The Make A Wish Foundation Charger Thread...Open your heart to help!!

[dodgert68]

Thanks to everyone who stopped out to see the car this past weekend in Norwalk. Got to meet firefighter3931 and he was nice enough to purchase the body bumper set we needed for the car. Some of the venders at the show helped out some more parts donations. I can't say enough how generous Jason Kubinski ,owner of Gunslinger Automotive Products, has been with donating many trim items we needed. This weekend he set us up with a pair of sail panel check marks, so now all we need is the stainless pieces to get those on the car. It was a great show if you've never been to a Chrysler Classic Events show i would make it a point to get to one next year.The bigger the attendence the more show cars and vendors are going to show which makes the whole show that much better. And to top it off having Mopar door car racing all weekend makes it that much sweeter.My friend Mike Meeks ,who has been working hard on this project also, was their with his Don Schall Racing 65 Coronet factory light weight car and won his class run offs on Saturday night. Sunday he went out in the third round not bad for not having the car out all season because of committing himself to seeing that this Charger become a reality. Here's a link again to my web page which has pics of the car from start to current it will be updated very soon with pics from this weekend at the show. www.allclassicsrestoration.com

[runningman]

Cool site, love the energy and out pouring of generosity.  I do find strange that this thread does not mention that Ronni Vaughn Steves, the 16 year girl who the car this is, died July 30, 2009, never seeing the car.  If any one of you would like to send to send a card or note to Ronni's grieving parents or sisters, the address is

Steves Family
7683 E Townline Road
Williamson, NY  14589

Horrible news, sorry for your loss

[71ChallengeHer]

Cool site, love the energy and out pouring of generosity.  I do find strange that this thread does not mention that Ronni Vaughn Steves, the 16 year girl who the car this is, died July 30, 2009, never seeing the car.  If any one of you would like to send to send a card or note to Ronni's grieving parents or sisters, the address is

Steves Family
7683 E Townline Road
Williamson, NY  14589

I very sorry for your loss. 

[Charger-Bodie]

Very sorry to hear that, One, she is no longer with us,and two,She didnt see it finished.

[mopar01]

     I heard of this tragedy, Just outright terrible!!  I think the car should be finished then the car should be up for sale to danate back to Make a wish foundation or it should be finished & donated to another child with the same desire for this car. Either way the car should be finished regardless.

[dodgert68]

The car is being finished, it will be on display at the SEMA show this november where MCG will do a follow up article on the project. It was Ronnie's wish that the car be given to her younger sister who gave her bone marrow transpalnts in an effort to combat her illness. Her sister is not supposed to sell the car ever. So when i'm finished with the car on my end it will turned over to the family.

[Tilar]

     I heard of this tragedy, Just outright terrible!!  I think the car should be finished then the car should be up for sale to danate back to Make a wish foundation or it should be finished & donated to another child with the same desire for this car. Either way the car should be finished regardless.

I agree. The car looks nice. I wish I could have given more than the $20 that I did, but I did get something out of it that I wasn't expecting, and that is a message from (I assume) Ronni's sister...

I had posted a short video of the car on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6UMwlxJv5Q It was linked in this thread http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,61863.0.html  She posted this comment on my youtube page:

hi my names jilly steves.The video of the girl with cancer. Thats ronni shes my sister. when she died july 30th she left me that car in her will. someone told me about this video being on youtube, and i havnt yet got to see her car, its amazing. watching this video it ment so much to me, im so happy me and my family finally got to see her car, she would have loved it.

[Tilar]

The car is being finished, it will be on display at the SEMA show this november where MCG will do a follow up article on the project. It was Ronnie's wish that the car be given to her younger sister who gave her bone marrow transpalnts in an effort to combat her illness. Her sister is not supposed to sell the car ever. So when i'm finished with the car on my end it will turned over to the family.

Make-a-wish should have a legal stipulation that if she ever tries to sell the car that it automatically reverts ownership back to Make-A-Wish. That or the car needs to be used with make a wish to help others... After all, was it not built for that purpose?

[Ghoste]

If it were your sister and she willed the car to you after what the two of you had been through, would you sell it for any reason except the most dire of situations?

[Tilar]

At this point in my life? No...But if I were 15 or however old she is, and someone offered me a decent price for it.... I cant say no to that one and I doubt anyone else at that age can either.  $10k to a child is a lot of money.

[firefighter3931]

The car is being finished, it will be on display at the SEMA show this november where MCG will do a follow up article on the project. It was Ronnie's wish that the car be given to her younger sister who gave her bone marrow transpalnts in an effort to combat her illness. Her sister is not supposed to sell the car ever. So when i'm finished with the car on my end it will turned over to the family.

It was a pleasure meeting you at Norwalk and i was happy to contribute in some small way to this project. Hats off Gunslinger for stepping up to the plate. Jason has been good to our members and supplies us with quality parts at reasonable prices. My respect for Jason just stepped up a notch  

The car looks Fantastic and you should be very proud. It's a real shame that Ronni never got to see her car finished but i'm sure she's smiling down from above. You sir are to be commended for seeing this project through to completion despite the horrible turn of events surrounding the recipient of this gift. There's a special place reserved upstairs for guys like you !  

I'm sure this car will be cherished for years to come in remembrance to the young life that was cut short tragicly. My sincerest condolences to Ronni's family.  



Ron

[mopar01]

We still are in need of a pair of front splash shields that mount between the fender headlight area and the front valance.

Email me at hobby529@yahoo.com I have a pair that are solid, they will need to be blasted then painted.  Email me if you haven't found any. I'll give you the details then.

[dodgert68]

Tiler and Firefighter it was great to meet you guys at the Norwalk show and again thanks for your contributions. I spent about 3 hours today in a little junk yard down the road form me collecting a bunch of little missing pieces i needed for the car. I had some really good news Friday when a transportation broker form Concrete Cowboys out of Dallas TX called me and said they had driver that would haul the car back and forth to the SEMa show for no charge in an enclosed truck no less. That had been the best news i heard in awhile since it was looking like we weren't going to be able to get the car out there for the show. I can't wait to cruise the Vegas strip in the Charger!!

One thing i haven't been able to put my hands on is a wiring harness for the console if anyone has one extra one we sure could use it to finish off that interior.

[dodgert68]

Good news ITS ALIVE !!!!!!!! Got the car running on tuesday after getting the new exhaust run on it. It runs like a top no issues. Now just finishing touches to get ready for SEMA. New pictures on my web site www.allclassicsrestoration.com