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What happens when a daughter secretly buys her father's 27-year dream car—a 1997 Dodge Viper GTS with 140,000 miles—while he's on an RV trip across the country?

Caroline and James from HH Wheels (200+ YouTube videos, 33-car collection) join us for one of the wildest father-daughter automotive stories we've ever recorded. James has wanted a Viper GTS since 1996. Caroline made it happen in 2023—without telling him. Then she drove it 1,500 miles home from Minnesota to South Carolina. In winter. On bad tires.

But before the Viper, there was the "Soft Shell Crab"—Caroline's 1969 Ford Fairlane Fastback so rusty it would melt over a lift. And James's $500 VW Super Beetle that high school friends literally picked up and moved sideways in the parking lot.

In this episode, Caroline and James reveal:
- How they built a YouTube channel during COVID lockdown that now defines their lives
- The exact moment James realized his daughter had bought THREE cars (including the Viper) while he was gone
- Why Caroline traded a restored VW Thing for a Porsche 356—her childhood dream car
- The creative partnership that makes HH Wheels work (vision meets editing skills)
- What it's like being car-rich and cash-poor with 34 vehicles
- The "Get Wrenching" philosophy: if they can restore it, so can you

There's one detail about hiding a Viper for three weeks on a small island that Caroline says still gives her anxiety. Small towns talk. Fast cars get noticed faster.

🎥 **Watch their channel:** https://youtube.com/@hhwheels
🔗 **Another Father Daughter episode - DeLorean-style:** https://buzzsprout.com/2316026/episodes/15009054-delorean-family-story-kat-delorean-growing-up-with-automotive-icon-father

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Secret Viper GTS: A Father-Daughter Dream Car Story

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