I came home on leave from the Army in 1960, I asked Dad if I could take his Olds 98 to town one night in Grundy Co, Iowa. Coming home in early morning hours, I took a short cut gravel road. I recall seeing some construction signs but what the heck. I had that 98 really moving and saw what looked like a gravel ramp into the air right in front of me (that gravel road was being upgraded and a big concrete culvert was installed and it was at least 4-5 ft higher (maybe more) than the old roadbed). I hit the brakes but that 98 had too much momentum. I lifted off into the air with that long hood aimed into the sky. I remember that it was real quiet in the car....no road noise, just the motor running. I prayed the car would land straight or I would roll and it would be bad. That 98 landed straight, and it bottomed out real hard...heard lots of gravel grinding sounds. All guages were good so hit the gas and went home.
Next day Dad asked how I "got all that gravel between the grill and radiator?". Of course I had no clue. It took me several hours to get the gravel out of there....there was a lot of room in that area for a lot of gravel.
But there was no yelling like the Dukes did when they went airborn...I was mostly praying.
That Olds 98 always ran smoothly for many more years. So did I. LA in WI
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