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Source : Calgary Herald.com (Community rallies to repair vandalized Angel's Drive-In car | Calgary Herald)

 

“It doesn’t matter our economic times, whether, you know, we’re in trouble financially or whatnot,” he said. “If a Calgarian can help out another Calgarian, they’ll do whatever they can to do that.”

 

Two companies have come together thanks to a fundraiser aired on CJAY 92 radio. The 1963 Cadillac on top of Angel’s Drive-In in Bowness was vandalized earlier this year, and the companies are working together to take the car off the roof, restore it and put it back when completed.

 

they got a phone call from Jason Steiert of Stonewall Foundations Ltd., a local company, with the offer to remove the car from the roof with a crane and transport it to a body shop, free of charge. All that remained was to find a body shop to restore the vehicle.

 

The hosts updated their audience and “immediately our text lines are the radio station just started getting flooded,” with suggestions of who to call.

 

All lines led to Derek Zuck at Legacy Speed and Body a Strathmore-based auto shop, known for restoring classic cars.

 

“When (Jesse) called me and told me about the story, I felt bad,” Zuck said. “So I figured we do our part for the community and restore it for them."

 

Due to a few prior commitments, the auto shop couldn’t take the car in for a few weeks, according to Modz. However, as of April 1 2025, the car was lifted off the roof of the restaurant, onto a crane and transported to the shop for repair.

 

“There’s going to be quite a bit of work,” Zuck said — "about a week of five or six of his crew sanding the car to remove the graffiti and then repainting it fully."

 

“It’ll look like the day it was bought, nice and shiny,” he said.

 

“That’s one thing that I love about Calgary, is that Calgarians are always willing to help out other Calgarians. And you know that’s the saying, give the shirt off your back,” he said. “And this is a great example of that.”

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