This 10-Year-Old Boy Saved Up To Buy A Project Car To Restore With His Dad And Someone Torched It
Fort Wayne, Indiana. 10-year-old Gauge Hart dreamed of being able to save up all of his money to buy a project car to restore with his dad, Josh.
Through hard work and determination, this 10-year-old was able to accomplish his goal a few years ago and get a Camaro to fix up with his dad.
“Gauge is a very headstrong young man that had a mission on his mind, and he met it, HEAD ON,” Josh’s close friend Taya wrote on a GoFundMe page.
“Gauge worked very diligently to save his hard-earned money to buy his very own project car, a Camaro!”
“Gauge, Josh, and even little sister Brookelynn have been working on this car together. It had become their family project. More so for Josh and Gauge since it’s Gauge’s dream car.”
GoFundMe; pictured above is Gauge
One day this week, Gauge’s dream was shattered when someone set fire to the Camaro as it was sitting on a trailer that his dad owns.
The family has no idea who did this or why they would do something so awful to a child.
“As I write this, Gauge does not know about his car yet. Josh is unsure of how to find the right words to even begin to explain to his son that someone destroyed his dream,” Taya continued.
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Josh spent several days trying to figure out the best way to break the awful news to Gauge.
He told Gauge yesterday, and although Gauge is heartbroken, he said, “Dad, sometimes you just have to pray for the dumb people in this world.”
GoFundMe; pictured above is Gauge’s car after being set on fire
“The money being requested isn’t even going to touch the emotions and feelings that Gauge is going to be faced with,” Taya explained.
“This money is hopefully going to be able to let Josh and Gauge replace and rebuild another Camaro.”
“Josh has many resources with vehicles and I am sure that with the right help, he and Gauge can find another. It will never replace the countless hours they spent together working on this first car.”
Since Taya told Gauge and Josh about the GoFundMe page, Josh sat down to write a thank-you note in his own words to everyone that donated.
Facebook; pictured above is Gauge writing his thank-you note
If you would like to donate to the GoFundMe created to help Gauge get a new project car with his dad, you can do that here.
Facebook; pictured above is Gauge’s thank-you note
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