Tag: memorabilia

Chrome! Exhibit in Long Beach

Historical Society of Long Beach Presents: CHROME! Cruisin’ Clubs and Drag Strips The Historical Society of Long Beach came by our Sunday Morning get-together one week. Director Julie Bartolotto and Steffie Hands stopped by to tell us (Mercifuls Car Club)…

Model A Club Pancake Breakfast

Article Presented By: Chris Unger’s Car Crazy Depot With nearly 300 Ford Model A’s on average appearing at Hart Park, this year a threat of rain brought out the die-hards. From roadsters to sedans, Hot Rods to Gennies, this show…

A Spark of Knowledge

Installing Pulstar Plasma-Core Spark Plugs on a 2004 Harley-Davidson Road King Custom Photos/Story: Tony Colombini Sometimes a story may take on a life of it’s own. This simple project in the garage started out as a quick installation tech article,…

Installing Weatherstrip

Jeff’s late ’55 Chevy Truck Cab gets Weatherproofed Photos: Jeff Allen and Tony Colombini, Story: Tony Colombini When I joined the Mercifuls Car Club many years ago, Jeff Allen was voted in on the same day. However, Jeff was a member in…

The Moyer Dream Machine

Story and Photos: Tony “T-Bone” Colombini, Model: Melissa Swizz Ron had a dream. Ever since he was in High School, he has longed for another ’55 Chevy. After a great and successful career in construction, his dream has come true. Ron…

Wrap Artist

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…

40 Years of So Cal Motorcycle History

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…

Historic Racer Comes Out of the Shadows

Incredible piece of history.  This Model T based race car was raced on 1/2 mile dirt tracks in Kansas and Colorado by Mr. William Frastchner of Offerle, Kansas in the early 1920’s. Frastchner suffered an accident in a race in Dodge…