When we met with the good folks from MYCHANIC at the recent AAPEX Show in Las Vegas, they showed us a cool little diddy. The Fastback Rolling Shop Stool is packed full of coolness you only get from MYCHANIC. First off is the “Fastback” design. The curved rear arms (we’ll call them b-pillars) allows for […]
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 […]
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Billy Installs The JET Xcellerator on Blacktop Baller Hello everyone, this is your favorite shop dog Hot Rod Hilda, for another Daily Driver Report. Today the boys installed the Jet Performance Xcelerator in Billy’s Blacktop Baller Hemi Truck The truck is a 2007 RAM 1500 crew cab with the 5.7 Hemi EZB. The challenge with […]
Last Year We Followed Speedmaster Build Their First Car; Blackbird This year they are growing on the momentum started and are building another tribute. This time they are starting with a kit replica of a ’33 Ford. The car features a removable top and of course powered by a complete Speedmaster powertrain. Meet Speedmaster General […]
Edelbrock LLC, is excited to announce the release of their 2018 Automotive Performance Catalog. Edelbrock’s 2018 Automotive Performance Catalog can be ordered Free of charge from their website at www.edelbrock.com/catalog. It is also available in a digital media format that can be viewed online or with a smart phone/tablet, including all iPhone® and Android® based […]
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 […]
Installing a Borgeson Power Steering Unit in Marcus’ ’66 Mustang 200 Coupe. “ It’s OK. You can blame it on me, your knucklehead uncle.” I tell Marcus. Marcus bought his first car; a ’66 Mustang in a dirt lot that is just one dog short of a junkyard. I walked around it with him and […]
It’s always something, even on the simplest of jobs. With all projects in the garage, we first discover a need. Like: Why do we need a new radiator? For this reason we go back a week or so. Marcus came over to the house to get some help installing a Borgeson Power Steering kit in […]
Video presented by C.W. Moss A walk through the Ford Model A Club Pancake Breakfast at Hart Park in Orange, California. See over 200 early Ford cars in a great park setting. Be sure to check out the FREE Catalog, expanded inventory, and remodeled showroom at C.W. Moss in Old Towne Orange, California.
It seems to have been forever since we’ve been behind bars. Handlebars, that is. Born Free Motorcycle Show is coming up and we need to get the bikes ready. I tell you what, I am itchin’ to just get on the old bike and roll. It doesn’t matter where we are going. It’s time for […]
A Blacktop Magazine Daily Driver Report: I am trying to imagine a time before there were batteries. In the mid 18th century Benjamin “don’t call me Benny” Franklin first used the term Battery to describe a group of Leyden jars. In the same way a battery has multiple electrochemical layers or cells. The Leyden jar […]
