Craig thanks But you shouldn't have told about My buddy working the throttle on my 38 deluxe coupe. We were test driving after installing a clutch had the brakes disconnected.
Forgot to hook the brakes up in our hurry up to getter on the road. It's a long story but here is the short version. Came down the hill flying & a grinning ): ): to show off to the guys standing in front of the station I worked there & the guy on the fender owned it.
Came to the stop sign & hit what I thought was brakes, nope nothing so I looked both ways & kept going. All Hell I didn't see the 48 Kaiser on my right, bushes in the way. We hit the Kaiser with the right front fender & it went sailing up in a yard only to hit a tree. Damn I thought DeArment would be crushed nope he went flying over the top of the engine, landed on his feet & just brushed himself off a bit, not even a scratch.
Everyone survived shaken but OK. The couple in the Kaiser were old & the car was pretty new. OH BOY cops arrived on scene license & registration & insurance HA. I don't have but one an out of state driver license furthermore I lived in Ohio & we were in Pa. I received a lengthy ticket. We took care of the repairs on the Kaiser & I paid my fine. The 38 had pretty good damage to the front but the hood was still nice cause it had not even be put back on. I sold the coupe. Only time I ever drove it. pretty car, it was light blue
My mother never new about it until years later when I was living & hotrodding in So Cal.
My aunt mom's S I L came to visit & gave her the newspaper clipping about the accident. Mom sent it to me. I never told my parent about my accidents', but they still found out. I totaled two beautiful 40 ford std coupes, a 51 caddy coupe-de-ville that I put up an old oak tree, totaled that one, hit so I buckled the rear 1/4s, the 50 chevy vert took out 13 guard rail posts & telephone pole. Thanks all for the wishes, more stories some other day. Lunch time.
