Official Battery of Blacktop Magazine We just picked up the OrangeTop™, a fairly new Hypercore Lithium Cell Battery from Optima along with the durable YellowTop™, RedTop™ and the D400+ Charger/Maintainer. Our vehicles in the garage have had a pretty good…
Here we present to you in beautiful fashion, the most incredible images of all 11 contenders for the 75th running of the Grand National Roadster Show’s America’s Most Beautiful Roadster award. In no particular order other than the winner being…
Kevin Cox’s 1931 Ford Roadster Pickup A Blacktop Motor Minute. At the recent Historic Main Street Garden Grove Car Show, I saw this cool little flat black pickup with bright orange Hot Rod Wire Wheels from Wheelsmith. I had to…
What a beautiful day in Ventura for the David Mann Chopperfest. A crisp and sunny February in Southern California. I got there as the gates were just opened and still had a line about 10 minutes long. I was shooting…
Sure there are the contenders for the big awards “America’s Most Beautiful Roadster” or the Slonaker Award, here we share some of our favorites outside of those. We noticed a bunch of cars with old school jagged flames, and in…
My buddy Clint really did a solid and introduced me to this Father/Son shop that has an incredible collection of Cool Old Stuff. They work on friends and family hot rods and customs in the front shop, then off to…
The Builders, Racers and rebels Who Revolutionized Hot Rodding by Tony Thacker A Blacktop Book Review by Tony Colombini I have known Tony Thacker for many years. Since his days at the NHRA Museum. I would run into him at…
A Conversation About The Rising Cost of Paint at The 75th Grand National Roadster Show Blinded By The Raw Metal Beauties on Display Pinky and I were running through the 75th running of the Grand National Roadster Show. Each of…
With a History of the Tail Fin Design On this Sunday Drive with the Mercifuls we land at a private collection of American Classics. If hooded headlights and finned tail lights are your thing, then this gallery is for you!…
Newport Beach in October is usually pretty quiet. The cold dreary weather doesn’t make for great beach going. Especially when you are right on the sand at the Balboa Pier just a block away from the famed Balboa Fun Zone.…
Today we take a drive over to the Petersen Automobile Museum. Here are several of the exhibits ending with a really creative installation. We start off with “Best in Low” an exhibit of legendary lowrider icons of the street and…
CarCapsule USA, a manufacturer of inflatable premium vehicle storage products for the past twenty-plus years, has entered a new phase in vehicle preservation products with the introduction of the inflatable PaintProStation, a 26’x14’x10′ professional-grade mobile inflatable paint station. The PaintProStation…
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Recently the C/10 Club and Friends offered their annual Holiday Toy Drive at the Pomona Swap Meet benefitting the Long Beach Fire Department’s Spark of Love campaign. We were there to capture all the trucks and their generous donations!
Hundreds of hot rods, muscle cars and incredible customs will take center stage at the 75th Grand National Roadster Show at the Pomona Fairgrounds on Jan. 31-Feb. 2. This year’s show will also be packed with special elements to celebrate more than…
