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The Brizio crew (clockwise, from the driver's
front: Matt Gonnolly, Jack Stratton, Dan
Aguirre, latty Hosking] gingerly handlel tlte
steel body before setting it on the painted
chassis tor the fitst time.
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llbthin' like hauing a 514 under the
hood to motorYate youl Goupe down
the road! The new big.block Ford
motors are ayailable as a crate item
through Ford Racing Ptoducts-all
you have to do is paint 'em and dtoP
'em into the engine compartment.
Glenn's U-8 also features a single
1050 Holley carb, a one'off
Billet Specialties air
cleaner (Glenn owns the
place, you know), a 16'
inch Uintage Air cooling
fan, and special HPG'
coated headerc made
by Brizio's Dan
Hall and Jack
Stlatton.
Using a special
Lakewood
bellhousing,
a Richmond
six-speed
transmission was slid in behind
the big-block Ford. A hydmulic
throw-out bearing was also
used, along with a Weber
clutch and plessure plate
combo. Long prouided the link'
age and the whole shebang
shifts via a Hurst shiftel.
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The talented Sid
ChaYers (he was
inducted into the
Grand llational
Roadster Show's
Hall of Fame this
yeail has done
countless Gals
for Brizio, and he
did the wolk on
Glenn's coupe,
too. The seat is a
custom bench
from Ghaverc
(Santa Glara, GAI
and covered with
black leather.
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Sid Ghayers also laid the carpet, opting for a
charcoal-colored squale weaue to offset the
black leather used on the seat, door panels' and
headliner. Brizio's Jim Uickery did the whing in
the car, which included dialing in the custom
Auto Meter gauges (which are set into a Billet
Specialties billet aluminum gauge panell fr-om
Ilanny's Rod Shop. All of the glass in the '32 was
cut at Bob's Glassic Glass (Blachly, 0R)-
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Secondary Air Veloci| Valve Senses
Aiflow for a Smooth Transition from Part
to Full Throttle
Two-Piece Design
and Precise Calibration
Changes without
Disassembly
nearly every rod to come out of Brizio's shop, was
called upon to create a leather interior for Glenn's
Means No Gaskets
Below Fuel Level
for Leak-Free
Aluminum
0peniftion
Carburetor
Releases
Heat Faster
than Zinc
ride. Sid began by first making and then covering
a bench seat with black leather. The leather was
also used on the door panels and headliner, while
chucoal-colored square weave carper was installed
\ilith the upholstery taken care o[ Bob
Classic Glass (Blachly,OR) filled Brizio's glass
below.
order by custom cutting all of the rodt glass.
Jim Vickery, the
Choke
\flith a wiring job by Brizio's
coupe was ready
Adjust Floats, '7m$
and Replace Needle &
to make its debut at rhe NSRA
in Louisville, Tennessee, in l999.The
'32 was then taken to SEMA and then to the
Nationals
Adapters for Ford
and Chrysler
These carbs bolt 0n and run for reliable performance. Engineered to Edelbrock specs,
they provide smooth throttle response throughout the rpm range. With n0 power
valves to fail, they're calibrated to match Edelbrock manifolds for proven perfgrmance.
ln 500, 600 and 750 cfm sizes with manual or electric chokes, a wide seiection of
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Grand National Roadster Show in 2000.
There's a pretty good chance that you'll
see
Glennt Deuce this summer, as he plans to have it
at fie Billet Specialties boofis in Knoxville, York,
KaJamuoo, and the NSRA Nationals. Running
Billet Specialties doesn't allow him any time ro
take off and just cruise around the counrry,
though he does drive the'32 to work when it isnt
snowing (he says it drives awesome, which is
probably an understatement!).
And it's not as if he doesnt have anphing else
to drive, either. His '60 Biscayne sedan delivery
(black, fames, and big-diameter Billet Specialties
DUAL-OUAD
MANIFOLDS
wheels) was recendy featured
issue
Linkage and
Fuel Line
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Factory tech
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in the Jrnurry 2000
Rodd^erand his red
Edelbrock is on
the NASDAQ
stock exchange
(EDEL)
'n' flarned'97
Ch.ry truck found its way onro fie cover of fie
December'99 issue of Truckin'magazine. And
if he gets tired of this trio of hot rods, he still
has another project in the worla: a '62 Bel Air
outfitted with a 502V-8 with a urbo, intercooler,
and EFI system. Glenn figures that with a turbo
the Bel Air could achieve 1, 100 horsepower,
which he says would be fine by him. A hot rodder
to the core (running his company is just tJre day
job), Glenn is living proof that you can take fie
kid off the street, but you cant get the sffeer our
even
with an Edelbrock dual-quad
carb/manifold combo. Low profile il"
to fit under any hood. Top it
with our chrome or aluminum
oval air cleaner, progressive
throttle linkage and braided
steel fuel line. Available for
off
of Custom
of the
kid!
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