Rides and Cruises
ArtMartyr Gallery Presents the work of Chris Garcia. My name is Chris “The Betty Hunter” Garcia. My work is based around Vintage SciFi and Custom Car Culture. I also build sculptures such as Robots, Rayguns and UFO’s. “The Betty Hunters” is a brand I started back in 2009. I’ve always lived that 40’s, 50’s lifestyle, […]
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 never seen before. It was the most aerodynamic vehicle from the maker. A two-seater that […]
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 to Southern California. Let me introduce LONG BEACH! Long Beach, California is the southernmost city […]
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 an impressive 1956 Chevy wagon. Certainly, there was an ididit steering column in it. ididit’s […]
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 there were plenty of independents hanging out with several clubs. This psychedelic event is a […]
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) about an exhibit they are putting together called Chrome! Cruisin’, Car Clubs and Drag Strips. […]
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.
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 – Prestone branded porcelain signs, cans and storefront thermometers came from and went to collectors around […]
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 it from Arizona to Dallas, to Conroe (North of Houston) and back home – 2500 […]
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 what other big kids do. You dust off that box of H.O. that has been […]
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 so much going on at this time of year, these past two years the show […]
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 […]
