We hear from friends Dawn Cude, Doug DoRr, Rod Dixon, Jones, Scott Ratray and Steve Sanders. Sit back, relax, hear their stories and share your own in the comments below!
Man on Main Street – What Was Your First Car?
High School Camaro
Steve Clark’s 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS Have you ever noticed a car for the first time at a regular cruise night? For instance, I go the Historic Main Street Garden Grove Car Show on a regular basis and you see…
Pinky and the Vans
Like any great event, there are events within the event. This is true at the recent and very first Grand National Truck Show! The event is promoted by Rod Shows the same team that puts on the Sacramento Autorama and…
Sheila’s ’33 Cabster
A Redneck 33 Cabster from Redneck Hot Rods in South Dakota. This car was Sheila Chavez’ father’s project. He is an avid hot rodder with about ten cars and this one he was going to finish after he retired. He…
Randy’s Hot Rod Garage
In Memoriam: Sadly Randy passed away a few months after our visit to his Museum and the Hot Rod Shop. Earlier we shared an article from Blacktop Magazine issue #27: Randy’s Drag Racing Museum. It showcased Randy Haapala’s NHRA Collection.…
2023 Ventura Nationals
Cruisin For A Cure with Pickups Limited
We take a moment to stop at the Pickups Limited camp at the 2023 Cruisin’ For A Cure. Brandon Hamner shares how important Cruisin’ For A Cure is to their club. Pickups Limited hosts two events during the year and…
ALL NEW BDS 471 BILLET SUPERCHARGER
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…
Cruisin’ For A Cure with Ron Cambra
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…
Hard Black Anodized Serpentine Pulleys from BDS
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.…
Randy’s Drag Racing Museum
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…
An OG Stocker
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…
Two-Stroke Trouble
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…
1969 BOSS 429 MUSTANG
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…
Al Traille’s Joint
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…