Rashod Bacon and his BMW 1600 in Venice, California.
Photographer: Paul Yem for Bloomberg Pursuits
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Rashod Bacon is not afraid of light mechanical work. The tech recruiter and longtime Venice, California, local discovered this last year after he purchased his first classic car, a 1969 BMW 1600-02. Right after Bacon picked up the boxy coupe from a dusty body shop near Lancaster, California, it broke down.