Bruising The Blacktop

Don’t you just dig the projects where everything goes as planned? Can you tell me what that is like? Lately it seems that everything I touch just snowballs into a big deal. Case in point working on the Blacktop Bruiser…

Keep Your Rides at the Ready

What is the point of having a garage full of toys if you can’t play with any one of them at any time? Here is a great tip for you. Keep them batteries charged. Now I know some of your…

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…

The Touch

I have found a good process to follow when you have a project car. 1) Get it running. 2) Make sure all the safety measures are in place. Brakes, Electrical, Steering, etc. 3) Now you can tackle the aesthetics. One…

Vintage Motorsport

When Sex Was Safe… Story: Tom Stahler – Photos: Adam Hosey On Saturday morning they came out of the coastal mist like a bolt of lighting from history… For a brief shining moment, it was 1961 again… When sex was…

Keep Your Master Cylinder Cool and Looking Cool!

Lava™ Heat Shield For Your Master Cylinder Cooler Brake Fluid and Improved Braking Performance for GM Master Cylinders with Lava™ Master Cylinder Heat Shield from Heatshield Products Direct-fit for popular GM cast-iron disc-brake master cylinder Chemical resistant and rated for…

Blacktop Betty Collector Card Set

Vol. 1 – The Mitzi and Co. Photography Set The first set of Blacktop Betty Collector Cards is now available. The boxed set contains 10 cards from the covers of Blacktop Magazine shot by Mitzi Valenzuela. Cards include internationally famous burlesque…

Smooth Steering

Full Size Ford Power Steering Conversion There is something magical about driving an old car. Now, I don’t mean to wax philosophical on you, but if you have been behind the wheel of a classic car, I am sure you…

New Website for Thermo-Tec!

Thermo-Tec Automotive, Inc. has revamped and launched a new website to modernize the online presence of the company. The updates feature a new rotating banner, product categories on the home page, and many updated images and videos, as well as…

Aces Hot Rod Reunion 2021

A stroll through Old World in Huntington Beach during the Aces Car Club 17th Annual Hot Rod Resurrection. A great display of classic American Iron in a wonderful setting. Enjoy.

Wartime Y.O.M.

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)…

Kleinn Hog Kit Upgrade

Installing the black-out HOG KIT Air Horns from Kleinn. You may remember about 5 years ago we installed the chrome Hog Kit from Kleinn on Tony’s ’04 Road King Custom “Down Payment Blues”. (See the article here) Today we are…

SPACE GIANT

AN ARTMARTYR FEATURE There I was innocently enough cruising through my Insta-feed and a couple of my rods and cones in my eyes get smoked. I came across the bright colors and wild vision of Space Giant. The colors are…