Just unveiled by Blower Drive Service this second coming of the venerable 4-71, is the first ALL NEW 4-71 BILLET supercharger to hit the market since the original GM unit. CNC’d from a single block of billet 6061 aircraft quality aluminum it…
Today we meet up with Ron Cambra from Cambra Speed Shop at the 24th running of Cruisin’ For A Cure. The largest one-day charity car show in the country held at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Ron tells us what this…
BDS is the industry leader and sets the standard for blower drive pulleys and these latest hard anodized serpentine units are no exception.Shown here are 2 BDS “LS” specific serpentine pulleys, one for car engines and one for truck engines.…
A Blacktop Archive from Issue #27 of Blacktop Magazine In Memoriam: Sadly Randy passed away a few months after our visit to his Museum and the Hot Rod Shop. Mark Soltan asked me to ride out to Randy Haapala’s place…
The Wild Indian Photos/Story by Mike Slade I originally pick up the assignment to shoot the feature on this Gober Sosebee 39 Ford coupe race car when I was covering the 1988 Daytona 500 for Circle Track Magazine. After getting…
An ArtMartyr Short Story While most of Southern California was in a drunken, coke-infested nightclub haze in the 70’s and 80’s there was one family that escaped that scene and took off on the weekends to hit the sand at…
A RESTORED ORIGINAL KAR KRAFT ASSEMBLED PONY Some call them Grails. You know, the one car. The car they always dreamed of. In this case Jim Simpson’s ultra-rare all original muscle car. This is a highly restored, fully documented, very…
A Father/Son Garage As I reflect on the “Good-Ol’-Days”, I get to thinking that we actually live in a wonderful time. A time where you can make friends with someone from a great distance. Such is the case here, I…
For Ultimate Presentation and Protection CarCapsule is pleased to introduce the SC1 Corvette Series ShowCase ultra-premium vehicle storage shelter created with the Corvette owner in mind. The SC1 Corvette Series ShowCase dramatically presents the Corvette in an exciting and aggressive…
Ventura Highway led me to discover a hidden gem. I had the great pleasure to meet Maureen Magnuson today. I went up to Ventura to see my buddy Johnnie Martinez and he said, “Hey, while you are here, let’s go…
A Brief History of Raymond Loewy Associates “Never Leave Well Enough Alone.” Raymond Loewy When I was studying design at Laguna College of Art & Design in the 1980’s my dad gave me a special edition magazine that featured American…
A Manuel Muller Restoration from the Blacktop Archives. Have you ever been to an event and all of sudden the room get’s silent, the people disappear, and a bright light hits you in the eyes? This happened to me the…
Tonight on Man On Main Street we ask our friends what is their favorite engine. Enjoy the fun as we stroll Main Street and learning about some of our friends favorite engines. At the head of the street we have…
Hundreds of Custom Trucks, Vans and SUVs Take Center Stage at the Inaugural Grand National Truck Show The West Coast’s premier truck show will host incredible customs, classics, local entries, a cornhole tournament and fun for the whole family The…
Kasia Jones’ 1954 Studebaker Commander Do you believe in love at first site? For this car gal, love was in the air when she first saw this Studebaker two years ago. The lines were far ahead of the…
