For most of his life, Dr. Wayne Hey, former President of DFW Urology, fostered a deep love for the Lord, classic cars, helping young people in need, and giving generously to worthy causes.   Through the years, Wayne's love for old cars gradually led to his astounding collection of almost 100 classic vehicles, all in various stages of restoration.

 

In August 2013, Dr. Hey felt led of God to donate the majority of his classic cars toward forming a new foundation for at-risk teenagers.  His vision included a program that would expose teenagers to relevant truths from the Bible, hands-on training in complete automotive restoration, computer research skills, mentoring, tutoring, recreation, and character development.  This new foundation would use the restoration of classic cars to ultimately restore the lives and families of hurting teenagers.

 

While the philanthropist-doctor was willing to provide the cars, facility, and initial funding, he needed someone to drive his dream down the Road of Reality.   That someone was his long-time friend, James (JB) Baldridge.  To Wayne, JB's 33 years of multi-level ministry experience, his knowledge in automotive restoration, and his spiritual gifts and skill set made him the best candidate for the key leadership position.  In December 2013, JB accepted Wayne's offer and began serving fulltime as President/CEO of Crossover Restoration Foundation in January 2014 while maintaining his part-time position as Minister of Education at Pleasantview Baptist Church (Arlington, Texas).

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Crossover immediately began building meaningful relationships with schools, businesses, churches, students, and other charitable organizations.  In July 2014, the IRS granted Crossover Restoration Foundation the legal status of a 501(c)(3) as a religious/educational non-profit, public, charitable organization (EIN 46-4415925; Taxpayer ID 320-52707109).

 

On September 4, 2015 Crossover closed on the property at 1120 E. Rendon Crowley Road in south Fort Worth, Texas.  A large 12,000 square foot building would house the main shop, classrooms, offices, recreation room and showroom.  A smaller 3,000 square foot building would be used for storing some project cars and for future expansion.  A third 400 square foot building will be used for equipment storage.  

 

​Sadly, Dr. Hey's battle with cancer came to an end, and he slipped away to be with his Savior in 2018.  Since then, JB and the Board of Directors have remained committed to making Dr. Hey's dream for Crossover come true.  In December 2019 JB resigned from Pleasantview Baptist Church after serving there 18 years.  In January 2020 he dedicated all his time and energy to begin the ministry at Crossover. 

 

Since 2015, over $750,000 has been invested in countless renovations of Crossover's buildings and property.   Two Certificates of Occupancy were awarded by the City of Fort Worth in November 2025.  As Opening Day is quickly approaching, Crossover continues investing the financial support of generous donors to meet a feww of our current needs.

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CURRENT NEEDS

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1.  Increased monthly support.  We cannot stress this need enough.  Currently, only 20% of our monthly expenses is covered by faithful donors and four churches. Though our funds are quickly depleting, we continue trusting God to lead more donors our way so we can remain debt-free.

2.  Completion of a comprehensive Safety Policy Manual.

3.  Installation of new air lines from a commerical air compressor throughout both buildings.

4.  Personal Protection Equipment and custom uniforms for the volunteers and students who will be participating in our ministry program.

5.  Spray insulation on the bottom of our new roof to keep it warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.  Estimated cost is $30-40,000.

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