GEAR DOWN GARAGE — GEAR DOWN GARAGE

Brizio’s Open House, 2010

Bryan — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:39:38 +0000

Well, well, well… Looks who was invited to park front and center.

A great annual event. Always great cars and lots to see.

Pete (aka Megatron) in the front seat

Bryan — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:05:51 +0000

Tell your two year old to smile and you never know what you'll get.

The Boys… Santa Clara Wed Night Drive-in

Bryan — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:02:32 +0000

Could Henry have ever imagined there'd be a car seat in his 5-window coupes?

Steering Column (Feb, 2010)

Bryan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:21:42 +0000

A year ago or so we bought a Flaming River steering column for the ‘38. We installed it and all seemed well. About 3 weeks ago we tried to start the car but got a big nada outta it.

Forty minutes of tracing wires and double checking connections led to the culprit: A defective steering column design. I shot a quick video, posted it to YouTube and emailed Flaming River. They quickly ‘fessed up to the faulty design and offered a replacement. Though they wouldn’t cross ship for free, I offered to remove my YouTube video if they would please upgrade me from a painted column to a polished stainless; I think I said ‘pretty please’, to be honest.

So, today the shiny new column, steering wheel and instrument cluster fell into place. It’ll take a bit more work, but the dash is coming together. Good job, Dad.

Minor Update (Feb, 2010)

Bryan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:23:38 +0000

So, now that we’ve had the car a while, we know pretty much what we’re dealing with.

The motor is actually a Chevy 327, not a 350 like the sticker on the valve cover states.

Nobody has a problem with this, but its nice to know what we have. We’ve scavenged up quite a few parts from other builds. We’ve got a new gas tank from the ‘38 Chevy we never ended up using. A Ron Francis wiring kit, a hood from a ‘32 pickup, some seats from a ‘84 Mercedes and quite a bit more.

Build quality is as good as we noted it to be previously. No complaints.

Now we just some time, warmer weather (Yep, we’re California wussies), and a bit of cash…

It returns from paint (Dec, 2009)

Bryan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:49:42 +0000

The ‘38 returned from the body shop in it’s new Mercedes ’so dark blue it’s black’ paint. Re-assembly will take a bit but were excitied to get it going.

Here’s how it looks as it came off of the truck…

Hot off the Tow Truck (Dec, 2009)

Bryan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:01:26 +0000

Bob called the other day and told me he got the car…

Here it is being dropped off.

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This one’s gonna be a nice ride.

“For Sale – FORD”

Bryan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:50:00 +0000

A famous hot rod interior shop in Santa Clara offered this project for sale. Apparently a trade was executed for this car and, like so many, the project stalled.

It was available for some time and they kept dropping the price cause nobody would buy it.

Not everything here is what he would have done if I started from scratch, but what is here is really, really well done.

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Bud, Old School

Bryan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:01:23 +0000

Inbound SFO

Bryan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:04:15 +0000