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Originally Posted by widebody911
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'48 Buick... with a straight 8. My grandfather had one... either dark blue or black... can't remember. Land yacht for sure.
1948 Buick Special Sedanette
Not nearly enough braking power for its weight like a lot of cars of that era. My mom told me that once he was on a long, downhill grade and a guy up ahead stepped out into the highway to flag my grandfather down. The guy was parked by the side of the road with car trouble.
As I remember it, this idiot stayed out in the road waving his arms (paved two lane IIRC), my grandfather couldn't stop in time, and he had to choose between hitting the guy or hitting the guy's car because there was oncoming traffic.
He chose hitting the car, probably because hitting the guy was definitely gonna kill him. I don't remember if he could see if anyone was in the car, but... there were... and people died.
