Retired. I worked with computers the majority of my career as an Operator,Tele Comm Analyst, and with CAD ( Computer Aided Design). I have been retired as of 2005. I do research in my spare time on the early Southern New Jersey glass industry, where the art of blowing glass by hand began in America. I also collect and study items from the F4 Phantom II fighter aircraft. I was a mechanic on the environmental systems on this plane in SEA at Ubon RTAFB,Thailand in 1969-70. I have a functioning Ejection Seat (minus rocket) out of a F4D, that I am currently working on.
In the 1970's I converted a 1965 Honda 305cc Scrambler into a custom chopper. I did it twice. Once in Blue and the second and last time in gold. Back in the 70's JC Whitney was the only place to get custom parts for the bike. I was doing the bike thing long before the Tuthills on the Discovery Channel. In April 1977 I bought and customized a 1975 Harley Davidson 1000cc Sportster. It was an XLCH Sportster that had 13000 miles on it . The Chiro told me to sell it after dropping it a few times. It didn't have a kick start,so I used to rebuild the starter each year so I would not have any problems. I extended the front tubes 2" took off the disk and put shoe brakes on to make the front look cleaner. I replaced the tach/speedo with a 69 chrome cluster setup. I used to change the aircleaner each week with a different style. It was fun. I wish I still had it. Photos of the bikes are shown in this section
