THE SPEED OF THE INTERNET WILL COST $60 A MONTH. THE PROJECT EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE AND WILL CREATE ABOUT 50 JOBS. >>> WE HAVE NO DOUBT SEEN HIS TELEVISION COMMERCIALS OVER THE YEARS. HE WAS A VERY WELL-KNOWN TRIANGLE PERSONALITY WHOSE GIFT WAS SELLING CARS. >> TONIGHT, WE FIND OUR TARHEEL TRAVELER IN DURHAM. SCOTT MASON TELLS THE STORY OF MARC JACOBSON AND HIS CLASSIC CAR COLLECTION THAT HE LEFT BEHIND. >> Reporter: HE WAS A MAN WHO LOVED CARS, ESPECIALLY THE OLD CLASSICS HE GREW UP WITH. HIS FAVORITE WORD MIGHT HAVE BEEN YES BUT NOW IT IS GOODBYE. IT IS A CLASSIC, ON ITS WAY DOWN AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK, A GOOD LONG LAST LOOK. >> IT IS A SAD DAY FOR SURE. >> IT WAS A SAD DAY WHEN HE DIED IN AUGUST 2020, MARC JACOBSON, THE NAME AND FACE OF THIS TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN DURHAM. >> MARC JACOBSON TOYOTA, FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. >> FUN GUY TO BE WITH. >> Reporter: HE HAD A WHOLE FLOOR OF CLASSIC CARS. HE COLLECTED THEM AND HIRED A TEAM TO METICULOUSLY RESTORE THEM. BEFORE AND AFTER. BEFORE AND AFTER. BEFORE -- >> LITERALLY, YOU GET IN RAINING ON YOUR HEAD ALL OF THIS DEBRIS, I HAD TO STRIP OUT THE ENTIRE HEADLINER, IT HAS NEW VINYL AND LOOKS BRAND-NEW. >> Reporter: '50 OLDSMOBILE, PAW 56 NASH AMBASSADOR, AFTER 57 STUDEBAKER, '58 FORD. >> THE CARRIER WAGON WITH THE GOLD TRIM. >> Reporter: THE CREW DOCUMENTED MARC JACOBSON'S DREAM MACHINES. TODAY, THE DREAM MACHINES ARE GONE. THE FLOOR IS EMPTY THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN SOLD AND THE CARS HEADED TO AUCTION. THE LAST ONE READY FOR THE TRUCK. >> I HOPE WHEREVER THEY END UP GOING NEXT THEY WILL BE CARED FOR JUST AS MUCH. AS MUCH AS MARK CHERISHED THEM. >> ORIGINALLY HE WAS FROM NEW YORK, HE WAS A NEWLYWED AND HE AND HIS WIFE RENTED A TINY APARTMENT. >> A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE AND WHAT I SAY GOES. >> HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED TO DO AND WHICH I SOMETHING. >> Reporter: HE TRIED SELLING CARS. >> HE WENT TO FLORIDA. >> Reporter: AND THEN CAME TO DURHAM. >> MARK WAS LARGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY. >> YOU WANT COMPLETE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION? >> HE HAD A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR. >> EVERY DAY I TRY TO DO ONE RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS. >> WE KNEW HE WAS SICK BUT DID NOT TALK ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: HE DIED OF UNDISCLOSED ILLNESS AT AGE 73. NOW HIS CLASSIC CARS ARE GONE TOO. THE '55 CHEVY BEL AIR, '56 MERCURY, '56 CADILLAC DEVILLE, '59 AT SEOUL, 1960 AUSTIN HEALEY. 28 CARS ALL GONE TO A FLORIDA AUCTION HOUSE. >> PRETTY MUCH ONE OF THE BIGGEST AUCTIONS IN THE WORLD. >> Reporter: THE FINAL CAR, THE '58 OLDS ROLLS ON TO THE TRUCK. >> THEY ARE ALL AVAILABLE AND WILL GO. >> Reporter: YES, THEY WILL GO, SADLY, YES. >> SUCH BEAUTIFUL CARS. THEY ARE BEING AUCTIONED THIS SATURDAY NEAR ORLANDO, FLORIDA AND WILL LIKELY TRACK BUYERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE DEALERSHIP IN DURHAM IS