Further Options in Truck & Auto Customizing's October Issue

CustomizingBiz.com, Oct. 20, 2009
Finding Opportunities in Mobility


Scott Darnell loved driving big trucks and fast cars before a diving accident left him paralyzed. “When I woke up, they told me the only option for me was a full-size van,” Darnell said. “I was kind of bummed with that so immediately I started thinking about different ways that I could get myself in and out of different vehicles.” Darnell’s solution was the DMS series of wheelchair lifts produced by his company, Further Options in Greenville, Ill., that let anyone in a wheelchair drive whatever vehicle they’d like. “What we were running up against is I didn’t want a vehicle that looked like it was for the disabled, I wanted a vehicle that looked just like anybody else’s, that I could modify just like anybody else’s,” Darnell said. “My first truck [with the DMS] was a Dodge Ram that we had on airbags and everything else and it would drop down almost to the ground. Now I’m in a new full-size Chevy Silverado.” Regardless of how they were injured, disabled car enthusiasts and every-day drivers like Darnell are looking for products to help them with the mechanics of driving or riding in a vehicle, and to spiff those vehicles up. Aftermarket retailers are finding ways to meet all of those needs...

Oct. 12, 2009: Cadillac Escalade!

Referring back to the Chevrolet Suburban in the previous post, Dwayne McKee of Scottsdale, Arizona, will soon be taking delivery of his new Cadillac Escalade with our DMS-3 wheelchair lift system.

Thanks to the efforts of few key players working together, Dwayne's dream is coming true!

Details coming soon, and in the meantime, here's something to whet your whistle. When all is done and you've seen the results, I'll be curious to hear back if you can see any visual differences on the driver's side.


Coming in my next update, a truck on the current build line, that could soon be yours.

Oct. 12, 2009: Catching Up!

We've been busy... please take a look.

Thanks to the interest and efforts of Mr. Alan Daoud of Mobility Express at the Sun City Center location, we recently had an opportunity to make a very productive trip to Florida.

On our first day there, we met with Bob Nealy of Lucerne Spinal Center in Orlando, and dropped by the nearby mobility dealer, World of Independence.

The next day, we met Mr. Daoud at the Mobility Express New Port Ritchey location, where he made a presentation demonstrating new mobility options for disabled drivers, where we were very thankful for the chance to participate.


Evaluators from across the country were gathered for the presentation, and it was a great opportunity for us to show how "factory original" our approach remains, while still being in presentation line with a Chevrolet Suburban.


We then traveled on to the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, where we met some truly wonderful people, young and older, whose wills remain amazingly heroic even while carrying on with the battle that has followed them home.

Many thanks Mr. Dauod, and to each of you we met along the way... we cannot thank you enough. To everyone else, thank you very much for following along. We'll have more news to share with you soon, and in the meantime, we look forward to hearing from you any time.