Choppers' Paul Sr. rides into matrimony

Montgomery — The bride wore white, snow-white with embroidery the shade of Merlot and a glinting tiara in her long, dark hair.

The groom wore a tuxedo, a black one sans sleeves.

Of course he did. Because he's Paul Teutul Sr., the founding father of the Orange County Choppers garage and the hit reality show, "American Chopper," now in its fourth season on TLC.

Camera crews were in attendance Sunday afternoon as 130 guests watched Senior, 58, exchange "I do's" with Beth Dillon, 49, at their wooded estate in the Town of Montgomery.

The couple met in December 2005 on a flight home from an awards show in California. Dillon was the flight attendant.

"I was slightly attracted to her," Senior said, "so I moved in."

His pickup line?

"So what does your husband do?"

She wasn't married, wasn't seeing anyone special and had two grown sons. "So then I realized I wasn't robbing the cradle," Senior said. "So anyhow, I got her cell number and I called her the next day, or maybe it was the same day."

Fast-forward a year and a half: Dillon, a California native, has moved to Montgomery and adjusted well to her reality-TV romance. She can butter up Senior's celebrated on-camera temper. She has her own bike and knows how to ride. This woman, Senior said, used to race dragsters for fun. She wasn't going to let a TV show get the best of her.

"I have people all over me all the time, men and women," said Senior. "She can handle it."

Three weeks ago, Dillon flew to Florida to visit family and friends and take a breather from life at the Factory Street chop shop. Senior missed her, called her up and said, "I think we should get married."

He followed up the conversation with a four-carat, channel-setting diamond ring.

And so the same team that cranks out hogs and hit TV manufactured an outdoor Christian ceremony complete with DJ (Senior did, in fact, "do the twist,") yellow fin tuna from Hawaii, red roses and the rest of the family.

Both the bride and groom have children from previous marriages. "They're good kids," Senior said of Dillon's two boys. "Not like mine."

He was kidding, kind of. The on-screen blowups between Senior and his co-star sons regularly upstage the specialty bikes they build. But Paulie did indeed leave the Bahamas in time for the nuptials, and Mikey returned from a trek through Amsterdam and the Poconos.

The newlyweds will honeymoon at home, Senior said, "and live happily ever after."

Footage from the wedding will air this fall during season five of "American Chopper."