[Als48]

GB, I remember the chicken coop story as well. It reminds me of my Grandad Sam's near miss with his old truck. Dad and my brother and I were tearing down an old house for the lumber in '63. I was 16, My grandad, who was about '70 or so at the time had a '52 F2 or F3, not sure which. He had gotten out of it at the crest of the hill, leaving it out of gear, running maybe. Anyway my 4 yr old sister was in the truck, standing on the seat (what car-seat?) as the truck began to roll down the hill toward a wooded area. Sam tried to catch the truck but couldn't so he yelled for Sheri to jump! She did, but the truck didn't go much farther before becoming lodged on a downed tree trunk and stopped without much if any damage. Grandad Sam was pretty upset, but relieved that Sheri was ok. Ole Blue survived to carry a load of lumber home 10 miles away. Kinda funny now, but not that day.

Al Hook