Pictures of us!!! New and improved (we hope)

[Paladin]

Time Passed By...

This is me when I was 17 and in the Marine Corps.  It was something I had wanted to do for as far back as I could remember.  When I told Dad that I had joined up, I remember him saying; "Well son, it will either make you or break you."  But the closest I ever came to breaking was when I lost Dad about five years ago.

[Paladin]

This is now...

(I apologize for the large photos.  There are still things that I am trying to learn on computers.)

This photo is about two years old now, but is one of my favorites.  My wife took it in our shop and it includes my two sons, Levi and Ethan, and our Pit Bull/Lab mix appropriately named "Hubcap".  The car is a 1966 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau.  My dad thought that the '66 T-Bird Town Landau was the best car ever built and owned three of them during his lifetime.  He never was much into Mopars until he saw my '71 Charger R/T and what I had done to it.  Much too soon that same red Charger was the lead car in his funeral procession, and I realized that my own life would never be the same. 

After dad passed away, something got me to looking around for a '66 T-Bird Town Landau.  I found this one and started reworking it to suit me.  The engine was a cheap rebuild, so the boys and I pulled it and hand assembled one to put in its' place.  This was taken just as we were getting everything buttoned up.  That is why we are all smiling, except for Hubcap.  He realizes that we haven't heard the thing run yet. 

Levi and Ethan also both plan to join the Marine Corps, but they are taking a smarter route than the old man.  Levi has been accepted to the Summer Seminar at the Naval Academy at Annapolis.  There were some 9,000 applicants, and he was one of 1,800 selected.  A group of former Annapolis graduates presented him a scholarship to pay his expenses.  It is not an appointment yet, but it is starting to look promising.  Ethan plans to follow in his older brother's footsteps.  The old man plans to retire from the Highway Patrol in a couple of years, and watch his sons achieve heights he never thought possible when he was their age.  Only time will tell in all of this, and I wonder what a picture will tell of us twenty years from now.  And I also can't help but wonder if dad pondered the same thought when that first picture was taken nearly fifty years ago...

May God bless America,
Paladin 

[Paladin]

man that's cool i dig the painted on headers and chain drive logo! 

Stratocharger,

I have never forgotten that car.  It was bright yellow with black painted letters and trim, and the wheels were red.  I was the oldest of four, and every time a new baby came along we would drag out the old Hot Rod and give it the once over.  I don't know whatever happened to it, probably got left behind in one of our frequent moves.  They say they don't build cars like they used to; well, they don't build toys like they used to either.  Hot Rod was solid steel and made in the good ol' USA.

May God bless America,
Paladin

[Guns N Rotors]

Paladin,

You are an outstanding American!

I salute you, Sir!

[yellowcuda]

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  Re: Pictures of us!!! New and improved (we hope)
« Reply #423 on: February 18, 2006, 11:12:11 AM »   

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OK update...old picture was almost 2 years old.  Jonathan took this one recently.


Married, taken or not, youre really hot


She's married and her husband had one of the coolest Chargers on the site.

Then hes a lucky guy twice! Delivered as a compliment!



Ok let me say wow and thank you for the compliment about me and Jonathan says thank you for the compliment for him. 
Sometimes a girl just has to hear that she might still be hot in her 30's.

[yellowcuda]

OK update...old picture was almost 2 years old.  Jonathan took this one recently.

shell,
I dont know if its the lighting, or the fact that your standing infront of a stove but this pic has got me all kinds of hot and bothered..
LOL
just kidding around...
but serrriously ... I could go for some pie.   

hehe I make great pie

[Charger4404spd]

I'll take a peach cobbler and a chocolate pie

Be sure to bring them up next show!

[yellowcuda]

I'll take a peach cobbler and a chocolate pie

Be sure to bring them up next show!

We will try to be there...have you heard news of a date on that show?

Funny Steve, pictured you more of a cherry pie man

[greenpigs]

I'll take a peach cobbler and a chocolate pie

You can pass on the pies 3spd..and go for a granalo bar instead.

I'll take a watermellon pie though..PLEASE.

[Charger4404spd]

Shelley, havent got the flyer for the Cove Lake show yet. The Smoky Mnt. Show in Sevierville is June 3rd, and the East Tenn Mopar Show at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville is July 1st.
I'll let you know on the others.



Hey Piggy, nice to see ya. NOT. You taken a break from the porn sites?

[yellowcuda]

Dang...both days are bad for us.  We have to go to a wedding in Florida on May 28th and will be gone 5 days, then Jonathan leaves for out west.

July 1st....hold your breath...are you sitting down...



Jonathan and I are getting OFFICIALLY married. 

[Charger4404spd]

Ohhhh Im so sorry. Haha, just kiddin, CONGRATS!!!!!
But tell Jon I get to kiss the bride!

[yellowcuda]

Will do.  We figured after 7 years of living together and everyone thinking we were married we might as well get the tax break on his income tax!

Real simple,family only, here at the house, my best friend is performing the ceremony.  We will then cook out and play in the moonbouncer I rent, and play horseshoes too.  Everyone has been told to wear comfy clothes...shorts etc.  Should be a blast.

[greenpigs]

Hey Piggy, nice to see ya. NOT. You taken a break from the porn sites?

[Ghoste]

Congratulations Shelley.

[yellowcuda]

Thank you Ghoste

[TruckDriver]

  Congrads

[69_500]

Pretty funny picture there bull.

Guess I need to go around saying "come on beav".

Now I know why i'm such a big dork, and if you doubt me just ask my wife she will tell you.

[PocketThunder]

Hey Piggy, nice to see ya. NOT. You taken a break from the porn sites?

Awe c'mon man that is so 15 years ago.!      or what do i know maybe its back in style already

[Brock Samson]

Congrats You two!  Were all invited right?...

[The Ghoul]

Congratts you crazy kids.

my pie order is;
strawberry
lemon marang
bananna cream

[Charger_Fan]

We figured after 7 years of living together and everyone thinking we were married we might as well get the tax break on his income tax!

You had me fooled too!
That's pretty cool, congrats to both youz guyz. I like casual weddings, sounds like it'll be fun! Here's to a great future for both of you.

[Brock Samson]

time for a bump ya' think?.

[TK73]

Some GD yahoo sitting on my car...

[Ponch ®]

me and my other ride...(and just like the Charger, it doesn't run either)