Visiting shops, garages, collections, museums of the famous and the neighbor. Behind the scenes look at collections such as Bruce Meyer, Price Automobilia, Petersen Automotive Museum, Automobile Driving Museum, NHRA Museum and more.
The Most Infamous Biker Destination In The World! It was a crazy sunny day in the winter of 2016-17 when Sue Martin of ASM Auto Upholstery (Fast and Loud fame) took Texas Rich to Strokers Dallas. [Confession here: I’m a…
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…
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…
Introducing Jerry Laboranti A Bonneville Salt Flat style roadster Story By Jerry Laboranti, Photos by Don Carrick/Studio 413 I have always thought that a Ford model A roadster on a 1932 frame seemed to be a winning pair in traditional…
The Guys Garage When a couple of buddies each have a collection that outgrow’s their houses, it’s time to get a space together. That’s what happened when Fred DeFalco and Rick Abate picked up one too many cars. Rick’s “Sinister”…
Yep, K.C. Mathieu is up to it again. Texas Rich begins a Four-Part series with KC’s Paintshop fiinishing a ‘49 Ford F1 and an equally high-horsepower ‘53 Chevy 3100, for to the SEMA Show and the road home. We caught…
Steel, Stone and Stain You may have seen this truck on the Discovery show Fast and Loud featuring the antics at Gas Monkey Garage. When we saw the episode I knew we had to do a shop tour. Texas Rich…
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’…
Texas Correspondent Rich Stops By. Sue was born in Taiwan to a family of farmers where she learned her hard work ethic. She moved to the United States in 1984 with her husband and children. While working at a Chinese restaurant a…
Rockin’ and Rev-in’ Event Center Blacktop Magazine was recently invited to visit the newest “over-the-top” event center in Southern California. Welcome to Highway 39 Event Center, located in the old Astor Collection building yet, entirely different. With a complete remodel…
Photos: Rich Pierce We recently stopped by KC’s Speed Shop to take some shots as well as to catch up with him and see what he’s been up to. KC Mathieu is his full name and is best known for…
