Hey thanx for all the interest in whats going here with SSGT Zerbes Jeep.
Initially we started to just try to raise enough funds to cover the cost of the build that has already started and not paid for by Dan, before he deployed again. The Jeep was left to his sister Megan and we did not want his family to have to eat the expense of a custom built trail rig that they could not use. So we switched gears and were going to to try to finish it so it could be streetable by his sister (auto conversion, 33s, reliable). His family asked that if i was able to raise enough funds they would like it finished out the way Dan wanted it........
My goal at the end of the drive is to take it as close to or above what he always wanted and then some.....present it to his sister and his family and they want the opportuntiy to partake in Dans favorite passtime as he did.....wheelin!
This project has already started to grow legs as we are starting to see donations on the national level. I hope to be able to do everything he wanted funds allowing of course.
Dans initial build is a long arm lift, tube fenders, armor and D60s F@R with ARBs and tires to be determined later. we have his custom built Tera 60s already here as well as alot of other special order parts!!! Once Dan passed we halted all work until we could figure out what was best for this family.
Our goal is to take his family members out to all sorts of events and let them enjoy it with Dans friends and extended military "family". We are sure this Jeep will sit in various showrooms (large donors) across the state as well as on a few bases as a memorial to Dan. The family is really allowing us to do with it what we want as long as we honor Dan by doing so..... we are hoping we will get the ability to auction the Jeep after a year or so with the benfits going to a charity of the families choice but that has still left to be determined. If we only raise a small amount of money we will turn it into a good reliable driver for the family....if we raise alot we are building a sick TJ crawler for them. So far this thing is going to have a wicked sound system and a custom entire vehicle wrap.
It is going to Wilimington Saturday for a bike show being put on by Pure Gold with the proceeds being split between Dans jeep memorial and another charity.
we have raised around 1200 so far and more coming in.
We feel its the right thing to do for somebody that gave his life defending our freedoms as well as making sure his family does not have to bear the financial burden! I appreciate all the offers for work and cage offers. we are in the fund raising stage now. We at 4WP have already removed 100% of his labor, donated many parts and took all other parts to cost or below, we have eliminated all expense that we can at the store level and just want to do this for Dan, He was not only a customer but a friend too. look at the pics guys, he wheeled with us where we wheel. this is one of ours whos family appreciates what this great community has already done for them!!!
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