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I wanted to start this build journal with some backstory on why I got this car.

From 2018-2023, I owned a 2010 2SS/RS. I bought the 2010 after returning from my final deployment to the Middle East as a gift to myself. In the 5 years I owned it, I put 70,000 miles on it and visited 11 states behind the wheel of that car. I also took immaculate care of that car, until life took an unfortunate turn.

While deployed in 2018, I had unknowingly been exposed to multiple toxins from burn pits in the area. 4 years later, the consequence of that event reared its head as an aggressive form of stage 4 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in my neck, spine and a tumor crushing my right lung and surrounding my heart. I was 25 years old when diagnosed. I underwent 6 months/596 hours of chemotherapy before I made it to remission.

This was a major wake up call to me. I realized that life could be taken from you in the blink of an eye.