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Frazee teen with cancer gets big assist with his prized Fiero (nice Christmas story)
KARE11 ^ | 12-12-09 | boyd huppert

Posted on 12/12/2009 4:47:30 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB

FRAZEE, Minn. -- Some young men like to talk sports. Tyler Shipman's favorite topic is a car model that last rolled down an assembly line three years before he was born.

"I got my first one when I was 15," says Tyler about the Pontiac Fiero with which he fell in love after seeing one on the internet. "They were something different ... they drive really sweet."

General Motors pulled the plug on the sporty mid-engine two-seater in 1988 after a four year run. Quality issues dogged the car from the start. Tyler didn't care.

In August, before starting his final year at Frazee High School, Tyler had his senior portraits taken in front of his third Fiero, a white 1986 GT. The photo captured the smile of a young man who hadn't a care in the world. He'd just turned 18.

Within weeks Tyler learned he had an aggressive cancer called synovial sarcoma.

(Excerpt) Read more at kare11.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: cancer; car; cheer; christmas; fiero; help; tyler; wish
watched this on TV just now...The Wobbler had some eye trouble.
1 posted on 12/12/2009 4:47:32 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Yeah....I don’t normally watch KARE11, but for some unknown reason.....


2 posted on 12/12/2009 4:58:09 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Merry Christmas, FReepers!!!)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

A little bit of eye trouble, along with a lump in the throat.


3 posted on 12/12/2009 5:04:23 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry. - Oliver Cromwell)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Oh, wow! That’s fantastic! And just down the road from here.


4 posted on 12/12/2009 5:12:42 PM PST by swatbuznik
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Nice story. Crappy car. Glad it makes the fella happy, though.


5 posted on 12/12/2009 5:33:22 PM PST by Defiant (The absence of bias appears to be bias to those who are biased.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

6 posted on 12/12/2009 6:02:38 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: WOBBLY BOB; glock rocks; WestCoastGal; NYTexan; NormsRevenge; SouthTexas

This surely deserves a NASCAR ping as it exemplifies the spirt of Christmas...


7 posted on 12/12/2009 6:04:31 PM PST by tubebender (Some minds are like concrete Thoroughly mixed up and permanently set...)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Wasn’t that a garbage of a car that had it’s engine in the rear?


8 posted on 12/12/2009 6:06:33 PM PST by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Read the story and with teary eyes I right this. America at her best. God bless everyone who carries her in their heart


9 posted on 12/12/2009 6:15:54 PM PST by BornToBeAmerican
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10 posted on 12/12/2009 6:40:15 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: WOBBLY BOB

oh no, how sad. My eyes aren’t working well either and I’m an oncologist.


11 posted on 12/12/2009 7:09:43 PM PST by Gapplega
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To: WOBBLY BOB

I grew up 35 miles from Frazee, and my wife has relatives there. Great little town.

Why is my monitor getting so blurry........??

Militant


12 posted on 12/12/2009 7:23:34 PM PST by militant2 (I may not agree with everything you say, but......hell, I don't agree with anything you say!)
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To: catfish1957

the v6 was a mid-engine. the crappy I4 version had rear mounted engine.

(I once had the crap version)


13 posted on 12/12/2009 7:58:42 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: tubebender

I once saw one with the rear wheel turned out...

...prolly a bad day fer the owner!


14 posted on 12/12/2009 9:49:13 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Yeah, me too.


15 posted on 12/12/2009 10:26:41 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Depression Countdown: 48... 47... 46...)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Those suckers could carve corners with the best of the euro cars of the time. The ones I’ve seen at car-craft in the summer with an LS1 dropped in are downright crazy little monsters.


16 posted on 12/13/2009 6:26:14 PM PST by miliantnutcase
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