Been a long time

Hey folks,

Took quite a break from the site. Let the duster go a few years ago and was running a lot of modern hemi stuff and I recently picked up some old muscle with the intent of putting a modern hemi in it, but as of right now it is staying as is.

Just retired from the Marine Corps after 30 years and am now doing some defense contracting work. I will be running this car locally and I still run a 2017 Hellcat Challenger in a modern hemi series.

Looks great Ron. Have fun with it and welcome back. Thank you for your service

Thank you for your service Ron ---


Welcome back to the site and looks like a really nice car you found. Maybe set it up for some NSS stuff before converting to new gen stuff.

Very nice.
Thank you for your service and I hope your defense contracting keeps you on this side of the big pond.
Welcome back.



Tim

Awesome ride Ron and good to see ya back on here and thankxxx for your service.........

I didn't know there was a CWO5 ranking in any of the branches of the services
Did you ever spend any time in the Stumps?
I went to high school there, met a lot of good people and Marines there
30 years is a long time in any job, I worked for 33 years for the phone company in SO CA Mojave desert, 29 Palms for 6 years and the rest in the Victor Valley working for another smaller independent telephone company that GTE bought in 1991
GTE got bought several years later by Atlantic Bell which is now known as Verizon
I did spend 21 months active duty in the U.S Army from December 1966 to September 1968, nine months in Germany and the rest in the states.
working in and around 29 palms before getting drafted and then working 21 years around George AFB show me that there is a world of differences between the different branches of the U.S. armed services

Looks great

Tex

Glad to see you back here Ron! That new car is badass! Congrats again on your retirement and thankyou for your service!

Nice ride!

Thank you for your service!
Beautiful car.
Congrats on your retirement, hope adjustment isn't too rough.

My son just retired from your Taxi service, though assigned to Seal support group.

Welcome back to civi life- grin

Welcome back, Ron would also like to thank you for your service. This is like a 2005 reunion! I really like your '64 and bet your having fun racing the hellcat too. How fast have you gone in the hellcat?

Welcome back! Was wondering where you went.

Beautiful car and thank you for your service!

WOW. Good find, I like it.

Cab,

Yeah, the CWO5 rank came about in 1992 for the Marine Corps. Very few spots available. For what I do, I was 1 of 3 in the entire Marine Corps.

I started my whole career in the stumps at an electronics school. Showing up at 29 palms was quite a surprise in 1988. Let's just say I quickly understood that the name "29 palms" was much more pleasing to the ear than the city was to my eyes. HAHA.

The Marine Corps was a great decision on my part. Definitely trying at times over the years, but I would do it all over again in a minute.

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Looking forward to getting back to being a little more active here again.



Thanks Chip, even though it was a short period, It was nice catching up at Rockingham.



Thanks Tony. I saw your post right after I posted mine and thought the same thing about a reunion. I am loving the 64 so far. So far on pump gas I have had a PB of 10.08 in the hellcat. I have a no doubt 9.9x race gas tune for it, but have yet to run it.




Thanks. Nice to see you still here.

Welcome back. That's one nice 64. Good luck racing it. Ron