Today on my way back to the shop from
doing a shred event, i noticed a bright red 2nd gen camaro broke down on the other side of the highway with a couple sitting in the shade. Something inside told me if it was still there on my way home to stop and help.
Sure enough, there it sat, hood up, an older couple sitting in chairs in the shade. At first they were hesitant for help, but i insisted. I always keep tools in my trunk just in case. After some troubleshooting, it was clear the hei coil took a poop!
I was going to go pickup a coil and swap it out, but they already had a rollback on the way. However, i found out their roadside only covered 20 miles, then $4/mile afterwards....they were on their way to a family reunion about 40 miles away! Instead, i got them to cancel it and used my AAA and got a rollback for them that is good for 100 miles. In the meantime, another guy stopped to offer help. He turned out to be a mechanic and a G body guy! While i waited for the tow truck, he ran to get a coil hoping he would be back before the truck arrived. Unfortunately, he was a few minutes late as the camaro was strapped down.
It turns out the husband is a pastor in a small town outside of Georgetown KY. Everything happens for a reason i believe. Better yet, the wife had an identical camaro as her first car, but sold it after a few years. Her son always remembered her talking about the car, and found this one in a barn up in Ohio. He drug it home, tore it down, changed the color from white to red, and restored it as a birthday gift to his mom last year!
This was their first road trip, and a memorable one at that. Needless to say, i stopped to just do a good deed and help out some fellow muscle car lovers. However, i left with a few new friends, and a restored faith in humanity for the wife who was skeptical about total strangers trying to help. The wife took a pic of us guys, me left, pastor in the center, and chris who went to get a coil...
Last but not least, a few pics of the camaro. Not shown really well, but it's rocking some red rallyes to match, and goodyear eagle st's, buckets, console, and a 350 in need of some tlc.
It felt great to help them out, they kept offering to compensate me, i just told them to pay it forward! Thanks for reading guys, i just really wanted to share this experience!
If any of you guys have any stories of similar situations, share away. Maybe we can get this thread rolling as a good deed type of thing.
doing a shred event, i noticed a bright red 2nd gen camaro broke down on the other side of the highway with a couple sitting in the shade. Something inside told me if it was still there on my way home to stop and help.
Sure enough, there it sat, hood up, an older couple sitting in chairs in the shade. At first they were hesitant for help, but i insisted. I always keep tools in my trunk just in case. After some troubleshooting, it was clear the hei coil took a poop!
I was going to go pickup a coil and swap it out, but they already had a rollback on the way. However, i found out their roadside only covered 20 miles, then $4/mile afterwards....they were on their way to a family reunion about 40 miles away! Instead, i got them to cancel it and used my AAA and got a rollback for them that is good for 100 miles. In the meantime, another guy stopped to offer help. He turned out to be a mechanic and a G body guy! While i waited for the tow truck, he ran to get a coil hoping he would be back before the truck arrived. Unfortunately, he was a few minutes late as the camaro was strapped down.
It turns out the husband is a pastor in a small town outside of Georgetown KY. Everything happens for a reason i believe. Better yet, the wife had an identical camaro as her first car, but sold it after a few years. Her son always remembered her talking about the car, and found this one in a barn up in Ohio. He drug it home, tore it down, changed the color from white to red, and restored it as a birthday gift to his mom last year!
This was their first road trip, and a memorable one at that. Needless to say, i stopped to just do a good deed and help out some fellow muscle car lovers. However, i left with a few new friends, and a restored faith in humanity for the wife who was skeptical about total strangers trying to help. The wife took a pic of us guys, me left, pastor in the center, and chris who went to get a coil...
Last but not least, a few pics of the camaro. Not shown really well, but it's rocking some red rallyes to match, and goodyear eagle st's, buckets, console, and a 350 in need of some tlc.
It felt great to help them out, they kept offering to compensate me, i just told them to pay it forward! Thanks for reading guys, i just really wanted to share this experience!
If any of you guys have any stories of similar situations, share away. Maybe we can get this thread rolling as a good deed type of thing.
