Andy Brizio Obituary, California, Andy Brizio Has Died

Andy Brizio Obituary, Death – Andy Brizio, widely regarded as the most influential figure in Northern California’s hot rodding scene, passed suddenly on August 1st. He had 91 years. Andy’s passion for his friends, family, and fast cars made him a well-known figure in the hot rod scene. He was known for his love of all three. Andy was involved in every aspect of the hot rod culture throughout his nine decades on this earth. He began his career as a flag starter at the Half Moon Bay Drag Strip and went on to become a hot rod builder, promoter, and T-shirt mogul.
Andy was the type of person who always lived by the maxim “Ya gotta drive ’em.” He was adamantly opposed to the idea of driving around in a hot rod that was being towed on a trailer. He would drive his collection of prewar roadsters all around the United States on a regular basis. After winning the title of America’s Most Beautiful Roadster in 1970 with a ’23 Ford T roadster, he and his friend Cub Barnett went to the first Street Rod Nationals in Peoria, Illinois.

There, they competed against other hot rodders from all over the country. Later on, he went on to start the company known as “Andy’s Instant T,” which specializes in T buckets. In the 1980s, he established Andy’s Tee Shirts, which he operated successfully up to the time of his retirement. Gary and Marilyn Meadors, the creators of Goodguys, have known Andy and his wife Sue for a good number of years at this point. They worked together on goods during the association’s formative years, when it was still known as the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association. Throughout the 1990s and into the new millennium, Goodguys and Andy worked together to host a series of reunion tours that traveled across the country to events held in the Midwest.