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> > >Only wood used to build his bikes > >By Mike Chouinard / Chilliwack Times Newspaper Canada > >For Pierre Lachance, making cars and other replica >vehicles from wood is a true labour of love. > >The Agassiz wood sculptor has been doing it for about >35 years, not so much as a way of earning his keep but >more as an honour to competitors on the stunt driver >circuit. It's in his roots, after all, as his father >worked in the circuit. The creations often end up as >gifts, with some going to places like the Sunny Hill >Health Centre for Children in Vancouver. > >Recently, he had a display set up inside the Agassiz >Library to show off a few of his pieces: two stretch >limousines and a replica Molson Indy car. > >"For 35 years I've been doing this," he says. > >His big project right now is a version of the >legendary Evel Knievel's Harley Davidson XR 750. > >"It all comes apart like a big, huge puzzle, like a >real bike," he says. "The whole thing can be picked up >in one piece....Everything locks into place." > >The Knievel project is a real labour of love, as >Lachance's dad did some work for the famed daredevil >back in the 1970s. He is able to zero in on the >details because of his intricate knowledge of his >subjects, plus the odd picture as a guide. The Knievel >bike is based on the the rider's model from 1972 to >1977. > >"I'm building this thing strictly off photographs," he >says. > >Virtually all the pieces are made of wood, even the >shocks and sprockets, and the replica gas tank that >slides into place is solid oak. Lachance is >approaching the end of the job, but he still needs to >put in some finishing touches. > >"I've got approximately 125 hours into it," he says. > >w For more information see Lachance's website at >www.stuntdrivers.net > >Posted on 05/13/2005

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