Vincent Black Shadows: A Passionate Collector's Story

People often ask how Vincent black shadows knows everything about motorcycles from his earliest days to his latest discoveries. His love for motorcycles is unmatched, and it's not just about the technical aspects of each bike. Vincent's passion shines through in every story he shares.

He recalls a fascinating tale about an early overhead valve bevel drive motorcycle twin engine made in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The owner discovered it at US foundry, and with his expertise, they were able to swap out the engine. This engine was one of the earliest of its kind, and Vincent remembers how exciting it was to work on such a rare find.

Vincent also shares an intriguing story about a man named Deke Panucci from North Carolina. While browsing through old BMW engine cases in Alabama, he found a unique engine case that caught his attention. A year later, he discovered the corresponding motorcycle on a BMW website from Pennsylvania. The fact that it was discovered in Alabama and then reappeared on the website is nothing short of remarkable.

Vincent's love for motorcycles also extends to the world of automotive archaeology. He shares stories about finding rare vehicles, some of which date back to the 1940s and 1950s. One notable example is a Bugatti that was discovered in the late 1940s and had been lost for decades. After being restored twice, it made its way to Pebble Beach in 1956.

The stories Vincent shares are not just about motorcycles but also about people who collected cars and bikes. He talks about how these collectors often discover rare vehicles through their passion and expertise. The value of a vehicle is not always determined by rarity; sometimes, it's the story behind it that makes it special.

Vincent's approach to collecting is unique. Instead of focusing solely on technical aspects, he tries to give each vehicle a personality. He believes that finding rare vehicles can be like unearthing an archaeological find. These discoveries are often unexpected and require patience, expertise, and a bit of luck.

