For this month we thought we would take a different twist. Geno and Brian are brothers-brothers with similar rides, a similar upbringing, and similar interests. With all of this in common, where did they go different? What made their rides take on two lives of their own? Here we dig deeper into the lives of Geno and Brian to find out who their mother gave more hugs to.
Brian
Brian got hooked just by cruising to shows with friends. Four years later he is layin' flame. Brian states that building a mini takes patience and is addicting like getting tattoos. Brian would sometimes have trouble finding the money and time to finish the ride when he was so busy with work. He tried to build his S-10 by being smarter instead of working harder. But he feels he's eaten his words, as he wants to body drop his ride now. He could've saved money on the paint, stating that he's sure that his wife wanted to set his pride and joy on fire a couple of times.
Owner: Brian Garfield Ride:...
Owner: Brian Garfield
Ride: '00 Chevrolet S-10 Stepside Ext. Cab
Hometown: Ceres, CA
Club Affiliation: Severed Ties
How did you get involved in the scene?: I bought my truck as a work truck. After going to a few shows, I knew I had to get started.
Coke or Pepsi?: Coke
How long to build?: Three years
What's next?: Body drop, bigger wheels, and a '69 C-10 Shortbed, which is already underway.
What problems have you had?: All mild compared to the wife.
Do you have a nickname?: "B"
Would you ever pose for Playboy?: Depends if I get five minutes to prep.
Who's smoother with the ladies?: Geno. My wife is gonna read this. Are you crazy?
Boxers or briefs?: Briefs. I like to keep the children close to the house.
Put these in order - girl, truck, brother, beer: Wife, brother, truck, beer
Who's truck is doper?: Geno's
Who's truck is lower?: Mine is lower. When layed out you can tell in the front.
Vida Guerra or Pam Anderson?: Vida
Brian's Lowdown
Rolling Attire
Wheels: 18x8.5-inch Boyd Coddington Timeless
Backspace: 4-inch
Tires: Nitto NT 555 Extreme 235/35ZR18
Chassis Modifications
Suspension type: air
Front suspension: 2-inch Belltech drop spindles
Rear suspension: FBI universal reverse four-link
Airbag type and size: Slam Specialties RS72
Spindles/springs: Belltech 2-inch drop spindles
Shocks: Toxic shocks in the rear
Valves: SMC 1/2-inch
Compressors: two Viair 450s and one 380
Frame mods: boxed-in step notch
Performed by: Custom Image
City/state: Modesto, CA
Body Modifications
Shaved: door handles, taillights, hood squirters
Front end: Street Scene grille
Back end: tailgate welded shut
Taillights: 8-inch single row Hitech LEDs in the roll pan
Misc: third brake light replaced with a Hitech 6-inch LED
Performed by: Cen Cal Creations
City/state: Modesto, CA
Paint
Brand and colors: House Of Kolor Black; and HOK candies and pearls for the fire
Style: fire
Airbrushing: true fire
Performed by: Richard Galindo of Cen Cal and Horacio Ramirez
City/state: Modesto, CA
Interior
Seats: stock, chopped, and wrapped in red and black vinyl
Material: vinyl
Dash: smoothed and painted to match
Door panels: smoothed and painted
Flooring: ACC hot-red carpet
Gauges: Nu Image, Dakota Digital
Misc: performed by the owner, Mike Brown (Miguel Moreno); painted by Richard and Horacio
Performed by: upholstery by Castillo's; painted by Richard and Horacio of Cen Cal
City/state: Modesto, CA
Stereo
Head unit: Pioneer 7-inch dvd
Mids & highs: Audiobahn
Subwoofers: three 12-inch subs
Amplifier for subwoofers: Audiobahn
Custom fabrication: fiberglass subwoofer enclosure done by Matt; finished by Richard and Brian
Performed by: built by Matt; finished by Richard and owner
Engine/Performance
Ported/polished: 0.30 over
Intake: Jet
Exhaust: Magnaflow
Battery: red-top Optima
Misc: by father-in-law, rebuilt the Jet SCU 2000
Special Thanks
Brian would like to thank his lovely wife for putting up with all of the headaches with this thing; to his big brother, Geno, who is always keeping him on his toes with his new this-and-that's; and to Richard, Stevie, Matt, Miguel, and Alan for all the late nights at the shop and keeping his truck on the road.