Publisher's Synopsis
About a week before Christmas, 1987, following a harrowing car chase in Salinas California, one troubled young man asked his friend to help him safely get to his family's home in Indiana. This is the real-life true story of one young man's metaphorical rebirth during his sojourn halfway across the United States driving his car with his mechanic who was also his friend. Written in the first-person by the mechanic himself, the author invites the reader to ride along with these firebrands on this high-octane coming of age, buddy, road-trip adventure with action, suspense, some comedy, and heartbreak, underscored by youthful vigor, that has a bitter-sweet yet positive conclusion.
The car the young man drove was a, now rather rare, 1978 Pontiac Firebird Esprit Red Bird edition base model equipped with a 305 cubic inch V8 engine. These cars were introduced midway through the 1978 model year and were the only Firebirds ever to be painted in Roman Red.
