No Sway or Swagger

Installing a Hellwig Sway Bar on the Blacktop Bruiser. By Panzer Shopdog. The boys in the shop are working hard at turning their daily driver trucks into awesome rolling billboards for Blacktop Magazine. Today I got to lay there and…

Blacktop, The Magazine

The 5th Special Print Issue is now available! Click on the photo to preview the entire magazine. You are sure to like it. In this issue of Blacktop, The Magazine we follow the restoration of a GM Futurliner at Kindig-it…

The Phantom of the Ace

Story: Kenta Falkered (submitted by Peter Ström), Photos: Stefan Boman Everything started when I saw Phantom of the Opera on TV. A bit later, I went to the theater and saw Phantom of the Opera live. Now, I went on…

Installing a Banjo Wheel

Ain’t No Sad Songs On A Banjo Photos/Story: T-Bone For many of us gear heads half the joy of working on our cars is actually driving our cars. Who’d a thunk it? Well, when you are behind the wheel we…

Speed Freaks?

An Incredible Collection of Legendary American Vehicles and More! The Justice Brothers Museum Tour – By Jim McGowan When the subject of classic cars, antique vehicles or collectibles arises, many people envision a mile long Thirties V12 Packard or Cadillac,…

Erica and Her Cars

A 3 Generation Falcon and a Survivor Belvedere Story: Tony Colombini, Photos: Supplied by Erica, Mitzi Valenzuela, Shiver 2 See U For most of us and especially the younger set, a love of classic cars and hot rods are passed…

Cold Air, Hot Performance

Installing an AIRAID Intake System Photos/Story: T-Bone Not to be outdone, Billy installs an AIRAID Cold Air Dam Intake System with the SynthaMax non-oiled air cleaner on his truck “Blacktop Baller”. Last month you may recall we installed a different…

FEBE’S TRIKE

Three Wheels Bastard Photos: Peter Ström, Story: Febe Ström If the bike has a name, how did you come up with it? We wanted to build a Trike that is more like a Chopper than a Trike, long, clean and…

Kindig-It Design Hi-Tech Futurliner Restoration

Kindig-It Design Uses Todays Technology to Bring Futurliner to Life Photos provided by Kindig-It Design, Story: Sherri Candland Dave Kindig and his crew at Kindig-It Design knew they were in for a very time consuming project with the 1939 GM…

Easyriders Bike Show Tour – Anaheim

Rolling through the halls at the Easyriders 2013 Bike Show Tour. Story/Photos/Video: T-Bone Is it just me or do you think that bikes belong outside, in the sun with speeding blacktop below them? These bikes are pretty enough and I…

My Long Handled Wrench

Bench Racing with T-Bone I enjoy working on a variety of projects. I enjoy working with my hands and being active. So why am I so lazy when it comes to getting the right tool for the job? You know…

Dan’s Garage

Rolling over to hang out with Dan from Chop Cut Rebuild. Story by T-Bone Potter and I rolled the ’56 over to Dan Woods’ house to help install his cool new Max Jax Lift. Check out the fun in Episode…

Steering Wheelin’

Selecting the best aftermarket steering wheel for your car’s interior design. Story: Jim McGowan, Photos Courtesy GT Performance The two most “in your face” parts of your classic vehicle are the instrument cluster and even closer to you, your steering…

Cuffing Bars

Protecting our bars with Bar Cuffs Story/Photos: T-Bone I seem to always find something new at the swap meet. And today was no different. I met Adam Ewles who invented Bar Cuffs. A simple table and banner grabbed my attention…

Ride Along the Mother Road

Have you made the trip? Photos provided by Bob Walton and Sal Santoro, Story/Book Review by T-Bone In the Fall of 1994 I took the train from Southern California to Albany NY. The job was to ride with Billy in…