I first saw Tony Divish’s 1946 Chevy Panel truck at the Wamego Kansas 4th of July celebration called the Walter P. Chrysler Car Show, since Walter P. Chrysler’s birthplace is Wamego Kansas also known by the locals here as the…
1946 Chevy Panel
So Cal Cycle Show and Swap Meet
Summer came pretty quick. We still have a couple of projects to finish. Time to start hitting the So Cal Cycle Swap Meet at Veterans Stadium. Here’s their schedule for 2016 June 26, 2016 July 31, 2016 August 28, 2016…
Early Times Picnic
Tradition Lives Each year, the Early Times car club hosts a picnic in at a private park hidden behind a row of trees along side the Harbor Freeway in Southern California and flanked by industrial buildings and truck yards. It’s a place…
SINISTER Cadillac
Rick and Tempie Abate’s Custom 1967 Cadillac Coupe De Ville In an action packed 18 weeks the Ron Cambra and Matt Bernal styled Coupe De Ville was torn down and re-built to display at the 2016 Good-Guys Del Mar Nationals. Rick…
Rodders to the Rescue
Joe Porey and Clint Powell share a great little event in our nations Heartland. Well you can officially call this 2nd annual car show one for the dogs. The 2nd annual “Rodders to the Rescue ” For the Heart Of Jackson…
Behind The Scenes at MAGNAFLOW part one
Edelbrock Car Show 2016
This was one of four great shows going on the very same day. Not much to say other than: Enjoy the photos:
Sunday Afternoon Photoshoot
What a beautiful Sunday, even with the clouds. To pretty of a day to spend doing nothing. Options, 1) go cruizin’, na option 2) get with a buddy that is also a photographer and do some shooting. Just so happens…
Pie Festival
Blacktop Midwest Correspondent Clinton Powell shares this great little show: Paul Kruse orchestrates this awesome car show in the the little town of Gypsum Kansas. The town population is around four hundred people. You could have fooled me that day.…
Long Beach K9 Officers Benefit Show
The Long Beach Sultan’s do it again! There are certain shows in Southern California that are “must-see” events. Early in the show season the Long Beach Sultans host this annual show in a cool tree covered park behind a bustling…
Warbirds Show
Photos/Story by Clinton Powell – Watkins, Colorado Warbird, sounds like something from the SyFy Channel. It is a term used on the plains that fought in the sky’s during WW1 and WW2. This Warbird show has a twist. Cars from…
2014 Cruisin’ Nationals on BlacktopTV
Rolling to Santa Maria with the Mercifuls So Cal Spent the weekend celebrating the West Coast Kustoms’ Cruisin’ Nationals in Santa Maria, California. Be sure to subscribe to BlacktopTV on YouTube and get first hand news of new videos.
Sparks On All Eight
Installing An MSD Ignition System In Our ’56 Fairlane Story: T-Bone, Photos/Video: Billy Colombini, Blacktop Media Network Don’t you just love it when your car is running at its peak performance? For the past several weeks, though, the old 390 has…
Battling Heat Issues on a Harley
On our 2004 Harley-Davidson Road King sidecar rig, heat becomes a real issue. A couple of years ago we punched out the motor a bit and added high-compression heads at HB Hot Rods and Hogs. This mild build-up and the added weight…
Hemi Performance and Economy
Daily Driver Report – Programming Power with Hypertech Story by Hot Rod Hilda Hi everyone, this is Hilda, the Blacktop family adopted me from Angel City Pit Bulls and NKLA a couple of months ago and this is the first article I…