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[skymangs]

Thank you... it's been s blast to build!

[skymangs]

Door panels are finally finished. They came out exactly like I envisioned!

[chev3600]

Wow. Great job on the door panels.

[FarmerSid]

Awesome!

[oldman3]

Chris, interior looks great, nice job...Jim

[skymangs]

Thanks guys. Bed wood is next, then carpet and headliner. Trying to get it buttoned up for Midwest All Truck Nats. Then in October she'll go up for sale. Making room for the next shop project truck!

[4DSEVEN]

Interior looks great, congrats!

[skymangs]

Ty. I'm loving it!

[skymangs]

Here's a couple of the newly completed bed.

[Advanced Design]

The bed looks good and I like the tilt. Very nice.

[CMACDONALD1]

The door panels and interior look fantastic. Great job!

[oldman3]

Hey Chris, what's the story with the blue truck in last pic?..Jim

[918733]

could you give us a run down on your hinge set up for the bed floor Thanks

[oossuuu754]

Most of you know that Chris was injured very badly in a shop fire a couple weeks ago. I have set up a GoFundMe campaign to help Chris (AKA SKYMANGS, Ole Sarge) and his family with medical expenses. Please share this with as many people as possible. Chris was the first to help with any questions, lets see if we can help him out here: Chris Klapp, AKA: SKYMANGS, Ole Sarge

[oossuuu754]

Chris' wife posted this on his Facebook page yesterday:

"Chris had surgery today and he did well. They did a trac and cleaned up some of his burn areas. He is doing well this evening other than a slight fever."

Chris loves working on these trucks, when he was building my truck it was hard to tell who was more excited, me or him. Chris was always the first to offer any advice to the forum members here. Pleasde help him and his family via the GoFundMe campaign that I set up to help Chris (AKA SKYMANGS, Ole Sarge) and his family with any medical expenses. Here is the link to the campaign

http://www.gofundme.com/c49h5mjx8

[oossuuu754]

I talked to Chris' wife today, and received more info or more of their beat guess until Chris can tell us. He was finishing up the 54 for Bob R (pics on his page). Working on the filler neck or the fuel door and there was a flash fire that totally consumed the inside of the shop. I will post pics later but it is bad. Chris was trapped inside the shop for a while, but at some point got out and was able to call 911 before he passed out outside.

His burns are all above the waist, mostly on his arms and around his left ear. But the good news is that several of the burns are starting to heal on their own. If he can just fight the infection they are hopeful.

By Jennifer Klapp — 9 hours ago


This week started on a good note, with Chris really responding to questions and moving his head and limbs. But things took a turn for the worst on Tuesday morning. Chris spiked a 106 temperature and it took all day to get it down to 101. So Michael and I stayed the night with Chris that night and it stayed down all night, so home we went at 5:30am on Wednesday. Wednesday was a quiet day with a temperature still hanging around but not going over 102. Thursday was a quiet day with nothing real big happening, which is okay because Tuesday was quit exciting. Through the week Chris's urine output has gotten better. So this morning when I was visiting the kidney doctor was around and told me that if he continues on this up slope that they will stop dialysis and take out the stint for the dialysis. Tomorrow he is going to have a feeding tube put into his gut to make it easier on him. Right now the feeding tube is going through the nose, so I am sure it is a bit bothersome.

Chris is slowly climbing the hill of recovery and the prayers and good vibes are greatly appreciated.

[oossuuu754]

So for those of you who have asked for some photos of Chris' shop here they are. As you can see it is basically a complete loss. Two trucks destroyed, Chris son's TF truck and a customer Bob R. Currently we are sitting at about $2500 in donations, so please lets get the word and help if we can! Donate Here!

[99 to Life]

dang, he is very lucky. I'll be the first to say I can relate heavily to his situation. I'v been through two home fires, a work fire, 2 relatives fires and last year a good friend got heavily burnt and is still recovering. Its a shame and something a lot of us think will never happen. I really hope he has shop insurance. a lot of guys doing business's out of there homes, don't realize home owners don't cover a lot of things. Also doing any work on someone's vehicles, I'd tell them A. they aren't insured through me or B. get builders insurance so its covered. I hope this is the case for chris, its just bad enough he has to worry about recovering, property damage is last concern but it will be faced. Its something a lot of guys might not know. So just putting it out there, if your helping out a buddy or doing side work etc, just be cautious cause a few hundred dollar repair could cost you thousands in the long run. I'll def be donating and will spread the word.

[oossuuu754]

Here is an update on Chris from his wife:


By Jennifer Klapp — Aug 15, 2015 9:10pm


Chris is doing well this week. His dialysis catheter was removed on Wednesday. He has still had a slight fever, but keeping down the upper 90's to 101. He tracks you with his eyes and tries to talk to you, but gets very frustrated when you can't figure out what he is trying to tell you. But the doctors are happy with his progress. The burns are healing well and the two places that they will have to do some reconstruction on they have vacuum packed right now. This procedure will cause the body to send extra blood to those areas to help stimulate growth on it is own. Next week he should be getting a feeding tube placed in the gut and removed from his nose.

[oossuuu754]

Jennifer posted another update

Busy week

By Jennifer Klapp — 49 minutes ago

this week has started off busy, in the aspect of Chris being rolled off to here and there and everywhere. Yesterday he went for a CT scan and today he is going to three different places, one being MRI. Right now they are putting in a filter to stop blood clots from going to the lungs. Later he is going to go down to have a drain tube or re put in to get some fluid off the lungs. Tomorrow or Thursday he is going to surgery for skin grafts on elbow and maybe hand. We meet Dr. Grossmen on VTC yesterday , a meeting about what they are going to do tomorrow or Thursday.

[oossuuu754]

Let's see if we can get this ball rolling again. We need about $1900 to get the $5000 goal. Please share this and lets help out Chris. He is making some progress but is still facing a long recovery battle. Please donate here: http://gofundme.com/c49h5mjx8

[jhnpldng]

Any news? Nevermind.

The links above are broken but I found it by searching Klapp.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=676217

[skymangs]

I am back, and posting again. Thank you Sean for setting up the gofundme site. It really did help. Thank you again. I'll be calling later today. I hope you're still happy with your truck.

[tlorber]

Welcome back! I hope all is well and that you and the family are healthy.

[jkeating1]

Man I'm glad to see a post from you! I was following the project, then the tragedy and updates. I was afraid we wouldn't get anymore. Welcome back.