Magazine Awards
2015
Thunder Roads Magazine
The Blue Baller was on the cover and had the feature artical.
2014
Allegheny West
Bill was featured for winnig the Easyrider bike of the year.
2014
Easyrider Magazine
Easyrider has a magazine each year for the best of the best. The Blue Baller was the featured Bike since it was 2014 Bike of the Year
Spring 2014
PPG Repaint Reporter
“Back to the future”, artical written about Ditzler Hot Rod Black.
July 2014
Street Rodder
Photo of the Blue Baller and description in this months issue.
December 2014
Easyrider Magazine
Blue Baller, the bike of the year is on the cover of December issue
March 2013
Fender Bender Magazine
Billy was on the cover and had nice article and photos about Billy’s life and the shop
Spring 2013
Allegheny West Magazine
Billy was on the cover of this months article and The body shop was featured and big article with lots of photos. The article was called Forging Steele, the story behind Steele Auto Body, the collision repair business that helped fulfill all of Bill Steele’s custom ambitions.
June 2013
PPG Repaint Reporter
The Blue Baller had a nice artical in this issue.
2012
PPG. Gold Medal Ad
PPG asked to use the Honeybagger to be in their ad for the 2012 Olympics. The Ad was called Gold Metal which appeared in a lot of magazines and posters.
2012
Baggers
The Honeybagger made the cover and had a featured artical in this issue.
Spring 2012
PPG Repaint Reporter
The Hoenybagger made the cover and was on cover of a great article “Man of Steele written about Billy and the shop”.
2012
PPG Repaint Reporter
Billys 64 Ford photo was featured.
2012
Hot Metal Harley Davidson
The Hoenybagger was used for a PPG ad in this magaizne.
December 2011
Rebel Rodz Magazine
Dirty Texan photo is in this months magazine.
2010
Amcar Magazine
On this France Magazine Billy made the cover.
2010
Easyrider Best Bikes
F2 is in this Easyrider insert for being of the Best Bikes of 2010.
January 2010
World of Wheels, Pittsburgh PA
Billy was honored to be picked for this years Builder of the Year. He had a lot of his cars, trucks and motorcycles on display at the show.
February 2010
V Twin Magazine
A feature Builder Profile on pages 60 & 61. F2 on the cover and one of the feature bikes with lots of pictures and nice article about Billy and the build.
February 2010
Classic Trucks
Billys 55 Chevy had a great article in this issue of Classic Trucks. “Snow Wow Snow Plow” was the article written about this truck.
April 2010
Rebel Rodz Magazine Feature
An artical about the Dirty Texan and the journey it made to Belgium
March 2009
Easyrider Magazine Cover
The Dirty Ernie makes the main cover and feature of this issue of the Easyrider Magazine.
June 2009
Easyrider
Fascinator was used for the for 2008 Centerfold Tour
August 2009
GoodGuys Gazette Cover
Bill was featured on the Goodguys Gazette cover.
September 2009
Jegs.com Cover Catalog
The Modal A was on the catalog cover of jegs.com
November 2009
Street Rodder Magazine Cover
Bill got the feature cover and artical in this issue.
November 2009
Street Rodder
Model A made the cover in this issue with multi pictures and a great article about the build.
November 2009
Hot Rod Magazine feature
The Modal A had a large feature November issue of Hot Rod Magazine.
November 2009
Custom Classic Trucks
Chevy 55 First Series photo was in this issue, photos taken at the Goodguys show in Columbus, Ohio.
November 2009
Cycle Source Cover
The Pan made the cover of Cycle Source.
December 2009
Street Rodder
The Street Rodder had a picture and small write up about the Model A.
December 2009
Easyrider Best Bikes
Dirty Ernie was in the insert of the magazine as one of Easyriders Best Bikes of 2009
2008
Rebel RodZ
Dirty Texan was in hear as one this years Top Ten Rat Rods.
March 2008
Cruisin News Magazine
The Fascinator landed a picture in the Autorama.
Spring 2008
Show Stopper
Picture and write up about white 64 Chevy.
June 2008
Easyrider
Fascinator was used for the ad for the 2008 Centerfold Tour
November 2008
Wild Motorcycles
A French magazine the F2 was in. Great photos of the bike and a really nice article written about Billy and the build.
2007
Hot Bike
Fascinator was in an ad for Baker Drivetrain in this month’s Hot Bike.
2007
Killer Kustoms
Fascinator is in this small brochure magazine for being the Top 10 Production Bikes for 2007.
2007
The Horse
Bunch of photos and nice article of Dirty Ernie taken at the Smokeout in North Carolina.
May 2007
Easyrider
Photos of Dirty Ernie at Charlotte Show where Bill was picked 1st place, Best of Show.
September 2007
Cycle Source
Article and photos of the Dirty Texan.
November 2007
Rebel Rodz
Picture of the Dirty Texan at the this years Detroit Autorama.
2006
Barnetts Magazine –
Barnetts presents the Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building. This magazine had an article and photos about the build of the Fascinator
January 2006
Cycle Source
Awesome two page spreadsheet of Grand Master and write up about the built.
January 2006
American Choppers
One of Billy’s bikes Impulse Buy had a 3 page article and photos.
February 2006
Cycle Source
Grandmaster photos and write up about the bike at the Toronto Super Show
May 2006
Iron Works
Picture of the Grand Master at the Pittsburgh Chopper Show.
Summer 2006
ISCA Show Stopper
Grand Master picked in this magazine for CASI Cup Award.
June 2006
Cycle Source
Awesome photos and write up about the Fascinator and Billy competing in the 125,000 Bike Build Off in Charleston, SC.
September 2006
V-Twin Magazine, Issue #66
Bill was feature on the Meet Master Bike Builder.
September 2006
Moto Life
A magazine in France that the Fascinator was in, a huge article and a bunch of photos about the bike.
September 2006
Iron Works
Fascinator photos from the Heritage Rally in Charleston, SC.
October 2006
Barnetts Magazine
Pictures of Fascinator from the Heritage Rally in Charleston, SC.
October 2006
AMD
Picture of Fascinator and story about it taking 5th in the World.
November 2006
Easyrider
Photo of Fascinator and small write up about it appearing in the next months issue.
November 2006
AMD
Really nice photos and article called Wheels of Steele about the Fascinator.
Spring 2005
Cycle Source
Billy is in there for Best Bike at the Detroit Autorama.
April 2005
American Copper Magazine
Impulse Buy has a 4 page spread photos and article about this Bike
April 2005
Iron Works
Billy’s bike Impulse Buy is in this months issue.
September 2005
Cycle Source
Grandmaster is in this months issue.
February 2004
V-Twin Magazine Cover
Yellow Bike made cover and photos and great article about the build. This was Bills very first magaizne cover
April 2004
Iron Works
Photo of the Silver Slipper a bike Billy built for a customer.
July 2004
Cycle Source Magazine
Root Beer bike was on the cover and nice article and pictures about the build.
November 2004
Cycle Source
Photo of the Silver Bike and Impulse Buy at the Pittsburgh Chopper Show.
May 2003
Easyrider
Billy’s in this magazine 1st place Best of Show, picture of him and the other winners with trophy.
June 2003
Cycle Source Cover
The Sportster was the feature cover and artical.
2002
Easyrider Bike Show
The Green Bike is in this small magazine.
November 2002
V-Twin Magazine Feature
This was Bills first feature! Green Bike was in this magazine, lots of photos and great article.
October 1995
Truckin
Phantom Dually a truck Billy built was pictured in this magazine.