great night at old town car show

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  1. j miller

    j miller Montana MCCI state rep

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    my wife and i went to old town car show saturday night and a strange and funny thing happened. at the end of this weekly show the cars line up for a slow criuse thru the streets of old town and the spectators line both sides of the street to see the cars. well appx 1/2 hour before we were supposed to line up a young man wearing a marines hat approached us and asked if we had someone riding in the passenger seat. i figured he wanted to ride along. WRONG what he wanted was a little help to surprise his girlfriend with a porposal to marry him. he had made a banner he wanted my wife to hold out the window of the mav as we approached him during the criuse. it read in big letters "WILL YOU MARRY ME" . i was honored to help this young man out and as we aproached she saw the sign, he hit his knee and a ring appeared. he is now engaged and the whole cruise stopped for a moment and the crowd cheered as this young marine started a life with his love. as a side note he said he wanted to propose to her before he shipped out to Iraq in 2 weeks. what a great way to end the night.
    on a side note i also met a new mav owner with a nice 72 2 door and we got to exchange contact info.
    Whether you support the war or not it touches my heart to see a brave young man just starting life out with his love in such an honorable way.
    SEMPER FIE young man go get em!!!(y)
     
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    Great Story!! God Bless Our Troops and Commander!
     
  3. mav1970

    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    I took the family to Orlando back in the 90's and went to a couple of the shows/cruises at Old Town while I was there. What a great time I had. I remember seeing a black small bumper 2 door Maverick there. I never saw anyone around the car to talk to. The rest of the family wanted to do stupid things like go to Disney, Universal & Sea World. Who can figure?:huh:
     
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    Neat story.
     
  5. don graham

    don graham MCG State Rep

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    nice that you could be a part of that young man's life. i'm sure he'll always remember that moment.(y)
     
  6. Dan Starnes

    Dan Starnes Original owner

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    Wow!! That is soooo cool!
    Dan
     
  7. thesearcheer

    thesearcheer 1976 grabber owner.

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    Thank you

    I want to say thank you. I am a marine just got out. It is really nice to see people out there that truly believes in us.
     
  8. Maverick73

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    What a great story.
     
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    Very Cool Jason. I wish I would have gone with you.


    Ken
     
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    if he was really into the car, I would have let him take her around the show in it. Cool Story
     
  11. j miller

    j miller Montana MCCI state rep

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    bumpppp
     
  12. Mad Goon

    Mad Goon Scaring the Hondas

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    Amazing story!!! God bless our troops, they kick an unbelievable amount of arse.
     
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    That is cool!!:thumbs2:
     

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