My ears were burning so I thought I'd better check around to see who was talking about me!

It was nice meeting you Don at the Turkey Run. I really like your t-bucket. It is very well done and has a great style to it. Hopefully someday I will get to see your son's as well.

Yes, the above grainy photo is the bucket post accident.

I miss the bucket a lot. I am and will always be a roadster girl.
Don't feel too bad though. At the end of spring my friend Matt (not husband as previously mentioned ) and I found a 1950s Cali built '32 roadster hi boy that had been in storage since the mid-60s. We got it back on the road again in time for the Deuce reunion in Detroit in August and I love it. I also had the privilege to drive a friend of mine's '32 roadster all the way to Bonneville for Speedweek and back (6500 miles round trip) topless!

A lot of people thought I would never drive a roadster again but actually after I got out of the hospital the first car I drove was a convertible. Even though we never really figured out exactly what happened; whether it was the tranny, rear end or another component in the drivetrain; I have realized that accidents do happen. No matter how good of a builder or a driver you are they still happen. It was a Total Performance T bucket and chassis that we had built. I didn't plan to be their crash test dummy but I must admit it held up really well in the accident. The body never came off the frame and only had one small crack in it where the 'bed' was bondo'd onto the bucket. I know that Matt would build another Total Performance bucket in a heartbeat. Matter of fact, he talked with Mickey at the Turkey Run this past weekend about it.

Well, I guess that's about it. Or should I say, 'that's my story and I'm sticking to it!'