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STOP PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY CADILLAC PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY CADILLAC IT'S NOT ABANDONED WE'VE HAD COMPLAINTS I HAVE AN ORDER TO REMOVE IT IT WAS ONLY MOVED OUTSIDE BECAUSE MY GARAGE WAS DAMAGED HOLD ON SHE TO SAVE THIS CADILLAC THEN MOVE FAST HERE MY FATHER BOUGHT IT IN 1957 PLEASE DON'T LET THEM TAKE IT THIS 1957 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BE REMOVED FROM AN ELDERLY WOMAN'S PROPERTY WHEN SHE CAME OUTSIDE WITH HER CANE AND BEGGED THE TOW WORKER TO STOP NEIGHBORS HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT AN OLD NON RUNNING CAR SITTING BESIDE HER DRIVEWAY AND FROM THE STREET I COULD UNDERSTAND WHY ALL FOUR TIRES WERE FLAT DECADES OF DIRT COVERED THE BLUE AND WHITE CADILLAC LOOKED COMPLETELY ABANDONED BUT THE TRUTH WAS VERY DIFFERENT THE CAR HAD ONLY RECENTLY BEEN MOVED OUTSIDE BECAUSE HER OLD GARAGE WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED MAJOR REPAIRS BEFORE THAT THE CADILLAC HAD BEEN PROTECTED INSIDE FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS AND WHEN SHE TOLD ME WHO ORIGINALLY BOUGHT IT SHE COULDN'T WATCH SOMEONE TAKE IT AWAY HER FATHER PURCHASED THE FLEETWOOD IN 1957 ONLY 18 YEARS OLD BEFORE WE CONTINUE TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING FROM BECAUSE I'D LOVE FAR THIS OLD CADILLAC STORY REACHES SHE STILL REMEMBERED HER FATHER BRINGING THAT ENORMOUS CADILLAC HOME ORDINARY FAMILY TRIPS THAT FOLLOWED YEARS LATER WHEN NO LONGER DRIVE THE CADILLAC BECAME HERS SHE KEPT USING IT UNTIL MECHANICAL PROBLEMS EVENTUALLY PUT IT OFF THE ROAD THE FAMILY ROLLED GARAGE INTENDING TO REPAIR IT SOMEDAY BUT SOMEDAY ALMOST 50 YEARS THE GARAGE FORCED THE CADILLAC OUTSIDE WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING ARRANGED WEEKS PASSED NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED AND EVENTUALLY SOMEONE WAS SENT TO REMOVE IT WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW SHE HAD ALREADY CALLED ME AT 87 SHE NO LONGER KEEP WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME CADILLAC CLEANED MADE MOVABLE AND SENT SOMEWHERE THAT COULD DETERMINE HAD A FUTURE THE FIRST CHALLENGE ROLLING EVERY TIRE HAD DETERIORATED BEYOND USE AND DECADES OF CORROSION MADE THE WHEELS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THE DRIVER SIDE CONFUSED US UNTIL WE DISCOVERED THE OLD CADILLAC USED REVERSE THREAD LUG NUTS THERE ONCE NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED WE TURNED OUR BODY THICK GRIME COVERED THE ORIGINAL BABY BLUE PAINT AND WHITE ROOF WHILE OXIDATION AND NATURAL PATINA MARKED DECADES OF AGE WE CAREFULLY WASHED AWAY THE CONTAMINATION AND POLISHED WHAT REMAINED WITHOUT TRYING TO ERASE THE HISTORY WRITTEN ACROSS THE SLOWLY THOSE OLD COLOURS APPEARED AGAIN INSIDE WAS EVEN WORSE RODENTS HAD CABIN LEAVING DEBRIS DROPPINGS AND A TERRIBLE ODOR BEHIND WE VACUUMED AND DEEP CLEANED THE SEATS AND STEERING WHEEL A CAR AGAIN GOING TO PRETEND A DEEP CLEANING COULD UNDO 50 YEARS OF MECHANICAL NEGLECT THE ENGINE AND SUPPORTING SYSTEMS NEEDED A COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL INSPECTION BEFORE ANYONE SHOULD ATTEMPT TO START IT WHAT MATTERED THAT DAY WAS DISCOVERING HOW MUCH HAD SURVIVED BENEATH THE DIRT WAS A REMARKABLY COMPLETE CADILLAC WITH SOLID BONES AND ENOUGH ORIGINAL PAINT 87 YEAR OLD WOMAN BACK TO THE CAR SHE AT EIGHTEEN INSTEAD OF BEING REMOVED AS SOMETHING UNWANTED TRANSPORTED TO A CLASSIC ROD SHOP WHERE SPECIALISTS COULD BEGIN THE NEXT STAGE OF BRINGING IT BACK MAYBE SOME THINGS BECAUSE SOMEONE REFUSES ABOUT THEM AND SOMETIMES JUST TIME HAS FINALLY RUN OUT GOD PUTS THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN OUR PATH CARRY WHAT WE CAN NO LONGER CARRY ALONE MAY GOD BLESS EVERY ELDERLY PERSON STILL HOLDING ON OF THE FAMILY THEY LOVE IF YOU BELIEVE GOD SENDS HELP NEEDED MOST COMMENT AMEN LIKE AND SHARE THIS STORY FOR WATCHING