Harley Davidson- That’s what started it all for me. The fascination that held me then still does to this day. It started back when I was in the 6th grade and a local motorcycle club took up residence in our neighborhood. My friends and I would stop in front of their garage on the way home from school and watch in fascination as they would bend and twist steel rods with torches and hammers. And there in front of it was the sleek flaked out choppers with molded tanks and fenders and high sissy bars. I was hooked and at age 14; started my 3rd year Welding course at Tech Memorial High School. For a graduation present I bought my first Harley, a 1955 panhead and started my own customizing. During this time I worked in local industry at General Electric building locomotive subassemblies at Zurn Energy Division building boilers at Autoclare Engineers welding and machining exotic metals for high pressure research equipment. I also worked for awhile at Metro Machine our local shipyard. I have been A.S.M.E code certified on many of these jobs. But through it all my love of Harleys remained. I was always making parts for my self and my friends so when I was asked to do some work at the Engine Company it was like a dream come true, working at something I love.