UPDATE ! 10/25/09--------------8wheeler (Dan) Has been found-------------------

[68r/t]

The photo of you in the chopper, I can not even imagine what was going through your mind at that time.
I wish you all the best.

[RECHRGD]

Dan, thanks for the update.  It's been a few years since we've seen you.  My daughter moved to Nebraska, so there has not been any visits to the Seattle area for quite some time.  Hang in there and keep your spirits up.  A positive attitude can work wonders.  Bob

[Troy]

Good to hear from you Dan! Wishing you the best.

Troy

[Nacho-RT74]

I did know about your condition, but didn't know exactly why... shame getting that accident having fun! that was at the end definitelly not fun!

whatever it happened, the past is the past and now is the future ( or the future is now, whatever you preffer ) and we are here for anything needed( well myself from the distance ), even to talk about anything!

Keep it around us, ppl what worths must be kept around!

great Jen will be back quite often, and well, yourself is more of the same... GREAT YOU ARE STILL HERE!

hope everything will be alright from now

[skip68]

I'm glad to see your post Dan.        We wish you the best and would love to see any recent pics of the cars.       Again,  thanks for the update and take care.    Chuck & Lisa.........

[Dans 68]

Good to hear from you, Dan.    We're all glad you're still around to mentor us. 

Dan

[TruckDriver]

Welcome back Dan. I wish the best for you and your wife.

[Johnny SixPack]

Welcome back Dan. I wish the best for you and your wife.

Here, here! 

[A383Wing]

I'm glad to see your post Dan.        We wish you the best and would love to see any recent pics of the cars.       Again,  thanks for the update and take care.    Chuck & Lisa.........

These are 2 I took of Patty's Charger...I got enough of that red one!! 

[Charger-Bodie]

Glad to hear fron you "8wheeler" I for one miss your input around here! You have a lot of VERY good info to share.

[A383Wing]

Yea..talked with Dan & Patty at Sunbust....

Post above sums it up

Yeah, but you had much more fun talking to Patty '' my better 3/4''  

Yes, we did....you were too busy buying all the parts at the swap meet section 

[The70RT]

Welcome back. Hope things turn around for the better 

[69DodgeCharger]

Welcome back. Hope things turn around for the better 

Same here. Don't be a stranger stop in and see us when you get a chance.

[bull]

Dan-O! Good to "see" you again. I hope the majority of your health issues are behind you. Please thank Patty for me for taking good care of you. Stay well. It's like a family reunion around here lately. All we need now are Cudaken and ChargerBill to show up.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Good to hear you are ok man.....

take care

[NHCharger]

Good to see you posting again. Hope things get better for you and your wife.

[squeakfinder]

Thanks for posting! Hope you stick around and chime in from time to time.

[firefighter3931]

Hey Dan, good to see you posting again !!!!  Hope all is well and things are getting better with your health.    Stay positive brother 


Ron

[8WHEELER]

The photo of you in the chopper, I can not even imagine what was going through your mind at that time.
I wish you all the best.

To tell you the truth, I knew instantly that I was paralyzed. But For some reason I was still joking
with people and trying to make light of it, I had no idea what a paralyzed person was at all back
then in 1985, I sure knew I could not move anything, not evan a finger, and could feel nothing.

I remember like it was yesterday getting put in the helicopter. I was to tall to fit in it side to side,
so they made room to fit me in front to back.

I was drugged big time, but as soon as they shut the door on the helicopter, I said to them
in a load voice, ''what I don't get a window seat''? I caught the pilot off guard, he was not
sure what to say, right after I said that I lost consciousness, it was very strange situation
for all of us, four of my friends watched this happen.

Dan

[8WHEELER]

Thanks for posting! Hope you stick around and chime in from time to time.

Thanks Guy, I just don't check web sites like I used to. kind of strange how things change, now
my wife spend lots of time on wed sites and face book, and she basically never evan got on line
a couple years ago. I think we just get burned out after awhile, not sure how else to explane it.
But I have been feeling stronger the last month, its a slow process, but I don't give up easy   

Dan

[bull]

Did you regain some movement in your hands and arms? I mean, was there improvement over the years or just to a certain point right away and then nothing?

[472 R/T SE]

Did you regain some movement in your hands and arms? I mean, was there improvement over the years or just to a certain point right away and then nothing?

This is good.  I actually like when folks ask about paralysis & the effects.  Most people seem scared of us like we have some kind of contagious disease.  I can tell you one thing, you find out who your friends are.

[8WHEELER]

Did you regain some movement in your hands and arms? I mean, was there improvement over the years or just to a certain point right away and then nothing?

Hey Curtis
I got 95% of my current function back the 9 months I was in the hospital. I kept working my but off after
getting home, going up and down steep hills and the ramps into my house, to gain more strength and stamina.
I had no out patient therapy available to me at all, so it was up to me, and what was around my house like lifting
weights that I had to tie to my hands and arms to get a good burn going, I love a good workout 

But like I said, after pushing this chair for 24yrs, my shoulders and elbows are shot, they are full of arthritis and
bursitis, I evan have a hell of a time sleeping at night because the pain is so bad. If I lost some weight I could
get around better, but the pain really does limit my activity a lot as the years go on. YES I AM AN OLD FART     

Dan

[skip68]

How's that red car of yours doing ?   If I remember right, it was a red 68.       

[8WHEELER]

Hey Dan, good to see you posting again !!!!  Hope all is well and things are getting better with your health.    Stay positive brother 


Ron

Hey Ron

I think of you often, I know we would be great Friends and have a blast in person, as we are on line for sure  

My best friend going all the way back to grade school, is still a smoke jumper, yes he is one of the elder smoke
jumpers, we are 48yrs old, but we are like a fine wine      he still passes all of the physical requirements
as the 19yr old kids do, and we do some work outs together, when he has time in the off season to spend some
time up here with his Mom and Dad.

I also bought a new Demon card for the red beater, just have not been able to get it on yet. So I think of you
when the carb comes into my mind. I still want to pull my mopar 484 284 cam out, and install a new cam
that has more modern and updated performance technologies. I still like the old 484 cam, but its just so old
school.  

I just saw your thread on the beast, that is one sweet bad-ass black 68    I love everything
about that rig, keep up the good work, and I will look around for more picture on the site if there is more  

Take Er easy Dan