Damian and I actually got to meet Mark when we were out on the One Lap trail and stopped in New Orleans at No Problem. Get this, he bought us lunch!

Thanks to all who made it happen, hopfully I'll see him again sometime riding in his rebuilt ride!

 

Wow, that's great!!! Puts a smile to my face!

 

The wheels are Fikse FM10's powdercoated black as part of the upgrades.

His car went in for a/c work and alternator when the idea was hatched. We kept it hushed to make sure the surprise or as Mark puts it "ambush" wasn't ruined.

Jack

 

You were part of this ?

 

That is a deep story, great job guys.

 

Simply incredible, my hats are off to those guys!

 

It's good to see people get together to help someone when they're down. Great Story!

 

WTF REPOST!

 

Wonderful. It's very touching to see what good people can do in life.

 

Yes, one of many who contributed time, money and parts. I am proud to be associated with such a good group of genuine individuals. Thanks for the kind words and keeping it mature. The lounge thread wasn't even worth posting on. (This forum has gone way down hill in recent years.)

Here's a picture of the car before. Most of the large parts were already there. The new paint job is stunning.

 

You were at RR '04? Did we meet? I (and the rest of the AL guys) hung out with Mark and his wife while up there. Two of the nicest peeps you could ever meet. Mark caravaned there and back with us in his 7, but his wife flew in. We (AL guys) were trying to plan a trip to go visit him, but I don't think anything developed from it.

 

great story...

 

absolutely awesome. yeah, I used to be a proud naioc member for a while before i got my 7, great bunch of guys (well, the ones that were there before the sti crowd stepped in of course)

 

Very cool, I've seen his car before and recognize a few names in the thread just from being on here so long.

 

Freddie Hebert who owns a Meineke in Thibodaux, is the man who got this all started back in June. He derserves the praise. That was my last visit to see Mark who lives in Houma.

Everyone was walking on thin ice trying to keep the secrete. Freddie told mark that his alternator and AC was hosed, and it was taking a long time to get the parts.

Mark was diagnosed with ALS over three years ago and was given one year to live. But his love for life, his fantastic wife Cydney, and his friends have all contributed to his survival.

 

Thats just AWESOME!!! Great story!!

 

I remember meeting Mark at RR 2004 on Sunday at the track. Everyone was packing up for the day and leaving and a few friends and I were staying after for some tuning. Ended up sitting down with Mark and talking for a while, he's a very smart man! At the time I didn't know he had been diagnosed with ALS, he was all smiles. Great to see he's still hanging in there and that he's got great friends. The car looks awesome - My hats off to you!

 

Mark is the best, like HDP said he drove up here and we met him @ Herblenny's house and start'd our caravan up to RR 04' he was in great spirit and drove the hell out if his car on some of the long straightaways you could see the smile on his face as he flew by. He was doing pretty good then but I sometimes had to help him cause his strength would leave him every now and then.