{"product_id":"2940154044278","title":"Bangin' Gears \u0026 Bustin' Heads","description":"\u003cp\u003eWanna read some car stories set in the 1960’s?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWanna know how it really was back then? Wanna know what ‘61 409’s, ’62 406 Fords ran like off the showroom floor? Wanna read about illegal street races, fist-fights, sock hops, real cruising and Premium gasoline? Wanna know how most of us spent our weekends?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you do…“Bangin’ Gears \u0026amp; Bustin’ Heads” will, at least, help most of you relive YOUR youth…and I know you had one! Here’s an excerpt as a tease:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI slammed the three-speed into second, hauled the steering wheel right and floored the gas pedal. Rocks and gravel flew, the car slid around the corner, dust kicked up. I was going to lose Dave right now!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Merc’s tail slid left. I corrected, straightened her out and caught a glimpse of red reflectors. Dead ahead of me -- a stake bed truck -- no way to miss it. Going to be bad when the glass quits tinkling, dust clears and the car stops! I yelled “hold on.” Bobby screamed. I hit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe yelling quit, the sound of rushing wind ended, the exhausts quieted, the music from WLS-AM just…went…away. Every trace of noise stopped… deathly quiet. The car hurtled forward in slow motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI furiously worked the clutch, gas pedal, and the wheel. The side mirror went, vent window shattered, metal crunched. The cab of the truck loomed. We were still moving. I stomped the gas, turned the wheel and missed the majority of the cab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI realized, as I rounded the last corner of the driveway on the way out, that I’d side-swiped the truck…Dave’s headlights disappeared. I poured the Merc around the corner, bounced onto the gravel road and didn’t look back. I shoved the gas pedal almost thru the floorboard, didn’t want to stick around to see what kind of damage the truck took. Certainly didn’t want to see what I did to Dad’s Merc. No doubt now -- Dad will have my ass big time tomorrow!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bangin’ Gears \u0026amp; Bustin’ Heads”…is a commentary on the early to mid 1960’s…a series of 26 episodes, with each episode explained, between the stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roger Jetter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103513821424,"sku":"2940154044278","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154044278_p0.jpg?v=1764063597","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154044278","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}