
This restaurant owner spends his free time fixing old cars and donating them to people in need
CNN
When Eliot Middleton was a little boy, he followed his father around everywhere, watching the talented mechanic carefully fix car after car.
Less than a year after his death, Middleton, 38, now a restaurant owner, is honoring his father's legacy by fixing junk cars and donating them to people throughout rural South Carolina, where public transportation is sparse. To get the cars, he trades a plate of ribs from his restaurant, Middleton's Village BBQ, to anyone willing to part with a broken-down vehicle.
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