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Shane, If you are not going to need them can I buy them from you? Let me know. Thanks.

Good morning everyone. It looks like we are not getting the last $50 so we will be sending Jason's family ....................................$1450!!!!! Thank you everyone for the donations, prayers and support.

Your not hijacking the thread Tom. I will let you know as soon as I hear back from her.

Does anyone have any empty clay bar containers. I'm looking for 3 or 4 of them. If you do can you please let me know. I need some props for my entry in the August competition. I'm working on a pretty good picture. Thanks.

Sorry to hear about your mother Tom. It most not be easy to lose a parent. God bless. I will find out what part of Ohio she is moving to. I will let you know as soon as I speak to her.

Good afternoon everyone. Here is the latest and greatest update. We are still sitting at $675 dollars. I talked with Adam about 2 hours ago and he was having a blast driving through Wyoming. However, he just donated $750 to the fund. With that said I would like for us to match Adam's donation. I will give $25 dollars to bring our total to $700. If we could gather another $50 that will make it an even $1,500. Jason's family is moving back to Ohio this week so I am planning on sending the money out tomorrow. The way the Army works is that she will get 50% to 80% of all moving money up front. Once she is back in Ohio she has to filling out a claim to get the remaining balance. This money that we are sending will help her while moving with hotels, food, gas and all those other expenses that come with moving. Thanks again everyone and lets see if you can muster up a few extra dollars.

I have a question for all you detailing gurus. Today I started tinting my taillights using VHT Niteshades. The how to steps that I am using says to use Meguiars Rubbing Compound after you wet sand the clear coat. The question that I have is Swirl and Haze Remover the same thing? If not, will it get the job done? I'm guessing it will but any input would be great. Thanks.

Good afternoon everyone. We are in the final stretch of the fund raiser. So far we have raised $650. That is amazing!!!! I would like to thank everyone for the donations, prayers and support. As a soldier for the past 19 years, I am touched by the actions of everyone. Tomorrow will be the last day to make a donation if you are planning to donate. Adam mentioned about having a car show in honor of Jason. I've never ran one before and I was wondering what steps I would need to get this off the ground. Any input would be great. Again, thank you everyone and enjoy your weekend. :patriot::patriot:

I've used this in the past. Give it a whirl. http://www.convertyoutube.com/web.aspx

Another update my Adam's family members! We received another $25 donation this morning. That brings the total up to $675 and once it's all said and done, that grand total is going to be $1425. That number may even go up over the weekend. Jason's family is going to be so grateful of this gift. Like I said, Jason never wanted help with anything so when I finally see him on the "Great Drop Zone" in the sky I'm sure he'll punch me a few times:patriot: It will be well worth it though. I will be writing a check out Monday and placing it into a card so I can get it to this family by the end of the week. I will sign everyone's name to the card if that is alright with everyone. If you would like to write a little note you can email it to me and I will put it into a bigger envelope. You can email it to me at: robert.ferrara@us.army.mil Thanks again and I'm proud to call everyone of you my friend.

Nothing beats a debadged truck. It looks so much better without the badges. I think that it would look even better without the Z71 decals. Once you took off the factory Z71 decals did you wait before you put the new ones on? If you did, I'm guessing that you didn't like the truck without the decals. Looks awesome. Also those blisters won't last to long. Great job.

I just noticed the link under the Store News section of the homepage. That is great. That picture of him is awesome. He always would be smiling. Rob

That's awesome Bill! Thanks a lot. Knowing Jason like I did he would be ticked off with us for doing this. He was one of those guys that never wanted help. If he was doing something and you tried to help him he would punch you. He had cement blocks for hands and studied mixed martial arts with people in our company. Thank goodness I out ranked him because I saw him hit some people and I think that they still maybe laying down. Deep down though he was a big teddy bear. When he was in front of all the lower ranking guys he would talk a big game. Once you talked to him one on one he would loosen up. I'm thinking of another fund raiser for his family. While we were in Iraq we would have a weekly Staff Sergeant and above poker game if the missions allowed us to. Jason was horrible at poker but he would play for the laughs and Skoal. He would always forget his can of Skoal in his room. He was one of those players that would go all in with a 3 of hearts and a 7 of spades and somehow end up with a full house. He showed us that it doesn't take any skill to win at poker. With this said I'm looking at getting a custom chip set made in his memory. Once the chip set is made, I would love to auction it off and give the proceeds to his family. Do you guys think that is asking to much of people since we are doing the fund raiser? please let me know. Thanks. Rob

