A quick survey of the 80 articles and videos we published in 2017. Thank you to all the contributors, sponsors and most of all our readers. We are grateful for your time and interest in this independent production. Please take…
2017 In The Rearview
Changes in store for 2018 Cruisin’ For A Cure
Breaking News! Debbie Baker comes in the studio to share the exciting new changes coming for the 2018 Cruisin’ For A Cure show.
Blacktop Picks For Top SEMA 2017 Vehicles
Spokesmodel Kristy Moats presents our pick of favorite cars at the 2017 SEMA Show. Of course all cars were incredible, but these cars touched us enough to showcase them here.
The 2017 C/10 Club Toy Drive
What a great day at the Pomona Swap Meet. Several chapters of the C/10 Community came together to donate toys for the Spark of Love Toy Drive. As you can see they filled the biggest truck they had, a slammed…
Prestone Celebrates 90 Years
A Birthday Party At The Petersen Automotive Museum The name has been around for a long time. I never realized how long Prestone has been around. Since I owned Blacktop Depot – an automotive memorabilia store in Orange, CA –…
The Automotive Aftermarket
A SEMA 2017 Report Commentary: Tony Colombini, Photos: Blacktop Media Network Staff There was quite a bit of talk among the aisles of the 2017 SEMA Show regarding the future of the automobile industry. And no doubt plenty of those…
Historic Bothwell Collection 100% SOLD
Peugeot L45 Grand Prix Racer makes a world record, as does the Benz Prinz Heinrich Raceabout, and more; Auction achieves more than $13.7-million 12 November 2017 – It’s the last of the kind – a self-contained 16-acre working citrus farm,…
TrekStep by BESTOP
“The SEMA Crunch is REAL!” I joked online as we received our TrekStep from Bestop on Wednesday before the big show. “It’s gonna take some long nights to finish our SEMA Build!” There was that ONE-GUY who had to think…
Edelbrock’s NEW AVS2 Series Carburetor
Edelbrock is excited to announce the AVS2 Series as the next generation of their carburetor product line. The AVS2 carburetor features annular flow primary boosters with a new calibration for improved off-idle and cruising performance. The annular flow booster design…
Wade’s Hemi-Burban
1950 Plymouth Suburban When I first saw these photos I was floored. Wade had shared them on his Instagram page. I made it a point to contact him and find out more about this beautiful car and find the back-story.…
Larry’s Big Window
Paternal Inspiration An old photo of his mom and dad with a ‘50’s era Chevy Truck in the background sparked a cylinder in Larry’s head. That spark led to an inspiration to some day have an old Chevy truck to…
The 2017 SEMA Show – Day 4 Performance and Restoration Part 2
Highlights from the last day at SEMA 2017 Wow, what a blast we had a the 2017 SEMA Show. The marathon continued for our fifth day, and the last day at the SEMA Show. Kristy roamed the halls with us…
The 2017 SEMA Show – Day 3 Performance and Restoration Part 1
We made it to the Central Hall with our Spokesmodel Kristy Moats Highlights from day three of the 2017 SEMA Show. We make it to the central hall with our friends in the performance and restoration part of the industry.…
The 2017 SEMA Show – Day 2 – Fuel Fed Fun
Highlights from Day Two at the 2017 SEMA Show. We had a couple of scheduled appointments today, which of course, were on opposite sides of the show. But first I started the day at the NHRA Breakfast. It was a…
The 2017 SEMA Show – Day One, actually
A Celebration of New Products and Innovation The day started early with the New Products Awards Breakfast. This is a great place to start the show as they present the awards for best new products and the SEMA Award. The…