Ya that pretty muchs sums up the king of cool! Those knock off wheels are bad to the bone! as well as the rest of the car, Need to have white t-shirt with sleeves rolled up to drive that machine. Enough to make John Milner jealous,

You need a set of studded Red Lines for SV ya know. :popcorn2:

I love it with the top on it even more. That is sweet!

This is such a cool build- Congrats!

Looks better every time I look. Fast build. Very impressed.

Looking great Greg! I saw a black 33 parked in front of our hotel for the Kansas City GG a couple years ago. It was “stop me in my tracks cool”. Yours is definitely going to be that kind of car! :thumbsup:

Very Nice!

The car is looking good... I think you nailed it on this build, very cool!

:cheers:

:king:

:omg: Once you get the hood on that it will be outstanding.

Just as long as that LS motor is covered up…. I get it.

I was going to originally do a Ford in a Ford… but I couldn't aFORD it….

Beautiful car Greg,Brizios sure do some work,please don't listen to one certain person and cover up that engine,lol:king:

Greg this is by far the coolest hot rod, I just love everything about it!! I showed my wife and kids it and now they want one!! Until I told them about how much one cost to build :lol:

I don't even want to think about that part of it.


I do honestly have to chuckle though at some of the emails I get asking what something like this "costs". It's beyond ridiculous - really! It is! But then - like Mario and I were texting about today - once you add it up - it doesn't seem to be that "crazy". I don't care what car you're building - it's going to be 100K in PARTS… you have to buy a car to start with… motor - trans - suspension - tires - brakes - wheels - wiring - A/C - radiator - headers - exhaust system…. Now you have labor…. and that's the factor for most -- if they are capable of building it themselves then you can save 1500 man hours of labor… but PAINT and UPHOLSTERY are going to run 50 to 75 grand if you want top notch products and quality. Paint in my book is bodywork - gaps - flatness - spray out - cut and buffed. So even if you build these cars by yourself -- you're going to be 150K in parts and paint and interior. Add the labor -- and it's not a cheapie deal.


What's it worth when you're finished? Less than half? :>)

Looks great, Greg. The engine looks good from the one picture you posted too. No reason to keep the hood down on it all the time. When were you planning to give it to your wife? Christmas was it?

What a cool car, Greg. Everything about it is spot on. I like the 3/4 rear driver shot..As good as it looks with the top down, it looks just as or better with the top up!

Well said, and the thing I like most is you are going DRIVE it all over the place!!!

I don't think I'm going to let my wife read this one!:shakehead: :lol:

She'll get her first look at it on her birthday at the L A Roadsters Show June 15th in LA (Pomona Fairplex).

Actually I can't decide if I want to get to San Francisco somehow and show up at Brizio's just before a big group of them head out to DRIVE down to the show ---- OR ---- just have him place the car somewhere (the Pres of the club is involved and will as he said "put the car on top of a building if that's what you want to do") with a big bow on it (like I did her R8) and give it to her then. Either way - we'd drive back home via California highway 1 and make a nice trip out of it.






Some people just never get over owning old skool oil droppers….







NEVER EVER tell your wife what stuff costs…. E V E R! LOL







I actually like it better with the top UP…. the top has that "chopped" look to it which I've always liked in a coupe.








You're going about this all wrong Lenie!

You must do like she does when she returns from Nordstrom with a truckload of clothes… You show her everything and discuss how much you SAVED by building it all yourself!! Never mention that 50% off of $1,000 is still $500 bucks! Only point out the discount percentage, thus, how much you saved! Then she'll think you're brilliant!

Despite what Rob says about his disdain for LS motors --- I'm actually happy with the Billet Specialties valve covers = which hide the coils and help to make the motor look a bit more like a SBC….. Well --- until the intake gets put back on it anyway. LOL


The intakes on these are just so friggin fugly. But I'm not willing to mess with the factory drivability just for the sake of "looks".




