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A full hour of fun stories from some of drag racing’s most notable characters. Enjoy the 2022 SEMA Show NHRA Breakfast panel discussion moderated by Brian Lohnes and featuring Lee Beard, Don “Snake” Prudhomme, “King” Richard Tharp, and Frank Hawley as they tell fascinating and hilarious stories from decades of competing against each other.
We are honored to be included in the recent season of Garage Dreams on MotorTrend+. See the story behind Blacktop Magazine as father/son duo Tony and Billy talk about working together in the garage on their 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan “Riff-Raff”. We were featured on Season 2 episode 4. Garage Dreams is a half […]
The Marin’s 1953 Chevy Photos: Spike Marble, Story: Tony Colombini. The supervisor at the plant, an up and comer, the salesman, or a customer representative. That is who Chevrolet built this car for in 1953 and 1954. The guy who has dreams of making it big in business, putting in his time, gettin’ things done […]
Maxx’s Tribute Project Car modeling has been around since the late 1950s, and has been going strong ever since. Companies like Revell, Monogram, Aurora, AMT, MPC, and JoHan produced some of the best car model kits in 1/25th and 1/24th scales. Many of these offerings are still available today, as reissued kits. Original model kits […]
There are classic rivals in pop culture. Ford v Chevy, Coke v Pepsi, Marvel v DC. Today let’s dig into the quick history of Nylint and Tonka postwar toy manufacturers. The story actually starts with Nylint. In 1937 on a balmy late summer evening in Rockford Illinois, brothers Bernard and Ragnar Klint (“Barnie and Rags”) […]
The Post-War Issue By Candie This Full Featured Fuel Fed Fanzine is bursting at the get-go with the incredible Angela Ryan! We start off this special issue with a jump on the blacktop for a road trip up Ventura Highway and visit with Magnuson Superchargers, we sneak into Derby’s Hide-Away, and then see a barn […]
1941-46 California License Plates Here in California, collector car owners can register their car with period correct Y.O.M. or Year Of Make license plates. Like any beauracracy, there are certain rules to be met. In Article 8 Section 5004.1: (a) (1): An owner of a vehicle that is a 1980 or older model-year vehicle may, […]
Automobile Driving Museum Marisol Herrera is the Executive Director of the Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo, California (Psst: it’s right around the corner from the Hot Wheels HQ). The mission of the Automobile Driving Museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and ride in historic vehicles. They use the collection to present educational opportunities and […]
A Fuel Fed Feature Film: The Adventures of Red – Atomic Drive-in. Follow along in the second installment of the Adventures of Red as he goes out to cruise night and the drive-in movies. Fun and fantasy as he sees the life of him and his friends Summer and Dump on the big screen. Introducing […]
Inside Special Print Edition #25 featuring the G.I.R.L.’s of Irwindale a group of racing ladies, artist Andrea Young is in our ArtMartyr column, Moto-Journalist Chris Gibbany, Director of the Automobile Driving Museum; Marisol Herrera and Lana Chrisman- Executive Director at the Lion’s Dragstrip Foundation and Museum, SEMA SBN Woman of the Year: Jenna Jefferies and […]
The Save Your Life Car Show It seems like just yesterday when I went to my first Cruisin’ For A Cure Show back in 2002. There is quite the variety of events to celebrate cars in Southern California. From the weekly local cruise night to the big shows such as the Grand National Roadster Show […]
1950 Plymouth Suburban When I first saw these photos I was floored. Wade had shared them on his Instagram page. I made it a point to contact him and find out more about this beautiful car and find the back-story. A friend of his shot these photos and requests to be annonymous but he certainly […]
