phrogs4ever
Member
Greetings to all members. I am new to this forum as you may see from my profile. This is my first post, or thread. To be honest I really don’t know what it is called. Before I get into the reason for this I need to give a little back story. Please bear with me.
I am a SSgt in the Marine Corps and have been for just over 19 years. I have been to Iraq and Afghanistan along with Bosnia, East Timor, Haiti and a few others. About 8 years ago I got myself a 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner. My dream car. Over the next 5 years I was able to save money from back to back to back trips over seas and put $18,000 into her. I built the new 383 and 727, painless wiring harness, classic auto air, TTI headers, Performer RPM aluminum heads, be cool radiator, electric water pump and cooling fan. Trans cooler with fan. Manual valve body reverse pattern with B&M slap shifter. Auto lock door poppers, Mallory unilite distributer and HyFire 6AL box, and much more. But the reason for my post is not what’s in the car but what’s not.
If you look through my pictures you will see me in my Dress Blues holding a baby girl in an American flag. Her name is Serenity. She is the reason for this post.
During a tour in Iraq in 2005 I was injured. I have had 3 operations on my left shoulder to correct the problem but with each it just got worst. So I was removed from my passion as a CH46 crew chief and given a desk job. During this time I took all the money I had saved up to build the car of my dreams. You can see it under construction in some of the pictures. After leaving California I was stationed with MHM 365. During that time I had my 2nd and 3rd operations on my shoulder. But more important my wife and I were blessed with our baby girl Serenity. She was born on Oct 14th 2007. She was a beautiful baby. She was our 4th child.
One of her greatest joys was to go for a ride in my Plymouth. She loved the rumble of the engine and the vibration of the car as I would rev the eng. everything was going great. On Jun 19th 2008 I took the day off from work. A sunny Thursday. My whole family spent the day in the sun. You can see in one of my pictures, Serenity was working on the old Plymouth. We had just got back from a fun drive around base.
The next day Serenity was gone. She was taken from me by SIDS in the early morning of the 20th of Jun 2008. Loosing Serenity is something I am still and always will be dealing with. After that sunny Thursday afternoon I have not been able to touch my Plymouth. I just let her sit in the rain of NC for well over years tell I moved. As I got ready to move my Plymouth I found the car would not run. The breaks had locked up and nothing was working. I dragged the car to my new house where I put it in the garage and that is where she has sat ever since. I have been unable to bring myself to fix her.
Now I feel is the time to get her running once again. I want to rebuild her in memory of Serenity. But with very limited means not only financially but physically it is going to be difficult. I am being treated for many things including PTSD, Traumatic Brain injury, my left shoulder and 6 compressed disks in my back. The 19 years I have spent in the Corps have been very hard on my body. But not nearly as hard as losing Serenity. This is the reason I want to rebuild my Plymouth. It breaks my heart to see her in the condition she is in every time I see her. Remembering the great times my family had driving around town in her was something we all looked fwd to. I need to bring that time back.
Talking to my case manager yesterday I was told I could be forced out on a medical retirement just months before I retire. I still want to do my full 20 years, but I am looking at 90% disability.
I know this may come off as a pity request. Please believe me when I say, it is not. I am not asking for pity or a hand out. I am a very proud man and have earned everything I ever had. If not for my family I would not be sending this. We as a family need to heal from the loss of Serenity.
What I am asking for is help. Help in getting my Roadrunner back to how she once was on that sunny Thursday driving with my wife and all 4 of my kids, Zoe, Tristan, Alexander and Serenity.
So what is it I am asking for? To be honest I am asking for anything and everything. My 727 TQ Flight transmission is locked up and shot. I want to convert it to a manual. I do have a few parts but not much. My painless harness that was new just 4 years ago is shot. Something was living under the hood and had a meal with it. I had a leak in the wind shield and all the interior is molded all the way down to the new seat covers and new carpet. My drum brakes all around are locked up. I want to convert to disk breaks to make the care safer. My once beautiful rims have rested and my tires are all dry rotted. All the front end bushings are dry rotted and need to be replaced. A strut rod lost the nut and washer that hold it in place. I could go on and on with the things I need.
I know this sounds like a lot and it may sound like I am begging for things I don’t deserve. But that is not the case. I am looking to buy the things I need. Like I said my means are small, but if we come up with a price for something I need I can send money every payday tell I have paid the asking price then it can be sent to me. I’m not looking to steal from anyone. I will accept donations and technical advice of any kind. I don’t know how the strut rod goes together, so if someone has a picture that would help.
Again, anything someone may not want that will fit on my Plymouth I will take. I will pay for shipping. Old used manual transmission and other parts to convert it I will buy. Sad to say it can only be a little at a time. Weather stripping on the entire car is rotted. I pretty much need to rebuild the whole car. I would like to go with EFI and air ride, but I know that is well out of my reach.
I am leaving my number home and work
My email home and work
And my address
Cell: 910-378-6729
Home: 562-452-6491
Work: 910-449-6752
Home email: [email protected]
Work email: [email protected]
Home address:
Young, G.W.
