<VV> Saturday night thoughts. Front Suspension and a Television Show

[Sethracer at aol.com]

I am sitting here at the keyboard with a throbbing left hand. It is the  
result of missing the pickle fork with a hammer this afternoon. I was taking  
apart a front crossmember assembly that arrived as "part of part of" a car. The  
car was already sliced in half crosswise, before I got it. (part of part of). I 
 used one of my favorite tools, a battery powered impact gun. Despite a lot 
of  surface rust, no threaded object was able to withstand the 24Volt 
onslaught! It  is always nice to find bonuses to go along with the three or four small 
cuts -  and the hammer hit I received. Factory quick arms, 11" Camaro disk 
brakes,  perfect looking Bilstein shocks, along with the remaining parts of the 
complete  Crown suspension package. Since I had the upper arms removed, I did a 
trial fit  up of the new tubular A-arms I was displaying at the Deroit 
convention. So far  so good. And plenty of clearance for the front mounted calipers. 
The 11" discs  are a wee bit too big for the E/P car, but they will make a 
nice street assembly  for some other car. After tearing it down to the bare 
crossmember - No rust on  it, California car - I was beat. 
 
I decided enough was enough and went inside to clean up and watch a show on  
TV. Not just any show but one with my DAUGHTER in it! The show is on the CMT  
Channel (formerly the Country Music Channel) - I guarantee no country music 
need  be heard. The show is "I Want to Look Like a High School Cheerleader --  
Again" My daughter, Stephanie Emerson, was the girl who won her Autocross class 
 at both the Williamsburg and Lake Placid Corsa conventions. Well, she is 31 
now,  and many years away from her High School cheerleading days! But she is 
one of  ten women who were picked (via auditions) to go through a "boot camp" 
for  ex-chearleaders. The TV show is a bit hokey - much "created tension" - but 
 mindless to watch - don't look for any Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader/models 
here.  All the girls are out of shape. But it was fun to see her on TV and - as a 
proud  Dad - I had to tell my friends! She is easy to pick out. At 6 feet tall 
 with red hair, she towers over the other girls. She may or may not make it 
to  the end, one girl per week is jettisoned. (There is a prize to the winner), 
 but I am proud of her signing on for the show and doing the work.  If you  
see the show, drop me back a note. If you hate it - You can let me know that,  
too. And if your daughter appears on National Television, I promise to  watch 
her!
 
- Seth Emerson  



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