It’s been a while. Yep, a while since I slid behind the wheel of my Spectraflame Blue Torero. I remember seeing the car as a kid when it was brand new. The style and design was like something I have…
A Sunday Drive in my ’69 Torero
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Rides and Cruises
Fuel Fed Fun Guidebook – Long Beach, California
The first installment of our series we introduced in our Special Print Editions of Blacktop Magazine. There are pockets of hot rod shops, historical spots, scenic routes, and general automotive goodness. We present a listing in these pockets for visitors…
The Family Wagon
Father Daughter Team Build A 1956 Chevy Wagon The “I Did It With ididit Tour” 2018 stopped at the largest car show on the east coast: The Syracuse Nationals earlier this year. On the first morning, we strolled right to…
BRING YOUR OWN BOOGIE 3
Van-In, Run, Camp, Show This is the third year for BYOB. Bring Your Own Boogie Van-In. Hosted by California Street Vans the weekend is the ultimate Southern California Truck-In. This year the vans were a bit more spread out and…
Chrome! Exhibit in Long Beach
Historical Society of Long Beach Presents: CHROME! Cruisin’ Clubs and Drag Strips The Historical Society of Long Beach came by our Sunday Morning get-together one week. Director Julie Bartolotto and Steffie Hands stopped by to tell us (Mercifuls Car Club)…
Behind the Scenes at Born Free
We get an opportunity to speak to Grant Peterson. Along with Mike Davis, the two started Born Free Motorcycle Show because there weren’t any events that catered to their passion of vintage motorcycles.
Prestone Celebrates 90 Years
A Birthday Party At The Petersen Automotive Museum The name has been around for a long time. I never realized how long Prestone has been around. Since I owned Blacktop Depot – an automotive memorabilia store in Orange, CA –…
Eastbound and Down to the Lone Star Throwdown
What started has a road trip, ended as a life long memory. By John Oro – Early this year four friends decided to load into a 1973 Chevy Crew Cab truck with a huge camper on the back and drive…
Slots of Hope – H.O. Drags
What to do besides climb the walls and you can’t get out to the garage to work / fine tune your baby ? You either Improvise, watch and drool over what is going across the auction block or do…
5th Annual Mercifuls Spark of Love Toy Drive
A Little Show with a Big Heart First of all we have to give a big shout out to all the people who show up for our show early in the morning after the Mooneye’s X-Mas Show and Drags. With…
Heading to SEMA with KC Mathieu – Pt. 1
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…
Cruisin’ For A Cure
Now Showing on BlacktopTV: For the past 17 years, Debbie Baker and a crew of about 200 volunteers have successfully put on an incredible event. I don’t want to call it a car show, because it is so much more…