# A feel-good story **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-feel-good-story/79786 "2013-06-07T02:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-feel-good-story/79786/1 "2013-06-07T02:47:14Z")
…about how the automotive technology students at a NJ Vocational School are helping to lift an elderly man’s spirits by restoring his 1969 AMX. And, of course, in the process, the students are gaining a lot of knowledge that they might not have been exposed to otherwise: > **[Hunterdon Polytech students restore a 1969 AMX muscle car, revitalize spirits...](https://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/2013/06/hunterdon_polytech_students_re.html)** > > RARITAN TWP. — After sitting idle for more than 40 years, a classic muscle car from the 1960s has been given a second shot at the American road by students in Polytech’s automotive repair program. In doing so, the... ---
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-feel-good-story/79786/2 "2013-06-07T03:06:42Z")
Amazing how the human spirit can be revitalized by looking ahead while remembering the past. Really great of these “kids”. We look forward to the day we can restore the human body as we can do with cars. In the mean time, anything that these students can give, they get back many times over. Not only does it reinvigorate a life, they are building great memories and pride in doing something for a fellow human being they can carry with them for the rest of theirs. ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-feel-good-story/79786/3 "2013-06-08T16:46:33Z")
I’d think it would also make for better mechanical skills to understand how ‘our forefathers’ designed and built cars with the tech that was available. How often do you see a points ignition and a carburetor on anything bigger than lawn equipment these days?