Jim Simpson’s Cool Old Stuff Photos/Story: Mike Slade, Yep! That Mike Slade. Jim Simpson is one of the best known residents of Williamston, South Carolina. Jim has lived in this town which is one of those small South Carolina, towns that sits off the beaten path about ten miles southwest of Greenville, South Carolina. Jim […]
Blacktop Magazine captures the fun behind the scenes at Mitzi and Co’s photoshoot. Now on Blacktop TV:: I came up with the idea for this photoshoot while I was soldering the terminals, rewiring the ’56 Fairlane “Project Riff-Raff”. The iPod was changing out a variety of songs when Sinatra’s “Luck Be A Lady” came on. Wow! […]
At The Mantiques Network One of the many specialties at The Mantiques Network is private party restorations. They specialize in antique safes, barber poles/chairs, slot machines, coke machines. If it has paint, chrome, wood, and it’s cool and they like to restore it. They have a small crew to take special attention to each object. […]
There are times when someone has to disrupt the status quo. I met Jim Schafer and Jeff Walker from Mantiques Network a couple of years ago. They had a bunch of “Cool Old Stuff” they were selling at the Cruisin’ For A Cure show while working together at a local auction house turned vintage store. […]
A Blacktop Installation Feature: Wrapping Pipes on “Down Payment Blues”. T-Bone’s bike gets wrapped up with Heatshield Products’ Cobra Skin Exhaust Wrap. I have been meaning to do this for a while. It was only a week when my bike was re-built after getting knocked around on the 91 Frwy back in 2006, when I […]
Exclusively on BlacktopTV Tony interviews Gary Dupape of Wheel Works about his 40 years of motorcycle service, safety and history at Wheel Works with his partner Dave Newton. Video produced at Blacktop Media Network, photos from Wheel Works and on the interwebs. Check out more at Wheel-Works.com
Exclusively on BlacktopTV Blacktop buddy, Patrick shares his grandfather’s photo album of his Ford Dealership in Old Towne Orange, CA from 1917-1949.
