{"id":16142,"date":"2020-06-17T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T21:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/?p=16142"},"modified":"2025-04-02T23:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:54:20","slug":"a-gift-for-dad-memories-a-classic-mustang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/community\/a-gift-for-dad-memories-a-classic-mustang\/","title":{"rendered":"A gift for dad: memories & a classic Mustang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How one son surprised his dad for his 60th birthday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Appreciating your parents never goes out of style and we should all do it more often. Holidays offer good opportunities to show your love, whether it\u2019s your parent\u2019s anniversary, a birthday, or Father\u2019s Day, and one member of the Turo community really hit it out of the park for his dad\u2019s 60th birthday this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse is a photographer and freelance content creator who lives in downtown Detroit with his wife and two kids (and one on the way!). This last February he was planning a sort of spring break trip with his family and his parents to the Tampa area, to take place just a couple days after his dad\u2019s 60th (before travel restrictions took effect).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse wanted to do something special for his dad\u2019s big milestone, so he thought he\u2019d surprise him with something fun to drive during the trip. While searching for cars in Tampa, he came across this beautiful 1965 Mustang convertible in Poppy Red with a cream interior \u2014 the perfect cruiser for a Florida vacation! So he told his parents not to rent a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse\u2019s dad, Ron, is a big car guy. He once had a career in auto body and restored a bunch of old cars in his spare time, and was the owner of a turquoise 1966 Mustang. When Ron got married to Jesse\u2019s mom just over 40 years ago, that Mustang was the wedding getaway car. It was his prized possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But when they started having kids, Ron switched careers and sold the Mustang before Jesse was born. \u201cIt was sort of a legend of my childhood,\u201d Jesse said. \u201cAll I ever saw of it growing up was pictures, and I always kind of had an obsession with it and asked questions about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cut to the Tampa family vacation. After Jesse picked up the red \u2018Stang from his host, Edward, he drove it to the airport to surprise his parents at the terminal. The surprise couldn\u2019t have gone any better<\/a>. Picture your mom and dad walking out to the curb with their bags, and there you are standing next to a gleaming classic pony car, keys in hand. \u201cIt was exactly the reaction I was hoping for.\u201d Jesse (aka best son ever) even caught the moment on his Instagram story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n