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Children can make some pretty lofty statements and grand promises. And an 8-year-old boy who promised to get his dad his dream car was no exception — but then he actually made good on his word.

A Reddit user going by the username Belairboy wrote that when he was 8 years old, he told his dad he would buy him a 1957 Chevy Bel Air on his 57th birthday.

“He grew up poor in a family of [seven] children. He never thought he would be able to own his dream vehicle but would talk about it all the time,” Belairboy wrote.

Then the day came.

LINK TO THE STORY HERE - THERE'S ALSO A VIDEO YOU NEED TO WATCH

Is there dust in this room? I think i need to get out of the libarary because there's dust in my eye.

I figure GAF can always use more "feel good" stories after 99% of the news that gets posted in OT is depressing as fuck

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GO BIG BLUE

 

[Benutzer]

awesome

 

[Malvingt2]

wow. very touching.

 

[Vyroxis]

Easy contender for best son ever? Yup.

 

[Yaboosh]

I wonder if waiting two years for the right birthday was the right move.

Amazing how quickly the father breaks down, it really was an awesome video.

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

Love it.

Thanks.

 

[tapedeck]

The feels..what a great son.

 

[Halcyon]

Making sons all across the world look bad. Thanks dude.





Awesome story.

 

[Revson]

Great story.

Thanks for this.

 

[Watevaman]

God I wish I had the money to do this. I would love to buy my dad his dream car before it's too late.

 

[ShinAmano]

Making sons all across the world look bad. Thanks dude.





Awesome story.

Basically lol.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

That's brilliant

Also not to be negative but in so glad he made it to that birthday, imagine something had happened and the son had been holding onto it

 

[Nephtis]

That was amazing.

Spoiler

Two years to prepare for the birthday and they forget to record in landscape mode.

But really though, that was right in the feels

 

[Zaptruder]

Dad probably maxed out his happiness meter. And we even get to benefit a little vicariously. Win win win.

 

[Diprosalic]

watching "pregnancy announcements" and "dad gets his dream car" videos on youtube are my go to when i'm feeling down.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

That's amazing, what a great son.

 

[Cow Mengde]

The video's filmed in portrait mode...

 

[TheAbsolution]

The video's filmed in portrait mode...

I wish she hasn't stopped the video before he started the car. Would've been nice to hear it start up.

 

[Random Painted HIghway]

nice story

 

[AlexMogil]

He kisses the car. That is so adorable. What a nice gesture!

 

[teruterubozu]

Touching. Although I was like, this guy kinda looks like Glenn Beck, then sure enough I scroll to the bottom and realize I'm on the Blaze.

 

[Divvy]

Great video, made me tear up

Out of curiosity, how much does one of these even cost to get now? Especially such a well maintained one?

 

[ratcliffja]

The video's filmed in portrait mode...

There's always one. Why does this bother people so much? Sure landscape looks better but it's really not a big deal.

 

[shaowebb]

Made my day. Immediately he crashed into tears and couldn't believe it was real.