Everyone has to rely on himself
František Pakandl was born on 2 August, 1943 in the Central Bohemian town of Poříčí nad Sázavou. He was born during wartime into a family of engineers, car mechanics and racers. He continued the family tradition successfully and until today he´s been a keen collector of veteran cars and motorcycles. Pakandl´s car workshop was founded in Byšice over a hundred years ago, but in 1957 František´s father had problems with the state police in Mělník, which cancelled his trade licence, took his engines and placed them to united agricultural cooperative, where even Mr. Pakandl was forced to work later. František´s older brother Karel, who was also a car mechanic, was labelled the son of an entrepreneur and due to his origin was transferred to auxiliary technical troops. After 1989 František renewed his father´s workshop and nowadays his sons Karel and František and the witness´ grandchildren also continue the racing and crafting tradition.