Manu
28th September 2012, 15:56
a post appeared on a British Subaru forum: A father had just found out his son was terminally ill with cancer and he wanted to give him one last thrill with a small car show on September 8th.
That small request went viral after we posted it and, instead of a small car meetup, more than 1,000 cars showed up to give him the best day of his life. There were new Ferraris, vintage Lamborghinis, and a lot of Subarus, including cars from the company.
Normally the cars are the stars at shows like these. But this time, it was Connor. "It was the best car show I've ever seen," friend of Jalopnik Alex Roy told us. It wasn't about cars competing with each other, rather "everyone was competing to get Connor in their cars."
Connor's family took him off his meds for the show, since they normally make him groggy. If someone with a cool car saw him, they brought him over and had him sit in the cars and start and rev the engine.
Over the course of one week, car enthusiasts from around the world came together to organize a blowout car show for young Connor. After three days there were more than 200 cars committed. Then there were 600 cars and finally, day of, double that number. People who never met each other before and hadn't met Connor came together from around the world.
Before the show on Friday, about 1,000 cars had officially committed and entries were closed since they couldn't physically fit more cars on the property. But that was nothing compared to the day of the show.
Probably most of you read the previous thread in general chat. The rest of the story can be found here:
http://jalopnik.com/5941906/internet-pulls-together-1200-cars-for-terminally-ill-boy
And a picture gallery here: http://jalopnik.com/5941922/connors-day-pictures
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17yp2hx2yklorjpg/original.jpg
http://carrosantigos.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/connors_day_1.jpg
That small request went viral after we posted it and, instead of a small car meetup, more than 1,000 cars showed up to give him the best day of his life. There were new Ferraris, vintage Lamborghinis, and a lot of Subarus, including cars from the company.
Normally the cars are the stars at shows like these. But this time, it was Connor. "It was the best car show I've ever seen," friend of Jalopnik Alex Roy told us. It wasn't about cars competing with each other, rather "everyone was competing to get Connor in their cars."
Connor's family took him off his meds for the show, since they normally make him groggy. If someone with a cool car saw him, they brought him over and had him sit in the cars and start and rev the engine.
Over the course of one week, car enthusiasts from around the world came together to organize a blowout car show for young Connor. After three days there were more than 200 cars committed. Then there were 600 cars and finally, day of, double that number. People who never met each other before and hadn't met Connor came together from around the world.
Before the show on Friday, about 1,000 cars had officially committed and entries were closed since they couldn't physically fit more cars on the property. But that was nothing compared to the day of the show.
Probably most of you read the previous thread in general chat. The rest of the story can be found here:
http://jalopnik.com/5941906/internet-pulls-together-1200-cars-for-terminally-ill-boy
And a picture gallery here: http://jalopnik.com/5941922/connors-day-pictures
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17yp2hx2yklorjpg/original.jpg
http://carrosantigos.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/connors_day_1.jpg