[AT] Neal Yerigan's Magneto Book + Lee Klancher Web Bonanza

[Chuck Bealke]

On 1/27/2011 3:17 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> The man who started Octane press, Lee Klancher, was one of my editors at Motorbooks until he left and struck out on hid own.  He wandered the "Wilderness" for a while, doing some self publishing and free-lance editing.  Smart guy that he is, he moved from Minnesota to Austin TX in the process (-:
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> He is a good guy, the best editor I had and he deserves our business.   I am not sure how he got the distribution rights for Neal's book from Motorbooks but I am certain I don't care; I am just glad it was re-printed...
>> http://octanepress.com/book/how-restore-tractor-magnetos
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Spencer,

Wow.  Nesting behind the link to Neal's fine mag book there are lots of 
other goodies - like shots from the Keller Deere collection (gorgeous) 
with nice photography explanation.  The fellow is a master with a lens.  
I would like to be his setup assistant just for the education. Lookee:
http://leeklancher.smugmug.com/Tractors/Art-of-the-John-Deere/13979241_PGW3u#1030623429_UBArq

If you share my old weakness for formative motorcycles you will like Jay 
Leno's interview with Lee from a link behind the Dream Garages book 
cover.  (Oh, to have a mid-60's Suzuki X-6 Hustler again while I am 
still nimble enough to keep the little sprinter between the ditches.)   
Its a shame that Leno has not yet discovered the joys of classic tractors.

What an interesting and talented fellow Lee is - blessed with creative 
artistic skills and obviously formed of DNA laced with our machinery 
loving genes.  You know, you have some really cool friends.

Chuck Bealke
Dallas