Note: We published this story in Issue #29 just a few weeks before we learned that Chris Ryan was involved in a motorcycle crash. Good news, he is on the mend and we all wish him a quick recovery. Meanwhile,…
The Golden Empress
Category: Featured Ride
Articles of hot rods, customs, classics, bikes and other rides.
Jim Simpson’s ’67 Fairlane GT
Photos: Mike Slade, Story: Tony Colombini The ‘66/’67 Fairlane GT’s have always been a big favorite of mine. I still have a 1:24 scale model I built as a kid sittin’ in my garage. This car started out as…
53 Jazzy Rose
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…
Diora – A Labor of Love
Adam Smith’s 1950 Chevy Fleetline Deluxe We have all been there, I imagine. You see something in the lines through the primer. You can envision a gold jewel emerging from the blacktop and rolling low and slow into the dappled…
Garrett’s Truck
#KidWrencher Series PART FOUR Street Rod Ed sends in another update on his son Garrett’s 1940 Ford Truck Project. Even during this pandemic it sure seems time is just flying by. Garrett Baldwin has finished up the frame prep.…
THE UNLIKELY DRAG BIKE
Karl Ardo and Josh Winderman’s Custom Racer The Triumph Motorcycle Company started in 1902 and is considered by many to have manufactured some of the fastest and most beautiful bikes built. They produced bikes for the military; they’ve appeared in…
A Sunday Drive
Rolling with Gerry and Cathy Orozco in their 1939 Pontiac What started out as a cloudy cool morning, turned into another great day out on the backroads with the family. It’s time for A Sunday Drive. Gerry Orozco and his…
Inside Blacktop Magazine #27
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…
Family Fare
Father/Son Pair of Chevys Here’s another fuel fed family fun feature. It stars Steve Sanders’ ’61 Corvette and his son Jeff’s 1970 C-10. Steve bought the Corvette the summer after he graduated from High School and turned 18. He didn’t…
The ArtMartyr Issue
Blacktop Magazine Special Print Edition #26 – The ArtMartyr Issue is chock-full of creativeness! We explore the world of Kustom Kulture with artists like Space Giant, Rebel 13 Photography, Wicked Lines Pinstriping, Dale Sizer, Boneyard Artillery, Trisha Turner, Doug DoRr,…
Wartime Shadow
Something to Tinker – Mike Baker’s First Bike 2003 Honda Shadow ACE 750, American Classic Edition Mike likes to tinker. When stationed at Fort Rucker, Alabama, the Missouri native found a great deal on his first bike, this Honda Shadow.…
Three Standout Customs
We present interviews with Long Beach Sultans Car Club members Bill Price, Ken Reason and Doug Vaughn about their Sixties Southern California inspired Customs, a ’65 Riviera, ’62 Chrysler and ’52 Chevy at the Sultans’ Long Beach K9 Officers Benefit…