If you're someone who loves motorcycles or automotive history, Vincent's books are a must-read. The stories he shares are engaging, informative, and full of fascinating anecdotes. His passion for the subject is contagious, making readers want to go out and start looking for their own hidden gems.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat in the episode of Jay Leno's book club remember no weight loss no self-help just stuff that rolls explodes and makes noise we're here with Tom Carter this is an idea I should have thought of I'm kicking myself this is one of the most successful series of books his latest is called Harley in the barn now you had the Hemi in the barn the Vincent in the barn the Corvette in the barn started off with a Cobra in the barn Cobra in the barn all I guess you call it archeology automotive archeology the idea of finding vehicles that have been abandoned or nobody knew about and people tell the stories of how they discovered them and restore them or kept them original it's a fascinating series this is what your ninth book nice book ninth book and you can get it in the regular edition or the leather-bound if you're into Fifty Shades of Grey you can get the leather-bound Edition as well but you know I am addicted to these because each story is maybe four or five pages of how the person found that how they acquired it sometimes it would take years wouldn't it all years I mean there's been some stories of guys in a pursuit a car for 30 40 years before they finally owned it which is good out of 40 years really and seriously yeah you know they find it with you're a teenager and they're they're retired and they finally get it what I've done is take a take a motorcycle in this case or a car and give it a personality give it a life have that car or bike tell a story I think you had if it could speak how did it get there how did it go from being a showroom bike to being a barn find and the barn find is kind of a metaphor because not all of them are in barns they're a garages behind sheds or some are sitting out in fields aren't they one bike in there a BSA scrambler was a fence post a fence post broke and this guy just strapped a BSA strand scrambler up to it and for 30 years it was a fence post you know I had a 441 Victor and that thing was like a fence post it was the hardest bike gang I would make my shin to be sorry I would have made a fence post out of that thing so I it's hard to understand sometimes how these now-classic vehicles are so expensive but we're just abandoned at one time a lot of them they were just old cars or old motorcycles I've been in a couple of his books for things that I've my Lamborghini Miura that I got my first one in the early 80s it was just an old car the cost motive fix it was worth and a guy gave it to me because ridiculous as that sounds now he's kicking himself now of course but that's what is that's what this book is filled with just these great great story tell me I just got my copy so I haven't read it yet tell me some some of the interesting one a lot of Vincent black shadows in here Vincent black shadows you know everything from Vincent down down to like a you know a Honda 125 but it's the story right you know people said ah God why don't you put more Hartley's near well you know if it doesn't have to be a Harley being story just has to be a good bike you know I got a guy should be in your next book he has a cyclone while cyclone is one of the earliest probably the earliest overhead valve the bevel drive motorcycle twins made in Minneapolis st. Paul area and how he discovered it at us found the engine just lying there to swap me you know so it's that's a I'll give you his name like cool another fascinating story but there's a guy in there book his name is deke Panucci and he lives in North Carolina and he was going through a pile of old BMW engine cases in I think it was Alabama and it old the old dealership and he finds this engine case and say oh man that's a cool engine case they only made 1,200 of those I'll fix it up and I'll just put on my shelf and then a year later he finds in a BMW website that the BMW motorcycle that would correspond with that engine case if the bike was in Pennsylvania the engine was in Alabama he bought the bike put it together how does that work yeah that's pretty neat yeah yeah those you know these are kind of stories you find fascinating or if your spouse you find incredibly boring and stop telling those stories because you know there's nothing funnier than me and friends talking engine numbers and my wife rolling her eyes it's just so what is this number nine hoods I mean it just it's just hilarious yeah but if you like these kind of things that great books and and you do a wonderful job of telling the story I say I wish I had stolen this idea but I couldn't tell the stories as well as he did because it really does like to say give the vehicle personality you know this thing you're just sitting there waiting to be discovered it's not unlike going into King Tut's tomb or finding archeological things from the Civil War automotive things are old enough now that it really is archeology and we're at the last moment now the guys who are your father's and my father's age who collected cars and bikes they're going away and suddenly the families have this inventory yeah and they watch barrett-jackson on TV and they look at eBay and suddenly it's all worth millions so we're at the last moment to be able to get something before it all goes through the roof yeah yeah not everything rare is valuable not everything valuable is rare that's one of the things but you also have a situation now you have vehicles that were discovered in the 50s and then lost again right I mean I have a Bugatti that was discovered in the late 40s it was restored and went to Pebble Beach in 56 it was put in a garage with a dirt floor sat there for 40 years literally rusted almost back to the earth again the painting everything peeled off it was damp and it was restored all over again it was discovered a second time so it's kind of fun and I imagine there's some of those in here now you've got everything this is this one is just motorcycles you should do the steam engine in the barn we should right there I'm going to run out of names yeah but it's a fascinating series of books and and it's highly addictive because it's not you know a lot of times you get these motorcycle car books and it's and the serial number so and so and there were 1200 of these and it they don't tell a story it's just sort of technical you know valve clearance numbers in that where is this it is really the human side of it and it it makes you want to go out and start looking around I remember when I did the foreword for your book I always told people find the oldest guy you can in your town right and talk to him go down to the oldest gas station hey any old customers that used to come around don't come around anymore that's a great way to to find a lot of vehicles you know so there's there's all kinds of tips in these books and maybe you'll learn to find something in your neighborhood it's called I should call me if they find something they should call me call him yeah because I want to put in the next call him okay call him and you can get this at Amazon you get inaudible Auto books in Burbank or a bank and they'll mail it to you as