[Lee Stewart]

My friend Al and I drove down to Miami on Xmas break (1968-1969) from Boston in Al's 1969 SS 396 Chevelle where we were at Babson College. 10 day road trip; 2 days to get to Miami, 6 days of sun and fun and 2 days to get back to college. Al's girlfriend was vacationing in Miami from school with a girlfriend and had promised Al she would put us up in her room.

After a straight through drive we get to within 10 miles of Miami when the Chevelle starts to overheat. We immediately pull into a local Chevrolet dealer - we had left the Turnpike about 20 miles ago and were traveling on A1A for a change of pace. The water pump had failed, but Al's car is still under warranty so it's just an hour out of our schedule to get it fixed. While waiting for the repair to be completed, I walked over to the Plymouth dealer next door to look around and spot this 1969 GTX sitting in the entrance of the Service Department with two guys standing next to it. I commented on how nice the car looked and asked why they were there. The owner of the car says to me, "we are headed to Miami on a road trip from college when the water pump failed." I start laughing and the guy looks at me and says, "you think that's funny?" So I replied, "yeah, I do. Take a short walk with me." So we walk over to the Chevy dealer and I introduce them to Al and explain why we are there. Everyone starts laughing.

So for the next 3 days we spent all our time with the guys with the GTX and with the girls that Al knows. It is interesting to note that we never street raced the GTX and there were plenty of times we took both cars to dinner, the beach, the movies, etc.