Doorgunner's '68 Convertible Project
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Thanks.....we spent the latter part of the afternoon before sunset releasing helium balloons at the grave-site with our two daughters, grandkids and friends in honor of my Son's birthday. It takes a week or so for us to emotionally recover each year, but it's something we need to do every year.
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Thanks.....we spent the latter part of the afternoon before sunset releasing helium balloons at the grave-site with our two daughters, grandkids and friends in honor of my Son's birthday. It'll take a week or so for us to emotionally recover, but it's something we need to do every year.
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my Prayers continue for you, and your family for comfort and healing.
we must carry on or else the bad guys win.
lets not forget the families of the two law enforcement officers in california either.
get out and vote tuesday end this other layer of terror.
we must carry on or else the bad guys win.
lets not forget the families of the two law enforcement officers in california either.
get out and vote tuesday end this other layer of terror.
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DG sounds like you have a very touching memorial for you Son. It also sounds like God has blessed you with a great family, hold onto that and may God continue to bless you and your family, it's sometimes the little things we need to look for...
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Men...........Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.
Maybe this Monday would be a goodtime to start catching up with you guys and your projects.
(annnnnnnnnnnd yes, I remember rule #1: )
Maybe this Monday would be a goodtime to start catching up with you guys and your projects.
(annnnnnnnnnnd yes, I remember rule #1: )
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wow Doorgunner... just read through this thread. You've been thru a lot and still going at it strong. Truly inspirational. Keep up the good work on the vette and thanks for taking the time to check in on my work
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Hi Doorgunner,I saw you posted a reply to a post on a thread i started about my birdcage issues so i looked up your project and spent the last 2 hours reading your progress .
All i can say is what an awesome job you have done , given all your circumstances i cant believe what an incredible sense of humor you have , it shows in your replies . Your vette will soon be sorted and will be the best therapy in the world !!
Keep plugging away at it , i took 4 years to put my 80 back together without having the trauma's you have gone through , your an amazing person with great humility and strength thats for sure .
When i want to throw spanners in future when things are going against me i sure will count my blessings.
If you ever need a break in South Africa you would be more than welcome to stay with myself and my wife , you wouldnt even have to bring spanners , have plenty spare
Keep up the progress and thanks for all the pictures and a great thread, awesome job mate
john
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John.........thanks for the invitation!
I'm trying to keep the sense of humor in honor of my son---his sense of humor never stopped(drove his "Momma" to the edge sometimes!)
(MOMMA: Southern English for "Mother Dear")
I'm hoping to actually do SOMETHING on the car tomorrow (and even take a pic or two).
I'm trying to keep the sense of humor in honor of my son---his sense of humor never stopped(drove his "Momma" to the edge sometimes!)
(MOMMA: Southern English for "Mother Dear")
I'm hoping to actually do SOMETHING on the car tomorrow (and even take a pic or two).
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John.........thanks for the invitation!
I'm trying to keep the sense of humor in honor of my son---his sense of humor never stopped(drove his "Momma" to the edge sometimes!)
(MOMMA: Southern English for "Mother Dear")
I'm hoping to actually do SOMETHING on the car tomorrow (and even take a pic or two).
I'm trying to keep the sense of humor in honor of my son---his sense of humor never stopped(drove his "Momma" to the edge sometimes!)
(MOMMA: Southern English for "Mother Dear")
I'm hoping to actually do SOMETHING on the car tomorrow (and even take a pic or two).
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A little bit of progress......
(don't tell my wife that I used the kitchen island for the photo-shoot!)
I now have both daily-driver seat belts in my possession.
Boston Camaro did a great job of double wrapping/boxing-up the nice/shiny 1969 seat belt guides that are laying next to the shoulder belts at the top-middle of the pic....
(Thanks, Members, for putting up with my PTSD.....it's not just me---10's of thousands of veterans go through mind-numbing memories every day.....some handle it better than others, but it's still emotionally painful whether a veteran shows it or not. I just wanted to use this as a soap-box speech for those men and women who can't even talk about the nightmares they went through and re-live in flash-backs.)
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(don't tell my wife that I used the kitchen island for the photo-shoot!)
I now have both daily-driver seat belts in my possession.
Boston Camaro did a great job of double wrapping/boxing-up the nice/shiny 1969 seat belt guides that are laying next to the shoulder belts at the top-middle of the pic....
(Thanks, Members, for putting up with my PTSD.....it's not just me---10's of thousands of veterans go through mind-numbing memories every day.....some handle it better than others, but it's still emotionally painful whether a veteran shows it or not. I just wanted to use this as a soap-box speech for those men and women who can't even talk about the nightmares they went through and re-live in flash-backs.)
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