Saved by a Creeper

I was pinned under the front of my 1969 Ford Galaxie, when I accidently knocked her out of gear, while underneath changing oil….. the back-end of the car went over the first level of our terraced back yard, and I was drug along underneath the car directly behind the front wheel….the only thing that saved my life was the CREEPER I was on, otherwise the front driver’s wheel (with all the weight of that big-Boss 429 motor) would’ve went right over my rib cage and crushed me to death when the car came down off of the metal ramps!

A wrecker came and lifted the front end off of me, and after a night in the hospital for observation, I came home the next morning with a greasy head and beet-red bloodshot eyes, and , needless to say, very sore ribs for weeks!

Jeff Henn

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2 Responses to “Saved by a Creeper”

  1. Larry

    hey Jeff, good to still have you around! I am going to bet that you use wheel chocks and set the parking brake when you work on your car now. larry

  2. Brandon hess

    Interesting story....got anymore pics of this beautiful car? Lol