are you here about my old Bel Air

are you here about my old Bel Air yes sir Emily told me that you urgently need it money but that my whole life Franklin did anyone actually inspect your Bel Air no they just called it crushed junk then don't sell it until we uncover its true value this bail air was never supposed to end up beneath a collapsed bar at Franklin's rural Michigan farm I found an 87 year old army veteran standing beside a 1957 Chevrolet Bail that had been trapped under broken since a brutal winter storm his granddaughter Emily held his arm while he worn wooden cane trying not to cry a local beer had already convinced him was nothing more and offered just $2,000 Franklin needed $15,000 for medical and to rebuild before another snowstorm destroyed what was property he quietly told me that selling felt like losing his entire life a second time the first car after returning home from military service every dollar had first paychecks after leaving the army and every family memory seemed to begin inside that Chevrolet looking closer damage looked far worse than it actually was the roof had collapsed around the but much of the body remained remarkably straight the original trim rare factory pieces and matching numbers still appeared to be beneath decades of dust snow and dust snow and I asked Franklin one simple question did anyone actually inspect the car head and whispered that nobody had they only wanted him desperate enough to accept the first offer I promised him we would not let his family's history we carefully removed the collapsed timbers documented every original and transported the our shop as we cleared dirt and moisture we kept discovering details that changed everything original chrome original interior pieces factory markings that collectors search years what everyone had dismissed as junk slowly began revealing itself as something far more valuable before listing the car we arranged an appraisal and reached out to several serious bail air collectors across the country instead of local flippers looking for easy profit Franklin sat quietly beside Emily while we waited real offers to arrive he kept telling he never expected anyone to fight an old car or for an old veteran then my phone finally I looked at the screen listened for a few seconds and slowly smiled I turned toward but before I what the collector had just offered the video ended if you want much the bail air was really comment value