Thread: Woodward, Telegraph, Gratiot & "the Ditch"

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When I married my wife she owned a '68 Mustang coupe.......289, automatic. It was her pride and joy. After a while I began to play with the Mustang a little and it ended up with a '70 351 Cleveland with some Gapp and Roush heads, Torker intake, Holley DP, Crane cam, headers, 4 speed toploader with Hurst Ramrod shifter, and a nodular 9 inch rear running 4:88 gears. It changed the complexion of the car somewhat! It ran mid 11's on M and H dragster slicks. But it remained one of our two daily drivers for a few years until it got too radical to drive on the street.

My wife was an RN and worked nightshift at a hospital in Pittsburgh, so one night we put our two Sons into their little car seats in the rear and I drove her to work. The kids were maybe a year old or year and a half old at the time. After I dropped off my wife I was driving home along a 4 lane street and when I stopped at a red light a vette pulled up along side. He was sporting 427 flags and he blipped it a couple of times while we were sitting there.

When the light turned green my 25 year old mind forgot my kids were in the back seat, and I launched it hard. By the time I hit 3rd gear the vette was way back, and suddenly it dawned on me my Sons were in the back!! Looking in the rearview mirror all I could see were 4 eyes about the size of saucers looking at me. I think it was at that point they became motorheads.

I shudder now to think about my stupidity, and I can guarantee you Mom never heard that story until after the boys were all grown up. Actually, the kids and I had a lot of car secrets we had to keep from Mom.

Don