Bill brought in his 31 Model A ?high boy? hot rod project recently and shared his story of how he came to inherit it. It was his only connection to his now deceased father and needed to be handled in a very special way. Bill?s father was a Hot Rodder in every sense of the word. We can see his hands, heart, and spirit in every part of the car and he lived and built cars much the way most of us at FantomWorks did as we were building cars in our carports in years past. He employed good techniques using the basic tools and hardware available to the everyday mechanic. Bill?s concerns was that his dad lived by the seat-of-his-pants and accepted risk in many systems on this car. Bill wanted to keep his father?s legacy and asked us to blend FantomWorks safety and quality in with his father?s spirit. We are fixing what needs to be fixed and keeping what must be retained. This project is a fantastic connection to the past for both Bill and the craftsmen at FantomWorks.