Ron Falt’s son Mark was doing a tour in Afghanistan with the Canadian military and like every parent in the same situation; he was worried 24-7. That worry went off the chart when Mark saw his friend killed in an ambush just before his return home. Ron was already working on a surprise welcome home present in the form of this 1968 Coronet.

Ron had been secretly working on the car to surprise Mark when he got home but he had to unveil some of the package after the ambush-he emailed pictures of the hood scoops on the car to take Mark’s mind off the fate of his friend. It helped. Suddenly Mark had something to focus on other than incredibly dangerous, potentially lethal days in Afghanistan combat zones where, as he saw it, there’s a culture of “no respect for life”… Fortunately he became really curious about the change in the car’s hood and he assumed that Ron had done other things to the 68 Dodge.

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