6525 Bicentennial ave Camp Lejeune NC 28547
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I will be grateful for any help no matter how small.
Please take a few min and look at my pictures of Serenity, she is
I am a SSgt in the Marine Corps and have been for just over 19 years. I have been to Iraq and Afghanistan along with Bosnia, East Timor, Haiti and a few others. About 8 years ago I got myself a 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner. My dream car. Over the next 5 years I was able to save money from back to back to back trips over seas and put $18,000 into her. I built the new 383 and 727, painless wiring harness, classic auto air, TTI headers, Performer RPM aluminum heads, be cool radiator, electric water pump and cooling fan. Trans cooler with fan. Manual valve body reverse pattern with B&M slap shifter. Auto lock door poppers, Mallory unilite distributer and HyFire 6AL box, and much more. But the reason for my post is not what’s in the car but what’s not.
If you look through my pictures you will see me in my Dress Blues holding a baby girl in an American flag. Her name is Serenity. She is the reason for this post.
During a tour in Iraq in 2005 I was injured. I have had 3 operations on my left shoulder to correct the problem but with each it just got worst. So I was removed from my passion as a CH46 crew chief and given a desk job. During this time I took all the money I had saved up to build the car of my dreams. You can see it under construction in some of the pictures. After leaving California I was stationed with MHM 365. During that time I had my 2nd and 3rd operations on my shoulder. But more important my wife and I were blessed with our baby girl Serenity. She was born on Oct 14th 2007. She was a beautiful baby. She was our 4th child.
One of her greatest joys was to go for a ride in my Plymouth. She loved the rumble of the engine and the vibration of the car as I would rev the eng. everything was going great. On Jun 19th 2008 I took the day off from work. A sunny Thursday. My whole family spent the day in the sun. You can see in one of my pictures, Serenity was working on the old Plymouth. We had just got back from a fun drive around base.
The next day Serenity was gone. She was taken from me by SIDS in the early morning of the 20th of Jun 2008. Loosing Serenity is something I am still and always will be dealing with. After that sunny Thursday afternoon I have not been able to touch my Plymouth. I just let her sit in the rain of NC for well over years tell I moved. As I got ready to move my Plymouth I found the car would not run. The breaks had locked up and nothing was working. I dragged the car to my new house where I put it in the garage and that is where she has sat ever since. I have been unable to bring myself to fix her.
Now I feel is the time to get her running once again. I want to rebuild her in memory of Serenity. But with very limited means not only financially but physically it is going to be difficult. I am being treated for many things including PTSD, Traumatic Brain injury, my left shoulder and 6 compressed disks in my back. The 19 years I have spent in the Corps have been very hard on my body. But not nearly as hard as losing Serenity. This is the reason I want to rebuild my Plymouth. It breaks my heart to see her in the condition she is in every time I see her. Remembering the great times my family had driving around town in her was something we all looked fwd to. I need to bring that time back.
Talking to my case manager yesterday I was told I could be forced out on a medical retirement just months before I retire. I still want to do my full 20 years, but I am looking at 90% disability.
I know this may come off as a pity request. Please believe me when I say, it is not. I am not asking for pity or a hand out. I am a very proud man and have earned everything I ever had. If not for my family I would not be sending this. We as a family need to heal from the loss of Serenity.
What I am asking for is help. Help in getting my Roadrunner back to how she once was on that sunny Thursday driving with my wife and all 4 of my kids, Zoe, Tristan, Alexander and Serenity.
So what is it I am asking for? To be honest I am asking for anything and everything. My 727 TQ Flight transmission is locked up and shot. I want to convert it to a manual. I do have a few parts but not much. My painless harness that was new just 4 years ago is shot. Something was living under the hood and had a meal with it. I had a leak in the wind shield and all the interior is molded all the way down to the new seat covers and new carpet. My drum brakes all around are locked up. I want to convert to disk breaks to make the care safer. My once beautiful rims have rested and my tires are all dry rotted. All the front end bushings are dry rotted and need to be replaced. A strut rod lost the nut and washer that hold it in place. I could go on and on with the things I need.
I know this sounds like a lot and it may sound like I am begging for things I don’t deserve. But that is not the case. I am looking to buy the things I need. Like I said my means are small, but if we come up with a price for something I need I can send money every payday tell I have paid the asking price then it can be sent to me. I’m not looking to steal from anyone. I will accept donations and technical advice of any kind. I don’t know how the strut rod goes together, so if someone has a picture that would help.
Again, anything someone may not want that will fit on my Plymouth I will take. I will pay for shipping. Old used manual transmission and other parts to convert it I will buy. Sad to say it can only be a little at a time. Weather stripping on the entire car is rotted. I pretty much need to rebuild the whole car. I would like to go with EFI and air ride, but I know that is well out of my reach.
I am leaving my number home and work
My email home and work
And my address
Cell: 910-378-6729
Home: 562-452-6491
Work: 910-449-6752
Home email: [email protected]
Work email: [email protected]
Home address:
Young, G.W.
6525 Bicentennial ave Camp Lejeune NC 28547
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I will be grateful for any help no matter how small.
Please take a few min and look at my pictures of Serenity, she is
