i had an early 64 barracuda.
it was a 273 2bbl, pushbutton. that thing ran great, smoked the tires at will, even after i replaced the 13" stock tires with H78 14's on the rear. it even got 26mpg going to work on the interstate.
i lent it to my old man to drive to work one day, so i could take his new chrysler to the garage to get it safety inspected.
he called the house around supper time, and asked to bring the hook.
seems he hit a phone pole dead center, breaking the pole off and making a nice "dent" in the roof, coming home from work.
and that was the end of that car..........
my old man kind of had a habit of screwing up any vehicle he was lent. in later years, we laughed about this, but when it happened, it wasn't so funny.