Brian Brill wasn’t about to ask his wife for another actual kid.
But the longtime car lover was definitely up for adding another four-wheeled member to the family.
“It’s like having another child,” laughs Brill, a resident of Seldon on New York’s Long Island. “I’ve got two grown kids already, so this was like my third child. I’m quite proud of it, because it’s a project. You can’t go to a dealer and buy it off the floor. You’ve got to do it yourself. People don’t realize what it takes to do something like this. I do take a lot or pride in it.”
The baby of the family Brill is referring to is his 1933 Ford street rod, which he took from a shell to a beautiful finished product. It took planning, perseverance and plenty of help from other folks, but Brill scored a rousing triumph in his quest to build the hot rod of his dreams. He wanted something both dazzling and driveable that would never lack for attention. The end result wasn’t cheap, but it more that met his expectations.
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