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PHOTOS: Land of 10,000 Stories: Bill's new wheels
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Bill Waldschmidt at a workbench in his shop
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Don Johnson, a disabled Vietnam veteran, was given one of Bill Waldschmidt's restored power wheelchairs.
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The classic cars are gone from Bill Waldschmidt's shop - replaced by power wheelchairs.
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As a boy, Bill Waldschmidt contracted polio.
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Bill Waldschmidt poses with some of the power wheelchairs he's restoring.
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Bill Waldschmidt works on a power wheelchair
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Mary Waldschmidt
As a younger man, Bill Waldschmidt worked on classic cars in his shop
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Bill Waldschmidt at a workbench in his shop
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