(KCEN) -- A woman in Abilene receives a surprise birthday gift and it's all thanks to a used car dealer who wanted to give back after a successful 2012 year.
A woman walks into a car dealership and drives off in a car without having to pay for it.
So where's the punchline or the catch you say?
Well, there isn't one. The car really was free.
"I can't believe it though, I still can't. I got me a car, a free car," says new car owner Ruby Cooper.
Ray Braswell owns the used car dealership and has had a pretty good year.
So he and his wife decided to pay it forward by finding a person in need to give a car to.
They asked people to send in letters nominating someone in need. The letter they chose was from Ruby Cooper's son.
"She deserves it. She's been without a car for a couple of years," says Ruby's son Roman Johnson.
According to Ray Braswell, "I couldn't stand to think about her walking four little ones to school every day and then buying groceries and everything else."
Those words were what inspired Braswell to hand Cooper the keys to a 2005 Ford Taurus.
To make the deal even more special it's Cooper's 60th Birthday and its definitely a gift she'll never forget.
"You just don't know, I'm about to cry."
It took Cooper a minute or two to truly take it all in.
But the sounds of the engine quickly made it real and it didn't take long to set up ground rules for her new car.
"Cannot be putting no paper on the floor, no crayons no markers no nothing," she says.
So plenty of hugs, kisses and thank you's later, Ruby Cooper drives off in her own car.
A full tank of gas included.
