Category: Featured Person

Featured motorsports and kustom kulture personalities

ASM/Gas Monkey Garage Party

Welcome our newest contributor; Rich Pierce. Photos by Rich Pierce Rich has been shooting hot rods since 1997. He told us about the day Boyd Coddington gave this young guy a nod: “Kid keep shooting you never know where it’s gonna…

Kate Mate

Bogan makes her modeling debut as our latest Cover Girl Model: Kate Mate Photo: FROGER – NZShoots MUAH: Debbie Delgado Wardrobe: Tock-Tick Vintage Check out the shoot on Season 1, Episode 5 of Bogans on TV2 in New Zealand

The Gene Ellis Collection

The Time Capsule of Gene Ellis’ Garage It was roughly 4 weeks ago, early November 2014, when a gentle man came in the store and said that he had a couple of Model A frames and some parts in his garage…

Sherri Candland – Kulture Ambassador

Story: Blacktop Staff, Photos: Supplied by Bleu Door Marketing In what is looking like a series of significant women in the automotive world, we have recently met Sherri Candland. Her name may not be nationally recognized as yet, but she is…

Dave’s Collection

Hidden Treasures Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone Lately I have been thinking a lot about how things were “back then”. Most of the time when we look back to our past, we see it as a simpler time. And you don’t have to…

Greg’s Garage

Photos/Story: T-Bone In the afternoon shadows of Knott’s Berry Farm’s Xcelerator lies a garage of musclecar proportions. Greg is an Underoath Car Club Member who has a very impressive garage. Situated behind his house through a long drive-way running the…

Cadillac Kings of Orange County

Photos of Model Veronica Velvet: Robert at Venerable, Other photos and story: T-Bone Elephants on Parade That’s what I think of when I see the members of the Cadillac Kings come cruising into an event. Impressive classic steel and chrome…

Lilly Fuentes-Joy Photography

A Photo Essay Photos by Lilly Fuentes-Joy Photography The other day, Lilly messaged us on Facebook asking if we  take submissions. Why not? Here are a pair of ladies she shot recently up in Northern California. First is Ciara Payne…

E-Stopp Shop Tour

Entrepreneurial Inspiration Photos/Story: T-Bone At the recent SEMA Show there was a cool green patina’d Buick hot rod with electric chair seats and an electric motor. Like good booth dressing, the vehicle was the exclamation point on the exhibitor’s products.…

Building a Hot Rod Shop Truck

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.…

The Ladies of SEMA

From the Glistening Chrome to the Bright Smiles Photos by The Blacktop SEMA Krew Here’s a gallery of some of the ladies who have captured our attention at the SEMA Show