Brizio Street Rods....today at the shop...PICS

I went to Brizio's on lunch break today....all of them guys are nice- nobody with big egos or ****head at***udes like some of the big t.v. hotshots. They just let me go wander around deep into the shop no problem. And despite what some may have thought, Brizio's shop does kick out some amazing tradtional hotrods too.
there are picks of a black '32 roadster you'll see below....here are some details:
Firestone bias plys-good, Firestone "Balloon Wheels"?? say what?- dudes, these are two piece bent spoke adjustable wire wheels.....some wierd accessory wheels from the 30's I guess, but they are Bad ***-good for sure,
friction shocks-good, juice brakes-good, orig..dash with nice old gauges-good,
Lincoln Zephyr steering wheel....SICK, Columbia two-speed rear axle...RAD,
'37 tailights-good, the bench seat was NICE...made out of some old style material, very cool. Definetely the baddest thing there in my opinion...the g***er is sick too- old lead and br*** filling all over the body....musta been an original g***er, the front clip was fibergl*** though
See all the bodies in the background of the pics?....Most all of them are Real old ford tin...only a couple of brookville jobs. Long story short, I was pitching a tent the whole time I was there....the place is CLEAN, full of CANS rods and future rods, cool old machine shop tools too, Nice guys...
Good day- enjoy

 

more....

 

still more...

 

and more....

 

last pics....g***er time!

 

Gotta take a helluva lot more pieces to make an adjustable spoke wire wheel?!

If you just mean that the outside rim flange comes off, they're Firestones

 

shop is too clean.

 

you got me there dude....no ****, of course there are more than two pieces, you should be a mathmatician!

 

john, great pics... i especially like the black roadster with wires in your first batch of pics

as an aside, what type of firestones are those?

 

sorry dude, I just find it odd that instead of being spun out over the shop pics, you're concerned with my description and number of pieces to the wire wheel....lol....I'm just f-'n with you

 

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

Brizio's shop is in So. San Fran, isn't it? How far is it from SFO? I travel to the Bay area some, would dig dropping by there sometime myself.

 

Thanks for sharing the photo's.

 

Plan9.....what's up? dude that shop is CANS.....you should stop there if you ever are up again..and I still have yet to crack a beer with you!!

 

Mike- the shop is in South San Fransisco- they are open m-f till 5pm I think....
worth the trip!

 

its really close to SFO... go down El Camino past Tan Foran Mall.. i usually turn where you see the See's Candies factory (as if you were going to sanderson headers) ... at this point i cant remember... but its in that general area!

go figure, i grew up there and dont know street names... i just know how to get there

 

I was there last week and took a few shots, one of a super cool woodie and the other was my dad's 4 door that he sold to a guy (that is now having Brizio build a car for him) plus two roadsters..

 

My frame when I picked it up from Roy back in 93.

Shop was clean back then too.
And a great bunch of guys.

 

Cool pix.......the and the sneaky "Eddie Meyer" shot.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

 

hey john, beer yes!

iam actually heading up this friday to collect some of tools/books from my house in pacifica... if you have some time we should get a couple beers

you ever stop by gotelli's speed shop? go in there and see if the old man still sits around and BS's about the good old days... his kids run the show and are cool people.

theres also reggie jacksons high performance (in between K-119 tools and steves camero's)... run by the Gionolli's. really cool stuff in that shop.

 

Its 3 miles....the next offramp on 101 from SFO

 

I think that shop looks like ****...it should be in my back yard

 

Thanks for the post -- I've always suspected that Brizio's is an upfront, decent kind of place. They're about 2,000 miles too far away for me, but it's nice to know good shops exist nowadays. As a sidethought, has anybody done a financial study on how much "American Rodder" has hurt Boyd's annual gross revenue? Would any gold chainer go there anymore to have his car ridiculed on national TV by a pack of mouth-breathing malcontents?

 

farmer = ruler... plan 9, mike, get in touch when you come up...
n

 

Unfortunately, "Terrible Ted" died in 2000. The shop is still there, though.

 

what is CANS? i'm a ****...
n

 

Brizios is just about 2 miles north of the SFO airport.

If you come out of the rental car area heading towards the freeway, you go over the freeway to El Camino, go north (right) past the mall to the next stop light (At the See's candy store), Go right, I think its the 4 light on the left side, just over the RR tracks. everyone is super nice (they haven't kicked my *** out yet and I have been going on every other week for the past 2 months when out there on business. Just ask before going in back (give the respect) and do not go in the back fab area (unless someone saids its Ok). about one out of every 6 trips they tell me to go back there to check something out (like my dad's old sedan). I usually get my car mags there to read on the flight home (so I do not feel like a free loader)...

 

when the real ol' school crowd goes and has a car built, these are the guys, they did the Edelbrock clone car and they build drivers!

 

nic, ill send a pm

 

CANS is the new Farmer word that every one will be saying as soon as it catches on

 

Cans!