Brea, California June 15, 2025 – If you like going to a car show where there are is a vibrant and enthusiastic crowd of spectators, then this, my friend, is a show for you. Each year Cruisin’ Brea is held on Father’s Day downtown Brea California is a buzz with over 400 classic, exotic, custom, […]
Benchracing With Jersey and T-Bone In this Part One episode we explore the high-performance world of Musclecars! We try to define what a Musclecar is, the origins of Musclecars, and Jersey shares his favorite of all! We dig into early musclecars like the ’64 GTO, and even the ’49 Olds Rocket 88. Or what about […]
Photos: Mike Slade, Story: Tony Colombini The ‘66/’67 Fairlane GT’s have always been a big favorite of mine. I still have a 1:24 scale model I built as a kid sittin’ in my garage. This car started out as a numbers matching 390 GT when Jim Simpson got a hold of it. His buddies […]
We are honored to be included in the recent season of Garage Dreams on MotorTrend+. See the story behind Blacktop Magazine as father/son duo Tony and Billy talk about working together in the garage on their 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan “Riff-Raff”. We were featured on Season 2 episode 4. Garage Dreams is a half […]
#KidWrencher Series PART FOUR Street Rod Ed sends in another update on his son Garrett’s 1940 Ford Truck Project. Even during this pandemic it sure seems time is just flying by. Garrett Baldwin has finished up the frame prep. He needed to complete the welding of the tacked-in cross member. Then he jumped on […]
Power management company Eaton today announced its Vehicle Group has launched the Bezares 3940 series Power Takeoff (PTO) unit designed to fit the Ford TorqShift® 10-speed automatic transmission. A DIN 5462 output shaft and special output adapters provide versatility and allow for direct mounting of high-pressure piston pumps, such as a bent axis piston pump, […]
Part One With a small leak in our rear end of Ol’ Riff-Raff, we decided to open it up and see what we have in our Third Member. In this video we talk about how to determine gear ratio and counting the axle splines. We decide to add an Eaton Truetrac Posi-traction unit. Our current […]
We host the First Friday at the Historic Main Street Garden Grove, CA Car Show. Come on out and say hi, win some cool prizes. A true PARTY IN THE STREET! This aint no Parking Lot show! Games, live music, cool shops and restaurants and great people and cars. All makes, models and years. If […]
Last Year We Followed Speedmaster Build Their First Car; Blackbird This year they are growing on the momentum started and are building another tribute. This time they are starting with a kit replica of a ’33 Ford. The car features a removable top and of course powered by a complete Speedmaster powertrain. Meet Speedmaster General […]
Last year we painted the roof with PPG blue candy over silver metalflake and black lace at Cambra Speed Shop. That gave the car a new look after having the car for 14 years with the same Corvette Cloisonette blue top. Once I saw the metalflake, I knew the wheels would have to be changed […]
Another #KidWrencher Project While on a test run of his son Marcus’ ’66 Mustang, Tim knew something wasn’t right when smoke started curling up under the dash and quickly filling the cabin. He pulled over, shut off the key, popped the hood and without any tools ripped the ground wire off the solenoid avoiding a […]
Installing a Borgeson Power Steering Unit in Marcus’ ’66 Mustang 200 Coupe. “ It’s OK. You can blame it on me, your knucklehead uncle.” I tell Marcus. Marcus bought his first car; a ’66 Mustang in a dirt lot that is just one dog short of a junkyard. I walked around it with him and […]
