Almost Complete!
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From: Wilmington NC
Almost Complete!
Completed to date:
New Targa, Audio System, Carpet, Floor Mats, Sill Covers (
Optispark / Water Pump / Plugs & Wires )
Waiting on the following:
New Seats, seat belts (all should be in by next Friday
)
Spent 4 hours bringing paint and trim back out today. My helper is in one of the pictures.
Wife gets back home tomorrow and gets her new toy.
New Targa, Audio System, Carpet, Floor Mats, Sill Covers (
Optispark / Water Pump / Plugs & Wires ) Waiting on the following:
New Seats, seat belts (all should be in by next Friday
)Spent 4 hours bringing paint and trim back out today. My helper is in one of the pictures.
Wife gets back home tomorrow and gets her new toy.
Burning Brakes
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Dude, you BETTER get a shotgun because between that gorgeous little lady and that beautiful Vette, you've got a lot to protect.
BTW, that reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend when my Candy was about to turn dating age.
He asked me if I knew what to do when the first boy came around to the house. Never having been through it before, I replied, "No."
He said, "You shoot him...and leave his body lying on the porch as a deterrant to the others."
BTW, that reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend when my Candy was about to turn dating age.
He asked me if I knew what to do when the first boy came around to the house. Never having been through it before, I replied, "No."
He said, "You shoot him...and leave his body lying on the porch as a deterrant to the others."
Le Mans Master
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From: Homestead Fl
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14
Here honey; I bought you this beautiful present. You don't mind if I (borrow) it every once and a while; Do you?...........
Enjoy the ride..........
Enjoy the ride..........
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Ron, Van; thank you very much!
Daddy's; it's a '93
Aileron; thank you and I like the "shooting" idea. My other daughter is 14 and we are already getting the phone calls at the house from boys and the boys hanging around when she is at the beach on the weekends. Not a very comforting feeling.
Tommy; thank you, maybe I'll get to drive it once in a while.
Daddy's; it's a '93
Aileron; thank you and I like the "shooting" idea. My other daughter is 14 and we are already getting the phone calls at the house from boys and the boys hanging around when she is at the beach on the weekends. Not a very comforting feeling.
Tommy; thank you, maybe I'll get to drive it once in a while.
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Drifting
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From: Jacksonville FL
Originally Posted by beachrover
Aileron; thank you and I like the "shooting" idea. My other daughter is 14 and we are already getting the phone calls at the house from boys and the boys hanging around when she is at the beach on the weekends. Not a very comforting feeling.
Team Owner
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Northern, VA
St. Jude Donor '15
"In honor of jpee"
I gotta see a pic of your wife stepping into this car!!! If she doesn't faint first.
Very well done. Hard to believe it still needs more but you've been at it only a month or so.
Keep goin', good luck, and tell your wife from all of us, WE'RE GLAD SHE'S GETTING THE CORVETTE OF HER LIFE!!!!!!! 
Very well done. Hard to believe it still needs more but you've been at it only a month or so.
Keep goin', good luck, and tell your wife from all of us, WE'RE GLAD SHE'S GETTING THE CORVETTE OF HER LIFE!!!!!!!
Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by Midnite 88
Now you know how your Father-in-law felt.
About five years after he passed away, my wife told me that he had once confided to her that he thought I was the world's biggest klutz.
I'm sure I did make him ill at ease. Poor man.
Sorry, Beachrover, didn't mean to detract from your car, here.
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Well it all went great, just wasn't able to get any pictures. We picked her up at the airport and when we got back home I told her that my remote for the garage wasn't working. I asked her to "key" in the code on the remote mounted on the outside beside the garage. When the door went up she looked at me like "WTF is this?" The kids and I got out she asked whose car that was. I told her it was a friend of mine (who she knows very well) and that he had bought it for his wife's birthday and asked if I would hide it until then. Needless to say I heard about how great it must be to have a husband that would do something like that for his wife for at least 15 minutes standing in the garage. I told her to sit in it and see what she thought. Last night I burned a CD of her favorite songs and used "Happy Anniversary" as the name of the CD. The new audio system that I installed scrolls the name of the CD across the display when one is playing. She was reluctant but agreed. Once in, I told her to turn on the stereo and see what it sounded like. She did and to my amazement she sat in the car for at least 15 minutes listening to the different songs on the CD. Up until this point she still thinks it is someone else's car. Just before turning off the stereo and getting out she says "I really like the stereo, it sounds good and I like the way it tells you what is playing on the screen." I asked her what was playing and that's when the light went on. I thought she was going to tear the car apart yelling and screaming. The kids did a great job of not letting on and they have really helped a lot. Thanks to all for the advice and direction, it has been a tremendous help! I've got another "problem" but I'll address that in a different post. Again, thanks to all!
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From: Palm Beach Gardens FL
St. Jude '03 thru 14,'25
Originally Posted by beachrover
...I told her it was a friend of mine (who she knows very well) and that he had bought it for his wife's birthday and asked if I would hide it until then...
Oh man, that was inspired...
