balkowitsch
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Dear Walking Eagle, you are always so kind and eloquent with your words, it is much appreciated. As with the Porsche and as with the BMW, I have always thought it was important to bring them back to the road. Both these vehicles were basket cases and could very easily of ended up in the junkyard. If the Porsche did not have that old chipped emblem on the hood, someone could easily of sent it away for scrap metal, but the heritage of both the car and the bike are immense. They want to find their way back to the road. Even if the purists do not appreciate my renditions of the original car and bike, one thing they must agree on is that the vehicles are in better condition than when we found them. I have a friend at the local Fire Department in Bismarck and they called me up and asked me to bring the car down to the firehouse to show the guys. So me and the kids jumped into the Porsche and headed down there, the look on the guys faces and to be able to share it with them was just cool as hell. The best part is that once we showed them our vehicle, Abby and Greyson my children of 9 and 7 year old got the King's Tour of the firehouse, all access, they got to see everything and were thrilled. Another example of how the vehicles bring people together, it was a wonderful afternoon and very informative.
Thanks everyone for walking along with me on this journey.
Sincerely,
Shane
Absolutely beautiful 5-min video, filled with REAL people, speaking with open hearts about a passion we all share. I'm sending this along to several fellow lunatics - it deserves to go viral for many reasons.
I'll probably never restore a /2, but I'm ordering the book, just in case -- but the artwork, alone, would make it worth the price, and I'm just guessing that the prose is likely world-class, too.
Shane, THANKS (again) for sharing something special. You and Josh and your project are perfectly illustrating (or illuminating) the golden maxim of restoration: You cannot push the river! The natural pace and progression is a joy to watch - you're making a huge contribution to the cause via your aesthetics, and through your ability and willingness to document this wonderful renewal. There is NO doubt that you guys have inspired more than one of us to undertake a moto-project perhaps not quite this grand, yet no less soul-satisfying. One of those "the sum is greater than the parts (literally!)" truths that must be experienced before being fully grasped.
You are going to have one big smile on your face when that thing roars to life. Can't wait for the movie with soundtrack.
"He started innocently enough with an old Porsche; soon it was old Airheads, and then -- it was too, too late to turn back. . ."
Walking Eagle
Dear Walking Eagle, you are always so kind and eloquent with your words, it is much appreciated. As with the Porsche and as with the BMW, I have always thought it was important to bring them back to the road. Both these vehicles were basket cases and could very easily of ended up in the junkyard. If the Porsche did not have that old chipped emblem on the hood, someone could easily of sent it away for scrap metal, but the heritage of both the car and the bike are immense. They want to find their way back to the road. Even if the purists do not appreciate my renditions of the original car and bike, one thing they must agree on is that the vehicles are in better condition than when we found them. I have a friend at the local Fire Department in Bismarck and they called me up and asked me to bring the car down to the firehouse to show the guys. So me and the kids jumped into the Porsche and headed down there, the look on the guys faces and to be able to share it with them was just cool as hell. The best part is that once we showed them our vehicle, Abby and Greyson my children of 9 and 7 year old got the King's Tour of the firehouse, all access, they got to see everything and were thrilled. Another example of how the vehicles bring people together, it was a wonderful afternoon and very informative.
Thanks everyone for walking along with me on this journey.
Sincerely,
Shane