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ete Jackson lives in Downstate, NY and began his two-wheel experience riding BMX as a kid. He was also known to “borrow” his dad’s GS850 a time or two, but keep that part quiet, it’s still a secret from Pop. Some visits to the old Easy Riders shows with his uncle turned him onto choppers and he’s been at it ever since. Originally from Ohio, Pete eventually made his way to his current home in rural New York State. “Terrapan”, his ’51 Panhead, got her name from an inside joke about how slow the build would take from beginning
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to end. Back in 2013, Pete had a ’66 Sportster with a Harman front end. Some strong encouragement from his pack of friends referred to as “GoFast!” got him to sell off the Sporty pieces and move the Harman to a Panhead. He sold his ’79 Shovelhead and the rest is history. Pete has a strong and creative imagination when it comes to choppers. He had the general look and feel for Terrapan in his head for several years. Since he knows his way around a good swap meet and is somewhat of a hoarder, Terrapan was put together piece by piece and “usually pieces of a piece put
together”, jokes Pete. Up until this build, he owned Sportsters and Shovelheads and felt it was time to step up the game. He always had a thing for Panheads and this was the opportunity to make it happen. Half way through this build he also picked up his ’56 Panhead survivor chopper. Obviously, this was a good year for the Jackson compound. Pete started this build in October of 2013 with the wishbone frame and other parts he had collected. He finished it a few weeks before he rode it to Born Free in June of 2015 where he won the Born Free
