Originally Posted by DADS50
34 years ago
I remember the day as if it was yesterday

I may not have of achieved my full height yet.

I was driving my Dads 50 (my 50 now) to my girlfriend Rochelle's house

Just in front of the Stop and Go on Atlantic avenue a car pulls out in front of me. Probably a pinto.

I jump on the brakes , white knuckled and all.....Nothing...pedal to the floor.
Quickly, like Mannix chasing a dope dealer I pull right with all I had,
barely missing the rear of the Pinto.

Some how I avoided the crash

Made it to Rochelle's house.....,
her moms answers the door
She looks at me and ask....


"Did you just see a ghost"

I used the P.O.L. Kit

And this of course will happen again (truck without brakes) without proper maintenance. Your post gives one the impression that the brakes failed, ergo, I changed the brakes for the better.

~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer