My name is Genero Vega and I am 29 years old and live in Fresno, Ca. I’ am an ex-Marine and war veteran I served in Iraq and I have a brother serving in the army right now that is in Iraq but the reason I am sending this email is to see if your team can help my family. My father is dying from cancer and the doctors have given hem 6 mounts to 2 years to live and I am having a hard time dealing with this. me and my dad never had a real good relationship when I was younger but I all ways respected hem and loved hem he's my dad he's my hero my dad has a 1958 Chevrolet impala that he has had for at least twenty years and it has been his life long dream to have it restored and just recently he has been trying to get this car running and I really no nothing about cars but I do know that he told me son I know I don’t have much time and I wont to at least drive this car be for I die and that heart me to here hem say that because I am being realistic he might never get that chance so this is probably my only chance to help out my father get his wish to drive his car I know your show probably gets tons of emails like this but can you and your team give my father the opportunity to full fill his dream of driving his car before he passes I really don’t no how much more longer I have with my dad thank you sincerely the Vega family.
hi my name says it all ....paulie bought a 70 chevelle.....and it needs an overhaul....i got no sob story or anything like that.....i just got a love of old chevys....and scored this one for a 1000 bucks.....and i have no clue or any kind of mechanical know how.......im a working joe with lil cash but......i have a dream.....to see this car brought back to life.....and if you guys wanna help...well that would be awesome......and what i wasnt to see most ....is the paint job......i want it to look like the design on the cinncy bengals helmet paint job......that would be sic........if you have the desire to help.....give me a ring.....paul
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To the people of Overhaulin, I know that you have had the youngest accomplice, but what about the youngest victim. My daughter is 16. I want you to take her 83 chevy truck that has been in my front yard for 5 years and redo it. My husband bought it for her and the plan was for them to rebuild it. They have rebuilt the motor but that is as far as they have gotten in the last 5 years. It is as eye sore to my house and my neighbors. I have people stopping in asking me if it is for sale. Amanda, my daughter comes running out yelling [B]NO ITS NOT[/B]. If I did sell it I know she would not speak to us for a long time. I just want it either fix and running or gone.
To met Amanda you would be shocked at her. She is not your typical teenager girl. She like trucks, mud riding, hunting, and that kind of stuff, but on the other hand she is on the daneline team and likes to dress up and go to homecoming and prom. She has a 3.5 gpa and is in the 11th grade. She is also taking college classes while in high school. She is in the top 10% of her class. The program is biotech magnet. Which her class is the second class to be in it. She has worked so hard to be where she is at now. The main reason we have not been able to finish this for her is because I became sick and had to leave work 3 years ago. The income my husband makes we have to use to live on and that is just enough to pay the bills. We are falling behind with the house because of the economy. I do not want to give a poor pittful me story, I want to give you the reasons. I wanted to do this for her because she has worked so hard in school and made such good grades, that I can not give her anything else besides the I am so proud of you. I know that is alot but I also know she really wants her truck. My email address is irgenius1367@gmail.com . You may also reach me by WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/IRGENIUS or www.myspace.com/irgenius1367 .On myspace, there are pictures of her and some of the outside of her truck think so. Please let me know. Also here is my cell 318-751-2300.
Overhaulin, My husband Has a 68 nova and two 74 novas. He put alot of work into the 68 and is trying to use it as his daily driver, but it seems every day something goes wrong or a part goes out. This car is his dream but with stuff going wrong with the car he has lost his intrest in working on it. he works for a car lot fixing cars all day. When the car is working right he takes it out and just smiles the whole time he is behind the wheel. i would love to see the smile on his face when his dream car is finished. thank you - Mary Loveless 832-285-7616
Overhaulin, My other half has a 75 Nova hatchback. He has become an amputee. He lost his leg working on a ranch in Nevada when he was 19. He has put some work into this Nova but we can't afford much. Since we have had our children his car, who's name is Nadeine, has been put away in the garage and become a basically nothing more than a shelf. He bought this car 8 years ago for 300 dollars hoping to make a dream out of it. He watches your show everyday sometimes 3 or four times. He will watch it as many times as it comes on. He is a hot rod enthusiast and the sweetest guy I have ever met. If there is any possibility at all we would appreciate this so much. p.s. This car needs so much work it may be impossible Call Katie 909-804-2388
Hi Overhaulin' My name is Samantha. I'm 19 years old and I live in Youngstown, OH. My boyfriend Drew is 21 and a huge motorhead. He can literally talk about motors and vehicles for hours on end. Drew has a '92 GMC Sierra 1500 that he wants to make into his dream truck. We've made countless trips out to the Summit Racing store so he can dream about what he wants to do to his truck. It's an automatic and he wants to convert it into manual and he wants MORE power. Unfortunately, he lacks the money and the time to be able to make his dream truck come true. This truck gets him to his job everyday so its hard for him to do any major mechanical work because he needs a working vehicle to get back and forth. I always say that I'm second best to the truck, but I've come to understand that to him its not just a truck, it's his passion, and I really admire that. He is such a hard worker and always seems to still fall short of his goals. He would definitely appreciate the help times 10. Samantha 330-503-4229
hi my name is Erin Wait. im hoping you can overhaul my best firends old rusty faded yellow holed uped convertable geo, he has had a hard time with cars i just got out of the marine corps a few months ago and he has gone threw 2 cars and he has had this geo the longest. he puts money and time into this car and gets nothing back from it but a headach. he has had a very hard life and would truly truly appeciate this thank you.
Hey guys, I don't have any hardships or handicaps to overcome, but my dad is one of the hardest working men in America. He has a 66 mustang that my mom bought for him a few years ago and he has been trying to get around to restoring it, the problem is he works 6-7 days a week at 2 different jobs. I have not been able to give my dad much more than morale support. If anyone is deserving of an overhaul it is him. He is a very respected man in our area, he gives anything he can to anyone that needs it. I think it is time for him to get back. Thanks.
I'm asking ya'll to please consider Overhaulin' my husband's 1987 Corvette. He is currently a U.S Marine. Stationed on New River. He is deploying to afganistan in Nov. With his job and the money situation he feels as if this car will never see brighter days. He Loves this car with all his heart. He had great plans for it in the beginging... But with time I think his hopes are fading. With the house under construction and a little one running around. There just isnt enough money or time. Please, consider doing this for him.. If you need to get in touch with me please email me at luvofmylife_2408@yahoo.com or you can call me on my cell at 910-546-5828. Thank you so much...
My name is adam joy, me and my whole family are HUGE fans of the show and all you guys. We live really close to the shop and sometimes walk by just to see if we can catch a glimpse of anything. My dad had an old 70 Chevy K2 Blazer and fixed and restored it to perfection, unfortunately some drunk teenager totaled it one night while he was alseep and it was parked in the drive way. He bought a new one a few years later when he could afford it, he never really made much money and now has horrible arthritis, which is why it sat forever in the drive way broken down untill my brother decided he wanted to fix it up and restore it himself. He got pretty far, but times got rough and he had to stop leaving it unfinished. My brother is one of the hardest workers i know, he had a son at the age of 19 and had to grow up really fast and support his new family. Times have gotten tough and he recently lost his job and home in arizona. We moved out here hoping to find some luck, and he is now working construction trying to make ends meet with a new baby girl on the way due on this friday actually. He says he might have to sell it because it isn't safe for his family and doesnt have the time or money to finish it and he has no place to keep it untill he can make it safe for them, but i know it would break his heart to do so. I know if he got this gift from you guys he would be the most grateful person in the world. Please give it some thought and thank you for taking your time to read my story.
Hello my name is Eric and my wife name is Dawn, we have 4 kids great family and all that, well I bought my wife a 64 and half mustang from my neighbor over 5 year ago with the intension of fixing her up, but two years ago I was told that I had cancer in the liver, where they remove most of my liver and I went though 8 months of heavy chemo, the doctor at first did not give me a good out come, you can say I had less than lance Armstrong odds, but Dawn refuse to let me give up on myself or believe that I couldn't beat this , well I am here today after more than 30 months and can say that I am cancer free, you can say I am a cancer survive, well I want to give back to her something special, and that the 64 mustang you can say it her dream car, I would like to finish it up for her but I do not have the funds to do that seeing that we spent all of are assets and money on the treatments and doctors.IF YOU COULD SEE TO HAVE YOUR TEAM finish fixing up my wife car that would mean the world too me for the woman that showed me so much support and Love why I was going though the most difficult times of my life,I hope that you do decide to do this, you can contact me 904-276-4163 or at work 904-542-7755 ext 140 ask for Eric thank you again for reading my email.
Dear Overhaulin', My mom has 1963 Studebaker Daytona Lark that needs a complete restoration. My now deceased grandfather gave it to her some time back and it has yet to reach the list of things to do. It would really be amazing to see the old thing back to looking nice again.
My name is Ryan McQuoid I am 19 and I live in Angels Camp, Ca. My best friend's Father has a 1972 Ford F150. Originally it was my best friends truck, he bought it when he was 15 years old. He gave it to his father when he turned 18 because his father vehicles had all broke down and he had no money or capabilities to have a running vehicle. This truck bought from a rancher up here. When my friend was 17 the original motor(360cu in.) broke down and was expensive to fix. We sourced a 390cu in. motor for it that would drop in. The truck has the original three speed automatic and it is a pain. The truck gets 5-6mpg right now because going down the road at 55mph the rpm is around 7500 rpm. My friends father is working two jobs right now. He owns with his wife a small town restaurant in Murphy's called Foothill's Restaurant and he is also a Private Investigator. He was a Sheriff for this county for 25 years and he is very well known in this county. I believe he deserves this truck because he is now driving his sons Subaru wagon just to get to and from work. The truck has too many problems to daily drive and it costs too much on gas and expenses to drive. He and his son love this truck but since it started having problems it cannot be loved. I believe my best friends father deserves to be overhauled because he does so much but does not receive the benefits from his work. If you felt like he deserves to be overhauled as much as I do then get ahold of me through my cell phone. 925-301-7095. I think that if he had his truck overhauled it would change the way he is. When I first met him when I was 11 years old he was a very happy out going guy. Now it seems that he has almost given up on life because he works so hard but he cannot get ahead or have a reliable vehicle. The Subaru he is driving keeps breaking down too so he is just depressed all the time cause any spare money is spent on trying to just get a vehicle to run well enough to get him to work everyday.
Please help out my other Father. He has helped me out so much and I would really enjoy to help him out in a way that I do not have the capabilities or funds to do.
My father has a 1973 Saab Sonett. When my family moved to Florida 15 years ago he found it and got it right away. He drove it for a few years but had to stop because he needed a larger car to fit my siblings and me in. He also had a shoulder surgery not long after and had a hard time driving for a while. The Saab has been sitting for a few years now and it is a shame for it to go to waste. My dad has always wanted to restore it to its original beauty, but we dont have the time or money to do any work on it. Any help would be appreciated, even from other people just reading this forum. If anybody has any parts for this rare car i would appreciate all the help i can get. Thank you again, Ben.
My name is Chelsea Guthier, I live in Dayton, Tx. My boyfriends name is Jarlen Maddon. We don't have any handicap or real hardship to overcome, we just don't have the time or money to make his dream car come to life. He has an '89 Pontiac Firebird, white with t-tops. He had wanted that car since he was about 7 or 8, the 3 years ago his dad bought it for him. Since then we have been pouring money into the car just to make it run. We can get it going for a little while but then something else happens. We change one thing out and it still doesn't fix it. We have been trying for 3 years now. This is his dream car, now we just need to get it running and looking good. He works so hard just to earn a dollar. He is 19 and started working for and eletrical company about a year ago and is now working in a plant. He is one of the hardest working people I know. He wants to make sure others have what they need before he has anything he wants or needs. Thats one reason we don't have the car running yet. And on top of it all he bought another car since he couldn't get it running, about a month ago he was in a wreck so now we are fighting to get that car back just so he doesn't have to drive his dads truck. So it is almost like it has been one thing after another thats keeping us from getting this car moving. I know he isn't a war vet, or anything like that, but it would be amazing if you guys could help me give him something. He has done so much for me and his family he really desirves this. Please help me in giving him what he has wanted since childhood. If you need to contact me my e-mail is jarlenchelsea06@aol.com or call our house phone 936-258-7846.
Dear overhaulin My dad works back and forth from Illinois every week and has a 1963 chevrolet impala that he has owned since he was sixteen, it was given to him as a gift by his father and he would love nothing more than to have that car back in its original shape. It is a rare model only 2 were given to every dealership in the united states. Thanks Neal
Hey, I live in Barrington Illinois. I have a 1990 Cabriolet convertable that is slowly going into old car disease. The top is slowing gaining holes, the engine is holding oil, but leaking, and the interior is slowly ripping here and there (floor carpet) I'm not asking for an Over Haul, just some tips and companies that could help. I have little money, but the money i have would go towards my car. thanks, Alex.
My name is Eric Harroun, i live in tehachapi California My fiance's mom has a late 60's barracuda it once belonged to her husban who passed away a couple years ago. Since his death she has ben trying to work on it but really has no time or know-how she is a full time Jr. high teacher and really the nicest lady anyone has ever met. she has done so much for me and that is why i think if i could get her car on your show i could give back a small fragment of what she has givin me. im leaveing for the navy in may so i cant help her myself otherwise i would do it. but please overhaulin it would really make her so happy to see this car on the road again.
Hello, My girlfriend Jenn is the proud owner of a 1973 Monte Carlo (dubbed "Monty") that has seen far better days. The car was purchased new off the lot by her father when he was much younger. She took possession of the car nine years ago when she was 16.
A mishap while driving several years ago left the front end crushed and significantly damaged the bodywork along the driver side. The car was undrivable but Jenn ordered the necessary parts, (some of which were nearly impossible to track down) borrowed her father's tools and went to work. She rebuilt the entire front end, replaced a lot of bodywork and brought the car back to life. However, much of Monty's former glory was lost and he remains parked much of the time in limbo as neighbors complain, and tickets pile up.
This car could be beautiful, and the story of a beautiful girl rebuilding her dream car, inherited from her loving father would make for wonderful television. It would be exceedingly easy to acquire the car since it is under threat of tow on a daily basis anyway.
Please take the time to further review this case. I think you will find the makings of a great episode here.
My aunt has a '64 Chevy Impala (two door hard top) that she has had for over 25 years. For the past 15 years she has been wanting to fix it up, but has not been able to do much as she was a single mom caring for her four children. Now that her children are grown and out of the house, she is still struggling to get her car fixed since she has now been put on disability. It would be awesome to see you guys "overhaul" her car.
