Bentleys to Buddhas: Pennsylvania vintage-car shop restores temple statue
The major branches of Buddhism are often known as “vehicles,” or ways of spiritual practice.
So it’s only fitting that when the monks of the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center needed a major restoration of its outdoor statue of the Buddha, they turned to an auto restoration shop specializing in classic cars.
This partnership of ancient Asian spirituality and modern American craftsmanship came to fruition recently with the reinstallation of the newly refurbished, gleaming white statue at the center’s temple.
Eyes closed and sitting in the lotus position, the Buddha underwent weeks of painstaking work at Exoticars in the town of McCandless, north of Pittsburgh. The statue sat amid an array of vintage vehicles from Bentleys and Corvettes to Porsches and a 1951 Ford pickup.
Workers stripped multiple coats of deteriorating paint and primer — a task that required precision tools as they worked on the Buddha’s hair, depicted in detailed curls.
They also repaired cracks in the fiberglass, added a metal strip to strengthen the statue’s base and put on a new coat of white auto body paint, giving it a glasslike sparkle in the sunshine.
https://www.wate.com/news/national-world/bentleys-to-buddhas-pennsylvania-vintage-car-shop-restores-temple-statue/
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And first one of the day. I'm gonna take it as a good ommmmen. 
Thanks for posting! 
