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| rick 918-S |
 Jun 28 2010, 10:04 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette  Group: Members Posts: 20,506 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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| Mary Shortridge |
Jul 4 2010, 09:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 221 Joined: 27-July 09 From: Garden City, KS Member No.: 10,616 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
To follow is the text I have planned for a 20x30" board, that will be displayed with Buttercup at car shows. Thought you should know....
Buttercup was purchased by Lee Cyr in 1991, at a garage sale in Boulder, CO. She was already named “Buttercup” when he bought her. Lee drove her for several years, then parked her, always dreaming of restoring her. In 2008 Lee began to plan for the upcoming restoration that his friends would help him with, but sadly that dream was cut short when Lee was killed in a car accident. Lee’s family could not bear to throw away the now-rusty, broken little yellow car. Buttercup was WAY beyond rescuing, but Lee’s dream would not die. Restoration began in Garden City, KS, but the project soon overwhelmed his family. This special car is not common enough to make restoration simple. The search for information on the internet lead to 914World, where Mary posted a thread stating what she was trying to do. Quickly the members rallied together to help, and began to resurrect Lee’s dream. At last count, 66 people, from 26 states and two countries, participated in making Lee’s dream a reality. Several members journeyed to Garden City to look over the project and determine what needed to be done. One member came from PA came to KS to overhaul the transmission. Several members came to prepare for “the build”, compiling yet another list of parts and list of what needed to be done, before “the build” took place on the weekend of February 19-21, 2010. 7 members of 914World, 2 of Lee’s friends from NE, and Lee’s family gathered in Luke and Rena Schweiterman’s shop to put Buttercup back together again. The help and generosity of the people of 914world.com is a story that is beyond comprehension. It is now the dream of Lee’s family that Buttercup share this amazing story of what complete strangers were willing to do, to save another one of these cars that they so dearly love, in honor of a “brother” that they had never met. |
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| hot_shoe914 |
Jul 4 2010, 10:32 PM
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on ramp passer Group: Members Posts: 3,802 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Earle, Ar. Member No.: 8,354 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Mary Shortridge @ Jul 4 2010, 10:25 PM)  To follow is the text I have planned for a 20x30" board, that will be displayed with Buttercup at car shows. Thought you should know.... Buttercup was purchased by Lee Cyr in 1991, at a garage sale in Boulder, CO. She was already named “Buttercup” when he bought her. Lee drove her for several years, then parked her, always dreaming of restoring her. In 2008 Lee began to plan for the upcoming restoration that his friends would help him with, but sadly that dream was cut short when Lee was killed in a car accident. Lee’s family could not bear to throw away the now-rusty, broken little yellow car. Buttercup was WAY beyond rescuing, but Lee’s dream would not die. Restoration began in Garden City, KS, but the project soon overwhelmed his family. This special car is not common enough to make restoration simple. The search for information on the internet lead to 914World, where Mary posted a thread stating what she was trying to do. Quickly the members rallied together to help, and began to resurrect Lee’s dream. At last count, 66 people, from 26 states and two countries, participated in making Lee’s dream a reality. Several members journeyed to Garden City to look over the project and determine what needed to be done. One member came from PA came to KS to overhaul the transmission. Several members came to prepare for “the build”, compiling yet another list of parts and list of what needed to be done, before “the build” took place on the weekend of February 19-21, 2010. 7 members of 914World, 2 of Lee’s friends from NE, and Lee’s family gathered in Luke and Rena Schweiterman’s shop to put Buttercup back together again. The help and generosity of the people of 914world.com is a story that is beyond comprehension. It is now the dream of Lee’s family that Buttercup share this amazing story of what complete strangers were willing to do, to save another one of these cars that they so dearly love, in honor of a “brother” that they had never met. Insert tear shedding smiley here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) |
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| Mary Shortridge |
Jul 5 2010, 06:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 221 Joined: 27-July 09 From: Garden City, KS Member No.: 10,616 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
[/quote] Insert tear shedding smiley here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) [/quote] Supposed to make you proud. You should be.... |
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| hot_shoe914 |
Jul 5 2010, 06:55 AM
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on ramp passer Group: Members Posts: 3,802 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Earle, Ar. Member No.: 8,354 Region Association: None |
[quote name='Mary Shortridge' date='Jul 5 2010, 07:25 AM' post='1339461']
[/quote] Insert tear shedding smiley here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) [/quote] Supposed to make you proud. You should be.... [/quote] Anyone who had anything to do with the Buttercup ressurection can't help but to be proud and humbled by the experience. |
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Gotta vote for Buttercup. ya just gotta!
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