Eliot Middleton grew up watching his mechanic father fix cars.
Now Middleton is 38-years-old, and is honoring his late father's legacy by fixing junk cars throughout South Carolina and donating them to people in need.
He finds all these cars by trading plates of ribs from his restaurant, Middleton's Village BBQ, to anyone willing to part with their broken-down vehicle.
So far, Middleton has received 100 cars, and have donated repaired ones to 33 people in need, without asking for anything in return.
He told CNN, "You don't have a car, you don't have a career. How will people who have no reliable buses, no Ubers, travel to the city, where they would be able to find bigger jobs at the port authorities or manufacturing centers? They can't walk 40, 50, 60 miles to great jobs -- they have to settle for small-end jobs that pay well below what they need to survive."
Middleton launched an online fundraising campaign to help support his project.
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