well but I get the whole series you should put out the box --set that's next you know that's why you're here no no this is really good so tom thank you very much a thank youwhat in the episode of Jay Leno's book club remember no weight loss no self-help just stuff that rolls explodes and makes noise we're here with Tom Carter this is an idea I should have thought of I'm kicking myself this is one of the most successful series of books his latest is called Harley in the barn now you had the Hemi in the barn the Vincent in the barn the Corvette in the barn started off with a Cobra in the barn Cobra in the barn all I guess you call it archeology automotive archeology the idea of finding vehicles that have been abandoned or nobody knew about and people tell the stories of how they discovered them and restore them or kept them original it's a fascinating series this is what your ninth book nice book ninth book and you can get it in the regular edition or the leather-bound if you're into Fifty Shades of Grey you can get the leather-bound Edition as well but you know I am addicted to these because each story is maybe four or five pages of how the person found that how they acquired it sometimes it would take years wouldn't it all years I mean there's been some stories of guys in a pursuit a car for 30 40 years before they finally owned it which is good out of 40 years really and seriously yeah you know they find it with you're a teenager and they're they're retired and they finally get it what I've done is take a take a motorcycle in this case or a car and give it a personality give it a life have that car or bike tell a story I think you had if it could speak how did it get there how did it go from being a showroom bike to being a barn find and the barn find is kind of a metaphor because not all of them are in barns they're a garages behind sheds or some are sitting out in fields aren't they one bike in there a BSA scrambler was a fence post a fence post broke and this guy just strapped a BSA strand scrambler up to it and for 30 years it was a fence post you know I had a 441 Victor and that thing was like a fence post it was the hardest bike gang I would make my shin to be sorry I would have made a fence post out of that thing so I it's hard to understand sometimes how these now-classic vehicles are so expensive but we're just abandoned at one time a lot of them they were just old cars or old motorcycles I've been in a couple of his books for things that I've my Lamborghini Miura that I got my first one in the early 80s it was just an old car the cost motive fix it was worth and a guy gave it to me because ridiculous as that sounds now he's kicking himself now of course but that's what is that's what this book is filled with just these great great story tell me I just got my copy so I haven't read it yet tell me some some of the interesting one a lot of Vincent black shadows in here Vincent black shadows you know everything from Vincent down down to like a you know a Honda 125 but it's the story right you know people said ah God why don't you put more Hartley's near well you know if it doesn't have to be a Harley being story just has to be a good bike you know I got a guy should be in your next book he has a cyclone while cyclone is one of the earliest probably the earliest overhead valve the bevel drive motorcycle twins made in Minneapolis st. Paul area and how he discovered it at us found the engine just lying there to swap me you know so it's that's a I'll give you his name like cool another fascinating story but there's a guy in there book his name is deke Panucci and he lives in North Carolina and he was going through a pile of old BMW engine cases in I think it was Alabama and it old the old dealership and he finds this engine case and say oh man that's a cool engine case they only made 1,200 of those I'll fix it up and I'll just put on my shelf and then a year later he finds in a BMW website that the BMW motorcycle that would correspond with that engine case if the bike was in Pennsylvania the engine was in Alabama he bought the bike put it together how does that work yeah that's pretty neat yeah yeah those you know these are kind of stories you find fascinating or if your spouse you find incredibly boring and stop telling those stories because you know there's nothing funnier than me and friends talking engine numbers and my wife rolling her eyes it's just so what is this number nine hoods I mean it just it's just hilarious yeah but if you like these kind of things that great books and and you do a wonderful job of telling the story I say I wish I had stolen this idea but I couldn't tell the stories as well as he did because it really does like to say give the vehicle personality you know this thing you're just sitting there waiting to be discovered it's not unlike going into King Tut's tomb or finding archeological things from the Civil War automotive things are old enough now that it really is archeology and we're at the last moment now the guys who are your father's and my father's age who collected cars and bikes they're going away and suddenly the families have this inventory yeah and they watch barrett-jackson on TV and they look at eBay and suddenly it's all worth millions so we're at the last moment to be able to get something before it all goes through the roof yeah yeah not everything rare is valuable not everything valuable is rare that's one of the things but you also have a situation now you have vehicles that were discovered in the 50s and then lost again right I mean I have a Bugatti that was discovered in the late 40s it was restored and went to Pebble Beach in 56 it was put in a garage with a dirt floor sat there for 40 years literally rusted almost back to the earth again the painting everything peeled off it was damp and it was restored all over again it was discovered a second time so it's kind of fun and I imagine there's some of those in here now you've got everything this is this one is just motorcycles you should do the steam engine in the barn we should right there I'm going to run out of names yeah but it's a fascinating series of books and and it's highly addictive because it's not you know a lot of times you get these motorcycle car books and it's and the serial number so and so and there were 1200 of these and it they don't tell a story it's just sort of technical you know valve clearance numbers in that where is this it is really the human side of it and it it makes you want to go out and start looking around I remember when I did the foreword for your book I always told people find the oldest guy you can in your town right and talk to him go down to the oldest gas station hey any old customers that used to come around don't come around anymore that's a great way to to find a lot of vehicles you know so there's there's all kinds of tips in these books and maybe you'll learn to find something in your neighborhood it's called I should call me if they find something they should call me call him yeah because I want to put in the next call him okay call him and you can get this at Amazon you get inaudible Auto books in Burbank or a bank and they'll mail it to you as well but I get the whole series you should put out the box --set that's next you know that's why you're here no no this is really good so tom thank you very much a thank you\n"