In 1957, we hauled small trailerloads of corn to the Co-op in Milan, Mich. to grind for hog feed. I was 14. One trip my mother drove the '49 Chevy sedan, straight 6 with 3 on the tree, and with a trailer, to the feedmill. She did not want to drive up the slope into the mill so she had me behind the wheel. I had been driving manual transmission car and pickup since I was 11. As I started to pull into the mill, the truck in front of us, that was leaving, stopped. When I hit the brakes, the brake pedal went to the floor and we rolled backwards. Behind us was a farmer with his '50 Chevy sedan and a trailer. We rolled about 3 to 4 feet backwards and our trailer hit the grill of the poor guy behind us. OH! The damage! A small ding in his steel grill. (how much damage would occur today?) Anyways, we pulled into the mill and ground our feed corn. Mom called dad from the office and he came to the mill with the 1955 Ford family stationwagon. His plan: to get home, 10 miles away, mom (driving) and I, would lead in the 1955 while he followed in the '49 and trailer with no brakes. His thought was, if a problem occurred, he would hit his own car, the stationwagon, versus another car. GREAT! Mom was gettin to big of a lead and dad was waving. When I told mom, she didn't slow down, she stopped! Bad enough by itself, but she stopped in the middle of a narrow bridge. Not only half way between ends but dead in the middle side to side. OMG!! I could see dad was now in a panic and I hollered at my mother, "MOVE THIS DAMN CAR!". She reacted immediately and got moving. Whew! I don't remember it being real close but I also remember, she never said a word to me about it. That was 64 years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday, and I smile, with some tears. Hey, mom!
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