I got REALLY scared once in the '60... We all got cleaned up & went to eat supper in it. Tennessee, in the summer, the weather is subject to quick change. We were on our way back home, & the "Heat Lightning" was putting on quite a show. Went around this bend, & it started HAILING like there was no tomorrow. Fritz, my papaw was driving, my gran was riding "shotgun", & I trying to hunker down as much as I could. Finally got home, next morning went to look at the damage, & miraculously, there was none.. That wild & wonderful turbo-compound windshield came thru w/flying colors. I have a theory as to WHY those cars were SO tough-This was before they designed everything w/a computer, they had to increase the strength of stuff,w/the old "Eyeball" method.
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