Andy's T on Andy's Tees and Deez Nutz

Back in the Fifties and Sixties, Jim McLennan (left) and Andy Brizio (right) were a few of the South City Boys who really put the San Francisco Bay Area on the hot rod and drag racing map. We'll get into some of the crazier shit they got themselves into later on.

One of Andy's deals over the years was the "Instant T:" a fiberglas T-bucket kit that could be put together pretty easily and then go hotrodding in. These days, that vintage 'glas is now collectible, if you can find one of those Bucket bodies. He also got into the t-shirt business. Andy's Tees is a pretty big fuckin' deal in the street rod world, but we're not fans of most of the screens-o-many-color messes that they do for The Goodguys street rod association, for example. Hell, I can't blame Andy as much as I can blame the bad taste of those Goodguys guys. Those Goodguys t-shirts are at car shows everywhere, man. And they all suck.

What I really AM a fan of is this early shirt done for, I think, Jim's Champion Speed Shop. Or is it Andy's place? I can't tell from this shot. But it kinda looks like a perfect mix between a Model T hot rod illustration and a t-shirt design. And see, this is where those guys got it so right back then: that screenprint doesn't need to be any larger or smaller than it is here on Jim and Andy. It's a bitchin' shirt that I'm hoping I can find a NOS sample of some day. Bad-Asses, these two are.