Category: Garage Tours

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.

Compact Motorcycle Lifts

How often have you hoisted your bike on one of those small “transmission style” platform lifts you got at Costco? I’ve done it many times and the fear of the balance being off and the bike come down on the…

The 401k Club Hot Rod Shop

It was several years ago that I first heard of The 401k Club Hot Rod Shop. This was in a time where hot rod shops were coming out of the woodwork. And now we see the survivors. The key to…

Wheelers Speed Shop

You may have read the article on Dan Fink Metalworks last month. While in the area I found Wheelers Speed Shop, just a few doors down the street from Fink. I was surprised to find a large busy shop with…

Wander through the Cycle Garden

It’s harvest time in the Garden. Moto-Guzzi parts and restorations are being harvested as we speak. No stomping on grapes in this Italian crop. Moe and the boys expertly restore pre-1975 Ambassador, Eldorado, V700 and V7Sport models. Moe let us…

Dan Fink Metalworks

Blacktop Magazine stopped by Dan Fink Metalworks to see what’s new at the shop. I met up with Owner John West who showed me around the clean shop. He was proud of the work being finished on a Rolls Royce…