Official Invitation to
MIKE PHILLIPS!!!!!!
"NOW ON WITH THE STORY...
This car has been in a barn for 17 years. When the son left for college, it was backed in a corner and began to become a Bellagio for mice. There it sat year after year just settling dust on her back for years. So much dust that when we picked it up, we could not tell what color it was initially.
The story begins back at a Thanksgiving about two years ago when the car was brought up at the supper table..... " that ol' thing, I will never be able to get it back, I just can not afford it right now".
A true father looks to help his son in any way he can. Dad lets the dust settle for a few months and then calls me. Hey, I want to do this ol' car for the kid. He put himself through college and knew one day that he maybe could afford the car once he became older. But Dad thought, why not now, we have the resources, and the team to get this done for him and give it to him for Christmas so he would not even suspect this thing is going on.
This is a TOTAL and I mean TOTAL surprise gift. Compare it to your Dad showing up with your first ever bicycle RESTORED!!!!..... just totally AWESOME.
I came to you Mike because of the passion you have for helping all of us. I just thought to ask for your help to the small guy sometimes that is willing to sell his own car to get you here and make this happen for a Dad that is not my father but has treated me like a son for over 8 years. He has seen my business grow from my home garage to a 6k square foot shop in only 14 months with four people now working part time and enough work until April of 2013. Without him I would not be here nor have the space to offer you to come and do this huge favor for us....
This whole thing is about more than a car, and a father and son. It is about helping those who would not have the opportunity to be something without the help of others who put their faith and trust in someone who has the potential but may not the chance to showcase it.......
If this works AWESOME, I think it will bring a feeling that will last forever in all of our minds beyond just those of us involved. It is a win for all of us who spend more than 20 hours awake everyday for 12 years to make a go at a business no one ever saw, except one person....... the kid's Dad saw it in me..... I am going to make this happen no matter what.......
So thanks Mike for even responding, it means the world to me that people even notice....
NOW, for those of you who want to know what the car is..... I can not reveal it yet because it is so different, that if I was to say, it would show up in this thread in a Google search....... lets just say.... its AMERICAN MADE CAR, and it now sports an LS1 and a 6 speed... it will be a daily driver that he can hop in and come home anytime a few hours away...
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