In a basement shop in Newtown Square, Jack Weidmayer spent three years building a deep-purple Harley-Davidson Panhead chopper from scrap parts and swap-meet finds.
Now the bike is competing on an international stage for a $10,000 prize, writes Mike Newall for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Weidmayer, 27, gave the motorcycle classic chopper styling, a Wassell Banana gas tank, and merlot-colored acrylic-glass fins that create sharklike shadows in the sun…