Fiero Enthusiasts Give Dying Teen Last Wish

[CyberPitz]

Taking this from another forum I visit....quite the touching story.

http://jalopnik.com/5429173/fiero-enthusiasts-give-dying-teen-last-wish

Tyler Shipman loves Pontiac Fieros so much he posed for his senior picture with one he bought for $150. Weeks later he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He'd need a miracle to finish his project car.

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After two failed chemo and radiation therapy treatments Tyler decided to return home to die on his own rather than die in a hospital. He hoped he'd be able to finish working on his Fiero. But, running short on strength and time, he turned to the Fiero.com forum for help. It was there where he connected with Andrew Weigel, who quickly worked with other members to assemble a team of fellow Fiero lovers and $4,000 in parts to restore and customize the car. Weigel was not only a fan of the mid-engined sports car, he was also a father with a son one year younger than Tyler.


Less than three weeks later an entire community of car enthusiasts assembled at a local shop in Frazee, Minnesota where Tyler lives. This group created the yellow car, dubbed Tyler's Toy, in just 24 hours. Weigel, who is serving as a Sergeant in the Pennsylvania National Guard in Iraq, watched the entire process from a web cam.

The part that'll really make those tears drop? When it was all done Tyler's dad was supposed to take his son around for a ride, but Tyler was able to summon the strength to drive it himself.

 

[CptStern]

that was nice of them. but I thought fiero enthusiats died out after the last Fiero fell apart due to it's shoddy workmanship and overabundance of suck

 

[VirusType2]

Less than three weeks later an entire community of car enthusiasts assembled at a local shop in Frazee, Minnesota where Tyler lives. This group created the yellow car, dubbed Tyler's Toy, in just 24 hours.

Cool bros, toy story

 

[Dog--]

Xzibit would've done in in less time and made it WAY better. Putting cancer in cancer and whatnot.

 

[YROC]

Goddamn cancer. Pissin me off.

 

[Nomad]

I really hate cancer. It ****s AROUND WITH YOUR ****ING DNA AND MAKES IT INTO A ****ING MESS. ****ING ASS.

 

[Solaris]

They should pull their fingers out and find a cure. It's important, Mark.

 

[unozero]

man thats some story.Thanks for sharing Pitzy.

 

[<RJMC>]

that was nice of them. but I thought fiero enthusiats died out after the last Fiero fell apart due to it's shoddy workmanship and overabundance of suck

you are just shocked cuz you dont have a way to make fun of them

"wtf rednecks have feelings and care for others? well what I say...? ah yes bush should have done the same whit the people of iraq-......oh crap I dont know what to say....well I make fun of the car them..."

 

[VirusType2]

that was nice of them. but I thought fiero enthusiats died out after the last Fiero fell apart due to it's shoddy workmanship and overabundance of suck

To be fair, old sports cars have had a hard, hard life.