Local husband-wife photography team helps increase the save rate for Forsyth Humane Society. This vintage Oldsmobile, which has been "Zach-ified," is part of a collection of cars and motorcycles on exhibit at Winston Cup Museum. Kathryn Reynolds, who said her father is still talked about in car- and motorcycle-racing circles, said she didn't inherit any of his money and put herself through college.

"Zach was one in a million" -Dorothy Reynolds.

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He’s found a handful of Reynolds’ old motorcycles and automobiles, and he’s currently displaying them at Winston Cup Museum in downtown. He was 41 and had given up flying after dreams of dying in a plane crash, even though he continued to race motorcycles. You have permission to edit this article. He smoked pot when they were dating, she said, but gave that up after they were married. But she thinks his affinity for his young friends overcame his caution. During the 70's, he had the largest privately owned collection in the world. "Sometimes I think I'm cheating death, but then, I don't do anything that is dangerous, but other people think it is …". "Everything I like to do, I like to do first-class … I'm a perfectionist … and I like to do anything that raises hell.". Zach', lived a life most people only dream about. Many of those toys are now on display at Winston Cup Museum, including a ’65 Plymouth Belvedere that Spencer found on eBay and an H1 Kawasaki that he bought at auction for $1,200. Kathryn Reynolds rides motorcycles, too -- although not as fast as her father did. Reynolds eventually hired Spencer to help detail his vehicles, paying him $2 to wash a car and $1 to wash a motorcycle. Spencer found the majority of items by scouring different motorcycle blogs on the internet, a process that took nearly 10 years to complete. More About Zachary Taylor Reynolds: Residence: Winston Salem, Forsyth County NC. “I always say that when I was 10, Zach was 14. This custom motorcycle once raced by the late Zach Reynolds is one of nine motorcycles found in Winston Cup Museum's current exhibit. Check Reputation Score for Zachary Reynolds in Royal Oak, MI - View Criminal & Court Records | Photos | Address, Email & Phone Number | Personal Review | $150 - $174,999 Income & … As an avid drag racer and stunt pilot, Zach developed a reputation as a daredevil around Winston-Salem. The oldest boy had just received his pilots license and wanted to show Zach how he could fly. Zach', lived a life most people only dream about.

The work, she said last week, has brought her face-to-face with her father. Zach had it all: money, fame, intelligence, a beauty-queen wife and great kids. As Spencer tells it, Zachary Taylor “Zach” Reynolds was the grandson of R.J Reynolds and the son of Dick and Elizabeth “Blitz” Reynolds. 19 Jul 1938 - d. 4 Sep 1979) Husband of Dorothy Sides Reynolds. His risks were calculated ones, his daughter said. "I like to look at it like, ‘through the deconstruction of the treasures in the boxes, I have found a reconstruction of my father's spirit.' “He had about 18 cars and 50 motorcycles…and about 18 or 19 of the motorcycles had been ‘Zachified’ (customized). To see Kathryn Reynolds' exhibit on her father, click on kathrynreynolds.com. The family sold another of his vintage cars, a Ford Galaxy with a rocket engine, to help with Kathryns' college expenses. He loved Bob Dylan, but often saluted the flag. Growing up here, Kathryn Reynolds was inundated with stories about her father, as well as the rest of the Reynolds clan, including her great-uncle Zachary Smith Reynolds. She graduated from Mount Tabor High School, then earned a degree in English from the University of Georgia and an associate's degree in photography from Randolph County Community College, well respected in that field. He liked fast cars and drag racing, owning as many as 20 at any given time, and loved to modify them to go even faster. In another shot, she's dressed in a Wonder-Woman-style swimsuit in front of a red corvette, paying homage to her father's love of the Wonder Woman TV series and American muscle cars.

His remains are at rest in a tomb at Devotion. So why did Spencer spend so much time and energy collecting Reynolds’ toys to display? Zach had it all: money, fame, intelligence, a beauty-queen wife and great kids. Over the years, Spencer would grow to admire and befriend Reynolds, who became a Peter Pan figure of sorts to kids in the Buena Vista neighborhood.

But she did inherit his attention to detail. Zach died in a plane crash Sept. 4, 1979, just off U.S. … “He was down to earth, and he’d do anything in the world for you. How Winston-Salem’s art house cinema has used virtual screenings to bring movies to the masses. But by 1979, he'd mellowed a bit. Having a hard time ever saying 'No' to a kid, Zach agreed to go with them. He also bought many motorcycles, cars and guns for himself. On the day of Zach Reynolds' death, Sept. 4, 1979, three young men whom he'd watched grow up in his neighborhood begged to let them fly him over Devotion, the family estate, in a leased Cessna 172. One of the men, Gary Scott Cermak, had just gotten his pilot's license. He was a pioneering pilot who died of a gunshot wound at the age of 20 after a party at Reynolda, the family estate in Winston-Salem. The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that Gary Cermak attempted maneuvers beyond his experience and ability and misjudged altitude and clearance.
Now, it appears as if Spencer’s egg hunt has been successful. Zach Reynolds, who bore a resemblance to him, inherited his daredevil spirit. “Zach was a good friend,” he says.

He succeeded at motorcycle racing, flying and skeet shooting, she said, and helped many people through his ham- radio service. And when I was 19, Zach was still 14 [in spirit].”, “We all had great respect for him, though” he adds. An American Legend Zachary Reynolds, or 'Dr. Zach.". The cause of the crash remains unclear.

Dorothy Reynolds, the fiscally conservative daughter of a farmer, said her husband once told her he had more money than he could ever spend. Enjoy more articles by logging in or creating a free account. Some of the bikes are in their original state, and some were restored at Spencer’s JKS Motorsports shop in Welcome. Dorothy Reynolds said she never knew Zach to use hard drugs. Away We Go: Banner Elk is an outdoor oasis this time of year. A professional photographer, Reynolds is working on a photo series about her father and hopes to publish a coffee-table book.