Hey, that's a great story.
Whenever I am on a road trip with the wife she lives in fear of my finding old cars / wrecking yards etc by the side of the road because she knows I'll waste lots of time looking around.
I ride dirt bikes a lot (have been for 30 years) and have found some great long - abandoned cars/trucks/machinery off in the bush. I'm glad that someone has rescued one of these fine machines.
BTW what bikes do you ride?