benefitting St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital Story/Photos (except award pics by Hans): T-Bone In this season of charitable events, we were happy to be a part of the sixth annual 401k Club Hot Rod Shop’s Classic Car Show benefitting St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Each year the show has been able […]
Working the ranch in style. Photos/Story: T-Bone While hanging out with Keith Kaucher at the Good-Guys Del Mar show I ran into Andrew. A while back, Andrew asked Keith to draw up a 1959 Cadillac with a truck bed between the massive fins. Keith is good at that. Good at drawing up vehicles that look […]
Tourist destination in Wilsonville, Oregon (Portland) emphasizes vocational education World of Speed, a nonprofit experiential motor sports exposition, has purchased an 80,000 square foot building in Wilsonville, Ore., as the permanent home for an auto racing and performance car tourism destination and an auto industry educational program. “We’ve been looking for a home for nearly […]
Muscular Memorabilia Story/Photos: T-Bone When Muscle Car Collector and Construction Mogul Tim Miller was looking for a product to keep his vast collection of GTO’s and other American Iron in peak surface protection and appearance he was sadly disappointed. Not one to give up, he enlisted the help of former Dupont chemist to create a […]
A Sunday Afternoon Roll Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone • Click to watch the video on Blacktop TV Jared went on a Poker Run. It may be his last for a while. He went and got his wife pregnant without club approval. But that’s another story for another time. I think we won the winning hand on that […]
Just Keep Fabricating-1939 GM Futurliner is coming to Life at Kindig-It Design Article/Photos supplied by Sherri Candland When the 1939 General Motors Futurliner, number 3 of only 12 ever made, was delivered 6 months ago to Kindig-It Design, there was only one man to put in charge of that massive project. Ryan DeCol, a Utah […]
