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John Walker Article - Seattle Times
Seattle Times article about John Walker
Visiting Seattle and enjoyed the article about John Walker's Car Creations in the Seattle Times today. 
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Another picture:
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Hell ya!
Just left a comment on the article.
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Thanks for posting this! I just left a comment too.
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I was there the day the Diamond T rolled in on the back of a large flatbed. Man what a wreck.
And what an awesome thing it's been turned into.
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A bump - not enough of you saw this - or showed much interest anyway!
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My car and I are better after having John work on the Porsche. I bought a 87 coupe that hasnt been in John's shop for awhile. Sorry John - but you fixed it real good. Many thanks-
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I think the writer did a great job. Editting the article must've been a challenge.... so much interesting stuff in JW's shop (and brain). I'm glad the author didn't mention the annual swap meet. That's always a nice get-together.
We're lucky here in Seattle to have such a plethora of fine repair shops, each of them with a special flare. 
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Good read... I just wish that he was closer to OK.
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Hey John It is great to see the back story, of what you have going on at your shop. You and others of the more experienced members are so forthcoming with help and guidance for the ones us that are just learning about how to care for our P-cars. But its great to see some of the stuff that you are into. That Diamond T truck came out awesome, nice work.
Please share more with us, some of those Caddy / Buick clones, etc. Too cool! Oh and thanks again for all the info. Richard |
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Nice! JW has always been a cool dude...he just got cooler.
Congrats if you are reading this John. |
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Thanks for bumping this, I missed it the first time around.
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Last time I was in JW's shop he had a Moto Guzzi Eldorado in there he was fixing up. It's always fun going in there and seeing what he is working on. Oh ya, and he takes great care of my Porsches.
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he takes calls from Texas..
and then laughs after he hangs up.. thank you JW.... Rika |
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John Walker helped me out when I was having CD troubles and he sent me a Bosch CD to replace the "PermaDoom" unit that failed. Without his assistance, I never would have gotten to the bottom of that issue!!
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He's given me working stuff for my car when I showed up with junk to install....
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I had to have the rear window of the 101 projects car re-done. Wayne probably still has the aluminum trim in his garage
 kidding. John gave me the stuff for like $40 bucks. When I showed up at the glass installer he asked where I'd gotten the trim and said Porsche wanted several hundred for it. Thanks JW.
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Boxer engine, 6 gears, big wing: it's a GT3!
1981 ?! A Red one... 3.0
Balla special
P car
OK, a girl that identifies as a car. Good enough?
Porsche Z06
P truck orsche
MazdaSpeed3
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