Third Member Rehab – Pt. 3

Follow along as we install the Ford 9″ with brand new Eaton Detroit TrueTrac Differential and US Gear 3.50:1 Ring and Pinion Gear set. We do the standard break-in and get ‘er back on the Blacktop where she belongs. On…

Custom Autosound’s USA-740 Radio

Impeccable audio technology is wrapped in a classic look with Custom Autosound’s USA-740 Radio. Imagine cruisin’ down the boulevard with your betty by your side and you reach over to an outdated AM/FM Cassette with cracklin speakers. She says: “Uh,…

Kiwanisland Car Show

2nd Annual Celebration A walk-through the 2nd Annual KiwanisLand Car Show. September 20, 2020 in Garden Grove, California. Over 100 beautiful cars and fantastic people filled the tree-lined, rolling grass park. We were set up to showcase our latest issue…

Quarter-Mile Coronet

1965 Dodge Coronet

In the 1960s, drag racing was at its height. Two cars going head to head for a quarter of a mile. There were many different classes in drag racing, such as top fuel, gassers, and of course the Super Stock…

Issue Release Party #24

Here’s a link to our friend Wes’ Daily Driver Project’s review of the Blacktop Magazine Special Print Edition #24 “THAT 70’s ISSUE” Issue Release Party!

Third Member Rehab Part Two

Installing the Differential and Gears at J & S Gear Company. This has been an interesting project. The closest I have ever done of something like this is when we replaced the rear end on my nephew Marcus’ #KidWrencher ’66…

IMPALAMINO

BRAD & JOYCE MARTIN’S 1962 IMPALA/EL CAMINO You know the feeling! You are cruising through the cars on Craigslist and BANG, you are mesmerized. You think, “How bad could that car be if it has been in a museum for…

Fuel Fed Fun

Mikes Pipe Dream Maze and Blacktop’s Hidden Pictures Locate the following items in the photo above: _____ /_____ Toy Mailtruck _____ /_____ CA Worlds Fair License Topper_____ /_____ Gas Pump Nozzle _____ /_____ Sta-Lube Racing Oil Can _____ /_____ Ford Tire Holder …

Third Member Rehab

Part One With a small leak in our rear end of Ol’ Riff-Raff, we decided to open it up and see what we have in our Third Member. In this video we talk about how to determine gear ratio and…

The Betty Hunter

ArtMartyr Gallery Presents the work of Chris Garcia. My name is Chris “The Betty Hunter” Garcia. My work is based around Vintage SciFi and Custom Car Culture. I also build sculptures such as Robots, Rayguns and UFO’s.  “The Betty Hunters”…

More Progress with Garrett Baldwin

#KidWrencher Series Part 3 The garage was a blazing this late winter. Garrett and his dad Ed did a lot of work on the truck.  I think they have made some great progress whereas Ed admits that they are hobbyist…

New Tite-Reach Tools

TITE REACH TOOLS

1/4” HEX CHUCK ADAPTER and EXTENSION CLAMP If you haven’t yet seen the Tite-Reach Socket Extension, then crawl out from under that rock and check it out. It has saved us plenty when trying to turn a fastener deep in…