This is what it is all about. Tyler Shipman is your typical car-crazy teenager. He discovered the Pontiac Fiero and fell in love. He bought one for $150 and slowly started restoring it. He posed with it in his senior picture. Then a few weeks later, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

After chemo and radiation therapy failed, Tyler decided to return home to enjoy his remaining days instead of dying in the hospital. He wanted to work on his Fiero, but a lack of strength and time made that impossible.

That's when he posted on the Fiero.com forum for help. Forum member Andrew Weigel read his story, and jumped into action. He assembled a team of Fiero.com members and got $4,000 worth of parts to help restore the car. A few weeks later, the team came from all over the country to Minnesota. Working twenty-four hours straight, they restored Tyler's Fiero, and the icing on the cake was that Tyler was able to work up the strength to drive the car himself.

You owe it to yourself to watch this video. It reminds us that it isn't about the cars, it is about the people. Car enthusiasts are the greatest group of people in the world.

Just a warning: make sure you have a tissue nearby.

Also, for more info, check out www.tylerstoy.com.

(source: YouTube via Jalopnik)

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