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Sheet metal engine cover with some louvers?

So Greg, when built as a driver, how will this car fair for "rain" driving? let alone snow, storms, etc....you have a heater, top, .....wipers? leaks? How well does Brizio have things for a "driver" based car sorted out? or are these the compromises you just deal with?

Love it, and what your goin to do with it.....

Greg keeps pretending the car is for his wife. On the drive back home who do you all think will be driving it ? As for drive-ability I think that is what sets Brizio apart from others is they get built to be driven. When Greg's car is done Roy will take it out on a extended test drive. Every year the Brizio gang does at least one extended cross county road trip.

Those brake lines look nice.:rolleyes:

It already has one of those.....

:smiley_smack:

This car is gorgeous!

....retains perfect driveability with the side effect of a bit more power......

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Greg, truth is my wife's awesome about it. In the beginning she told me to spend whatever I needed to build the car but she just didn't want to hear how much, really doesn't get any better than that. I personally just had to make sure it didn't affect our financial well being.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Now back to your car...The thing I really like about your car is it looks so clean, this is how ford would have loved it to come from the factory back in the day if they had the technology. Can't wait to see it at the GNRS!:flashie:

I say surprise her with it at the show. By standers will get a kick out of it too. I know I would if I saw the unveiling.

See…. perhaps you just forgot seeing it so many pages back….




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I don't think it will leak at all… the rubber trim on these new Speed '33 bodies is pretty well engineered… or at least that's what I'm hoping for.

It won't get driven in the snow -- and would only be driven in the rain if it gets caught out… and yes -- it has Vintage Air heat and A/C… and defrosters even!

Brizio built cars are known for their legendary reliability and touring. That is probably the number one thing you'll hear about a Brizio car -- they get driven and they get driven long distances.







I hope she won't let me drive it… But I won't refuse her if she asks politely.








I weighed them and since they're behind the axle line -- they should work out okay.










Rather than do what ROB is trying to do -- which is to overcome all the obstacles (he prefers to call them a more politically correct "challenges") -- by adding power to the anchoring system -- er -- sorry I meant to say power plant… I think 480hp LS3 motor should be perfectly adequate for my wife's driving style.

480 hp in that should be scary!

I hope so!!! LOL




Yeah -- that's plenty of motor… and the thing won't hook up - look at those skinny little tires. PERFECT!!

Thanks Jay!! It's not pro touring… but I'm okay with that! I've got the two track cars to play corner carver with… and this really is being built for Gwen… Thus the super simple motor and automatic trans etc. I'm just not sure if I hope she loves it or hates it.

I know those panels, let me re-word it - sheet metal intake manifold cover with louvers.

So Gwen's not embarrassed when she checks the oil...... :D

No…. Gwen has "people" that check oil… and I'm not building an FE motor.. so there's very little checking to be done.


Roy showed me a couple "engine covers" they'd done -- they were HORRIBLE… and I'm not a fan of engine covers anyway. It is what it is… FUGLY… so just keep the lid closed.

:buttkick: rOf course it doesn't "need" more power, the suggestion was to address your comment on intake manifold aesthetics. Since you have the room I thought the magnacharger would look nice.

Edelbrock pro-flo efi would look nice and drives great as well.

Oh I knew what you were suggesting and why… I was just trying to yank everyone's chain.


This is one motor/trans combo I'm not going to do a single thing to. Just bone stock factory stuff. I want to spend more time with the building of the new house here -- and skiing -- and golfing -- and tracking the other cars… and a lot less time tinkering with "stuff". This whole build has been about SIMPLE. Not one single thing invented.

If the motor has an issue -- I have a GM dealer 11 miles south in Hailey. He can plug into the OBD II and tell me what sensor has gone south.. and can order one from the catalog. Plus the motor has a warranty -- although maybe voided by taking the intake off… IDK.

Maybe Dave could source you some nice curtains?

Keep it simple and smooth looking.