Is that Miss USA standing on my running board?
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Is that Miss USA standing on my running board?
On the day I bought my 50, I drove it to my friend's wedding in town. It became a backdrop for a bunch of pictures. The girl standing on the running board is now Miss Kentucky--competing in the Miss USA pageant tonight on NBC. She's a good kid. We wish her luck. I guess that makes my 50 a little famous, LOL. My two beauties are standing on either side of the bride. My how they have grown.
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Doc, so how did she do? My daughter just got married 3 weeks ago. I'd tell you to enjoy your daughters while they're still young, but it looks like the teenage years are upon you (good luck with that). However, I did manage to survive them and my daughter graduated Med school last month and will be moving to PA for a residency in dermatology. Where in GA did you buy the truck?
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Doc, so how did she do? My daughter just got married 3 weeks ago. I'd tell you to enjoy your daughters while they're still young, but it looks like the teenage years are upon you (good luck with that). However, I did manage to survive them and my daughter graduated Med school last month and will be moving to PA for a residency in dermatology. Where in GA did you buy the truck?
You're right about kids growing up too soon. Congrats on your daughter's graduation and upcoming residency. If there's one guy on this board who realizes what a massive accomplishment that is, it's me. They don't hand out dermatology residencies to just anybody.
I bought the truck in Ringold, GA. Just south of Chatanooga.
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Tons of major body and chassis issues. The previous owner was an older guy who let his dreams cloud his judgement when he bought it from a swindler down in Pigeon Forge. Tons of bondo covering swiss cheese everywhere, major unsafe chassis issues (including the most horrific homemade power steering rack and platform ever seen), broken motor mounts, major electrical issues, a homemade steering column, and a general lack of bolts and nuts everywhere. The more I tore into it, the more things I found. To the point that I was angry with myself for riding my family in it. This is the homemade transmission mount that was under the C6 transmission. Just a simple piece of 1/4" steel bent with a torch and bolted to the bottom frame rail. It gave a whole new definition to the concept of a constantly-changing pinion angle. I should have just walked away from it, regardless of the fact that I drove to Georgia to get it. But I had the fever, and the rest is history.
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I go through Ringold every once in awhile on the way to Illinois. It's too bad the workmanship on the truck was so shoddy as it sure looks good in the picture!
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