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Friends pitch in to restore Mustang for pal with ALS

1968 Ford mustang convertible

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Since 2016, Craig Reagan of College Station, Texas, has been living with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Many of the 56-year-old dad’s plans have been upended by the disease, which causes increasing muscle weakness and now has him confined to a wheelchair. One of those plans was to finally tackle the restoration of his beloved 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1, which he bought his junior year of high school in 1983, and has basically been a “big paperweight” in his garage since it stopped running in 1999.

Reagan had hoped to fix it up with his two sons one day, but ALS put a stop to that idea. Then during an “impromptu” 37-year high school reunion, some of Reagan’s old buddies from high school decided they’d take on the project for their friend. For a year, hi friends put in hundreds of hours of work on the car and other classmates from the class of ‘85 helped by paying for the parts. The work was performed at Rusty Nuts Garage, the half-mancave-half-car-restoration-business belonging to Reagan’s buddies Richard Watson and Robert Easterling.

Then finally, after sitting unusable for the last two decades, Reagan’s first baby, his ‘73 Mach 1 was back on the road, looking better than ever. Reagan’s wife Nancy says having the car running again has been the best medicine, saying, "It was almost like a piece of him…that came back to life." Reagan’s buddies who made it possible feel like they’re the ones who’ve received a gift: a reminder of how important it is to give back. "Just do good stuff for people," friend Mike Silva says, "That's all that matters."

Source: CBS NEWS

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