The older we get, the more sobering this information. When we're young, we think we're bulletproof, then we find out we're not. I've built a 454-powered "A" sedan, an 8.50/175 mph Super Comp car, a high-10's GTO, and my current lowboy. I have confidence in my work, but I'm always thinking about the all those bolts that I tightened and all the welds I made. Did I get them all right? When I take the coupe out of storage in three years (sigh!), every bolt and nut is going to get another going-over.

The worst that ever happened to me was a rear 4-bar bracket on the rear axle of the A-bone that folded up when I hit second gear. It tilted the pinion up quit a bit and skewed the rear axle out of line, but I got it stopped without incident. If that had been third gear and a lot more speed . . . well, I hate to think about it.

I wish the gentleman in the yellow roadster a complete recovery.