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Imagine a fair, light-eyed 12-year old dressed in a red overall and red cap running around a garage trying to get into grips with the intricacies of repairing and modulating cars! Yes that was how Shiraz Ginwalla would spend all his vacations from that tender age. He literally ate, drank and dreamt cars, cars and more cars. By the time he had finished school he knew more about cars than most of the boys his age. It was round that time when a kindly gentleman introduced Shiraz to the world of vintage car rallies! It was a dream too good to be true. Shiraz always had the encouragement of Vinod Nayar and Arun who very graciously lent him his Beetle. And, lo and behold! Shiraz, Perzan, Eric, and Ashrafi - all cousins were set for the rally- the youngest team to participate! That was the first and decisive step into the world of vintages. The first rally was crazy-full of every conceivable mistake but they finished the rally! But in their third Haig Vintage Rally they won the Best Performance Award. The youngest team had arrived! Neville Choksey, an avid collector of rare bikes took a fancy to Shiraz. He egged him on to explore his capabilities in bike repairs and restoration work along with a well-known restorer, Mehmoodbhai. A very close bond developed between the three and today Shiraz and Mehmoodbhai are working together on restoration of vintage bikes under the name of 'DREAMS RESTORATION'. Every day, Shiraz visits the garage after work (he is employed with ITC Hotel) or scout for the spares which are difficult to find. It is no mean task to have restored and won the Best Restored and Best Maintained bikes awards for many rare bikes like BSA plunger ZV-31; Royal Enfield 700CC twin - Meteor; BSA A-7; Ariel Red Hunter; Indian Chief, Triumph Tiger-100, Norton Dominator, amongst many others. A very rare straight four cylinder bike 'Henderson' of 1924, is the latest addition to the maintained bike list. Their efforts were rewarded when this bike, besides being the greatest crowd-puller in the recently held 'Haig Vintage Rally 2008', also captured the Best Performance Award and the Best Maintained Bike Award for bikes built between 1920 and 1940. The road is long and the journey exciting. Here's wishing them many more awards to add to their long list. |
