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Dedicated to all Car Girls!

Bart K

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I wanted to open this thread in honor of all the Car Girls in our lives, they are a rare and desirable breed! I know there are a few on the site, Cudachick for one. This is a brief story of my car girl. I met Ellen when she was 8 years old or so. I was dating her mother, and her mother and I got married about a year later. I got her involved in Jr. Dragsters which she loved. One of her most prized possessions are her time slips!
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Later on when she was in Middle School, she told me that she wanted a Hudson Hornet (probably from the movie "Cars"), so we started looking. After a few months, we found one in a barn (no, it was really in a barn!). We drug it home and started working on it, and I told her that if she graduated high school, did not get in trouble with the police or get pregnant, the car would be hers upon graduating high school. This restoration process took almost 7 years.
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She actually did do work on the car over the years.
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This is Ellen (in red) and a friend before going to a high school homecoming (one of her girlie moments). I dropped them off in my 1967 GTX clone.
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This is her 1956 Hudson Hornet mostly finished.
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This is her 2001 Subaru WRX/STI (she like the newer cars too).
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And this is Ellen in her National Guard BDU's heading out for a drill weekend.
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Her mother and I got divorced when she was about 15. She ended up staying with me, and although we had our moments she did make it through high school, we still keep in touch. I live in Arizona now and she still lives in Oregon where her birth parents are. She has visited a couple of times and plans to be back later this year. This is the Patriot Car Girl (20 years old now) that I had the privilege to help raise!
 
Proud pappa!
Thanks for the great thread! I never can brag on the girls too much!!!-

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I wanted to open this thread in honor of all the Car Girls in our lives, they are a rare and desirable breed! I know there are a few on the site, Cudachick for one. This is a brief story of my car girl. I met Ellen when she was 8 years old or so. I was dating her mother, and her mother and I got married about a year later. I got her involved in Jr. Dragsters which she loved. One of her most prized possessions are her time slips!
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Later on when she was in Middle School, she told me that she wanted a Hudson Hornet (probably from the movie "Cars"), so we started looking. After a few months, we found one in a barn (no, it was really in a barn!). We drug it home and started working on it, and I told her that if she graduated high school, did not get in trouble with the police or get pregnant, the car would be hers upon graduating high school. This restoration process took almost 7 years.
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View attachment 347843She actually did do work on the car over the years.
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This is Ellen (in red) and a friend before going to a high school homecoming (one of her girlie moments). I dropped them off in my 1967 GTX clone.
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This is her 1956 Hudson Hornet mostly finished.
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This is her 2001 Subaru WRX/STI (she like the newer cars too).
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And this is Ellen in her National Guard BDU's heading out for a drill weekend.
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Her mother and I got divorced when she was about 15. She ended up staying with me, and although we had our moments she did make it through high school, we still keep in touch. I live in Arizona now and she still lives in Oregon where her birth parents are. She has visited a couple of times and plans to be back later this year. This is the Patriot Car Girl (20 years old now) that I had the privilege to help raise!
Great job dad!!!...being family doesn't mean you have the same blood...its unconditional love. Sounds like you did a great job mentoring her and teaching her to be a wonderful young woman.
 
Awesome job of accepting AND teaching responsibility! You SHOULD be proud!
 
Thanks Mike and Darius! Even though she is technically my step-daughter.....she is my daughter! We had an acre in the country and I got her a go cart too, she loved it! By the time she was ready to get a driver's license, it was a piece of cake for her!
 
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Cute kids you have there Mike......my kind of girls!
The oldest is 14 and starts high school this year, unbelievable... she wanted to do ROTC and that made me pretty proud... Only thing is she likes my wife's Ford over my Dodge... She hasn't heard mine yet so I expect that to change...my 10 yo likes my " race car" because of the cage and window net..they're a hoot!
Does yours still have the Hudson? I think that is an awesome looking car, love the color!
 
I love them all...

thanks for sharing, very cool stories too
 
Awesome story - and you must be proud with her going in the service and all. I would be. Great job of raising a young Tom boy...
 
You raised the daughter well. She is a good girl to this point, your job is done, the rest is now up to her. Based on her uniform, she continues to make Good Decisions . . . . Be Proud!
 
wish mine had shown some interest , all their worried about is who gets what :lol: .don't get me wrong their great kids but just not "car girls" that and their living ALL over this huge land , not one within a weeks drive :(
 
wish mine had shown some interest , all their worried about is who gets what :lol: .don't get me wrong their great kids but just not "car girls" that and their living ALL over this huge land , not one within a weeks drive :(
That's a bummer..
 
I raised 4 girls/3 & my niece
one was into 4x4's, one of the twins
oldest one my niece was into horses & somewhat motorcycles
one was a great MX rider she was crazy good too, the other twin
but they wouldn't accept her in the all male MX fraternity
the other youngest was with me when ever I worked on anything,
she learned to weld, tune, oil changes, fab work, body & paint etc.
had to be with me on everything, I loved it too,
now she's the girly-est girl of them all...

All my girls learned the basics or they couldn't get a car, truck or jeep...
My rules, no exceptions...

I wish they had Jr. dragster back when my girls were younger...
I'm sure they'd have loved it too, I'm sure I'd have been into them loving it too...

My boy was too interested more in sports & the military, shooting, hunting, girls
the oldest my nephew was extremely smart & willing,
just not really as interested, he was into football, baseball & basketball, girls...
But they all knew the basics too, that's my deal or they didn't drive...

I didn't force anything on any of them, well kind of...

All my girls ended up with car guys too...
Good men, smart girls, I like to think spending time with me
& my hobbies, my rules etc. helped to shape that...
All their boyfriends would come over & hang out at my shop back then too...

anyway
 
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