He once hit a horse in the road, impaled the big Jet-like hood ornament in the horse's belly, and then just kept driving the car on to work....the horse didn't survive but the Oldsmobile did (it was a 1958, with big fins on the rear quarter panels that were the size of a billboard).
I once pulled the 1955 Buick into the barn, and hit the gas instead of the brake (I was 14), and drove through the back of the barn....the Buick was un-harmed, as it had bumpers that seemed to be about 1/4 inch thick!)
Yeah, I well remember those tanks. My dad had a few, as well as a late 50s DeSoto that could knock a locomotive over.