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Harley Continued from page B-1 he eagerly awaits the completion of a new one still in the planning stages. The Austin, which once had a small four-cylinder engine in it, and sat fairly close to the ground, has a huge V8 engine, an auto- matic gearbox, and a truly fright- ening exhaust system, among oth- er changes. "I busted the firewall back nearly 12 inches to fit the V8 in it," he said. When asked if the car is fast, McFarland just said, "Oh it'll go." Although the car is currently equipped for grocery runs, McFar- land said it really only needs one thing to be ready for a drag race - a parachute. "Little kids, old people, don't matter, this car really attracts people," he said. While the "Shine Runner" is perhaps the most visible of Mc- Farland's hot rods, he has a Model A hot rod, his first, a 1941 Willys hot rod, a 55 ford truck, custom made teardrop trailer, a rusty milk truck, several parts cars and he is also working on an Austin truck. This, of course, isn't even count- ing the motorcycles. The 1941 Willys is by far Mc- Farland's most unique car, and along with the Austin, has been featured in hot rod magazines. "They call it a lead sled," he said. "This is a real special car, there's only one of these in the world, like that." The car looks more like the Bat- mobile than the original Willys sedan. With a huge Chrysler en- gine in it, this car also "goes," Mc- Farland said, but this is one of the few cars he is afraid to drive to the limit, because of it's rarity. "I didn't race it on the (Bonn- eville) Salt Flats because I was afraid to wreck it - it's worth Journal photos by Natalie Johnson McFarland's one of a kind Willys hot rod has won him nu- merous awards and acclaim from the hot rod community. a lot of money now," he said. "It'll etc., sound like accidents more probably do 150 miles an hour." than deliberate choices, building a Although he resurrected it from hot rod is no easy feat, McFarland a rusty grave and made some mod- said. ifications, McFarland said that "I worked as a machinist and the original, meaner than snot welder my whole life, when I re- hot rod, was built by an 18 year tired was when I started building old farm kid in 1959. Back then, them," he said. "It challenges your the car was called the Cranberry brain. As a machinist you're deal- Carriage. ing with mathematics all the time, McFarland's newest project is a and since I retired, I've got to do very rare car indeed. There aren't that or I'll go crazy - what am I very many 1938 Austin Bantam's supposed to do, sit in the house left in this country, and he found and watch television? I can't do it." one. Actually, as McFarland While McFarland also certainly pointed out, an American carmak- has the skills to do a full restora- er licensed the name Austin, while tion on one of these cars, in other the car was built in pre World War words, restore the car to it's origi- II New York. nal condition, he doesn't want to The car may be more rust than do that. For him, being a hot rod- metal now, but in a little while, der is the only way to be. McFarland said, it will have a "A hot rodder is a very very small Ford V8, some new metal special deal. It's a special way of work, a paint job, and it'll go like living ... a real hot rod is never stink, done," he said. "I'm always work- While words associated with ing, always improving and I'm not building a hot rod, like chop, drop, afraid to do something new." ('~(~g~lz-~13~ my mother in law to most of the %.J%.J %.g L~JI.~ classes so they're a huge sup- Continued from page B-1 pert," she said. Anybody, young or old, can do Within the next year, Pugh yoga, Pugh said. She also added said she wants to open her own that contrary to some beliefs, yoga studio, yoga is not a atrazzge mystical re- "I know there's a need for it, llgion. but I'm so busy, I'd rather have "It's not a religion by the way," my own studio out here," she said. she said. "You can be of any reli- For Pugh, yoga has been a gion- I teach at a Christian gym, lifelong exercise regimen, and in- and have a lunch class with the creasingly, a way of life. Attorney General for the State of "I think it really started though Washington." in high school, my dad was a PE For more information about teacher and he taught us yoga," signing up for one of Pugh's class- she said. "I'm just hooked."es, go to joonbugyoga.com. Pugh's Just as yoga started as a faro- next class at Cove Crystals will ily activity for Pugh, it continues be on May 28 at 11 a.m. to be so. Pugh shared this recipe for a "My son comes with me and post yoga meal. mon ter and adda sl/v Imon. Slowly sip water- the lemon will acid build up in youe said. Post yoga vegetable bowl Harstine and are a great team smashing, bagging and delivering the truck Continued from page B-1 loads of aluminum to the recycle site. So if you feel like dropping Ofcoursetheywantailtoknow your cans offat Bud's, they want Bud's recycle is and always will the Islanders to know they are continue there. Son Billy was in- welcome and the coffee is always trodueed to the art of recycling on. Life goes on and we are all by Bud when he was about 10 so proud to have them living at years old. He and neighbor Nick this special place. Welcome to take the duties very seriously the Portschy family. 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