First Car Stories

My 1st Car was a 66 Dart. I was coming home from work at about Midnight some 29 years ago. It was snowing pretty hard and I had Bias Ply tires. The town was Clinton, NJ and I was passing Laneco which is now a Wal-Mart and there was about 1.5 inches of snow on the road. As I headed down the hill, I noticed a Tractor trailer blocking the entire road under the Rt. 78 overpass. I hit the brakes and my Dart just started sliding toward the truck. I prepared myself to go under the trailer by laying down on the seat. I knew the roof would not clear the trailer and figured it would either get ripped off or cave in and crush me. I started praying "Dear God please help me". As soon as I started praying God answered me. "We" sat up and everything went into slow motion. It felt like 2 Mph but I was sliding at about 40 with the brakes applied. I know God had taken the wheel and we glided to the left side of the road. The curb felt like cotton as My dart bumped against it. I was looking at about a 4 foot opening between the *** end of the trailer and the curb. Some how the Dart fit through the opening without a scrape. When I came out the other side, There were cars spun out everywhere. At least a Dozen. We steered through and around every car again without a scratch. I pulled up into Pip's Texaco and Parked. Walked over to the pay phone and called my Girlfriends house. Her and her Dad came and got me in the tan Chevy 4x4. I'll never ever forget that day. I have had many more close calls Especially in My Big Rig. I luckily remembered to pray and somehow got through them all without a scratch. I am not one to push religion on anyone but All the details are true. I always planned to put my true story in book form with pictures of the Dart and the Truck etc... Just never got around to it.