Tell me about that bike Uncle Kudzu ? Are you planning to do a restoration or just team up with mother nature and play it from there. I've seen some old timers lately and I'd guess they were pre WW2 with the original paint scheme still barely visible under the rusty patina.
There's just something about vintage that draws attention. I've seen that phenomonon over and over today with young people. I guess it's cause the movement to build your own stuff is a novel idea. Most of them have learned to "Hack" electronic gizmo's and a few are lucky enough to have dads with time enough and tools to show them how to do some things. I can't remember the last time I saw kids rolling down a hill on wooden "soap box" carts.
One place I go just to see how boys and men used to make things in pre WW2
times :
http://www.lindsaybks.com/
They sell reprints of old how to's from the earlier part of the last century.
I first started buying books from them when I was in school of Art & Design.
In more modern times there is:
makezine.com: MAKE: Magazine
You can find the magazine in bookstores. It's like a boy scout manual and rather pricey. (but worth it)
i-Hacked.com is an interesting place too. (note the hyphen)
I-Hacked.com Taking Advantage Of Technology - Home
There has been a rekindled interest in trying to get people to take interest in
encouraging boys to build things with their hands once again. Books like "The Dangerous Book For Boys" is an interesting concept & best seller. (it was soon followed by "The Dangerous Book for Girls".
The advantage of theaching these skills to young lads is the development of good judgement, and good skill sets can be learned while they are growing up. Thus the quality goes in as they grow up. It's hard for the military or industry to build that into 21 year olds who grew up in front of game consoles or TV having done little else but that and attend school.