I just wanted to give everyone an update on where we are with the Memorial Fund. We are currently at $535 dollars. This is amazing and I can't wait to give this to Kristi and the boys. Thanks everyone. How long should we keep this going? Should be give it to Sunday night and then stop. This way I can send her the check on Monday? Thanks again everyone. Rob

Good evening everyone. The family and I just returned home about 20 minutes ago from a very long day. My brother, sister and I helped my parents finish up the funeral details for my grandfather. He will be laid to rest Wednesday morning. If you would like to read my grandfather's obituary just click on this link and then click on Angelo DiRaimo which is on the left hand side: http://www.nardolillofh.com/ I noticed that a bunch of you have all ready donated to Jason's Fund. THANK YOU very much. His wife Kristi will be very grateful for what we all are doing. If you are interested, here is the link about Jason's funeral. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/sergeant_jason_fabrizi_killed.html I did well reading it until I saw the picture at the bottom of the screen of his 2 sons. Then some dust got in my eyes. God Bless!!! Rob

We received the phone call that we knew would come. At 12:31 am my grandfather Angelo passed away. Thanks everyone for you thoughts and prayers. God Bless!

As a lot of you know, this week I lost a good friend of mine while serving in Afghanistan. Today, my family was told that my grandfather Angelo has been given 24 hours to live. He has been in a nursing home for the past year. When he was admitted into the nursing home they found a spot on one of his lungs. That spot has grown over time and this is what is causing his health to get worse. He is 97 years old and immigrated from Italy in 1919. His wife (my grandmother) died in 1980 and he has lived with my parents ever since. He has a daughter (my mom) and his son (my uncle) died in 2001. He has 6 grandchildren and 11 great children ranging from 16 to 8. The nurses have him as comfortable as possible. His meds are adjusted so that he is sleeping most of the time. If you find time to pray, please pray for him. Please pray for his comfort and ease. I know that he will be in a better place and the lord will take care of him. God bless. Rob

This week has been a tough week for me as you all can imagine. I just wanted to take some time to post a little Thank You note to everyone. I'm one of those guys that really can't express my feelings so I'll give it a try. It means a lot to me seeing all the posts that you folks have been posting about my friend Jason. It is truely amazing how close this forum brings people together like a family. Not only is this forum about cars, polishes and humor. It's about friends supporting friends. I am touched with the support the I have received from all of you. Jason's wife would also like to thank everyone as well. She told me to say "God bless to all of you great people." Thanks again everyone! :patriot::patriot:

As soon as I posted those pictures I knew someone was going to mention Klinger. I love that show. However, I think that we are showing our age though.

Those are pretty funny. Here are some of me and my guys when we were in Iraq in 2006-2007. You don't find to many wheel barrels in living rooms. They tried cross dressing to get discharged but it didn't work. One Iraqi tried to bypass our check point on his bike. So once we detained him I took his bike for a spin.

Stay safe over there Shawn

Thanks everyone for your kind words and prayers. Today has been a really rough day. My wife spoke to his wife today and she has a real bad taste in her mouth towards the Army. Adam, thanks for the generous offer. I think that would be great if we could do something like that. I'll have to get back to you on that though. It's still tough to process that he is gone. Here is one of the links about Jason's death. http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/50973062.html

I'll keep this short. A really close friend of mine was recently killed in Afghanistan. This was his 4th combat tour overseas. He leaves behind his pregant wife and 3 sons. His wife is pregant with a girl. He truely will be missed and he was that guy that would do anything for you. Why are we in Afghanistan?

That's awesome Bill. Thank you. Can you email me that when you get a chance? robert.ferrara@us.army.mil Thanks.