Lynn’s Barrcuda rescue
My father in law Lynn bought this 1966 Barracuda in The early 80s and it was his pride and joy. At the time when he purchased it he was still in the Navy and my wife and her sisters were young, and had a ton of memories riding around in their Dads barracuda. Unfortunately back in 1985 while he was out on a ship while in the Navy his brother decided to take it for a ride while. It had a newly built 340 and 727 in it with just enough miles on it to start to break it in. Probably less than 100 miles. Well as you guessed it, his brother blew the new motor and he found it half taken apart with his brother attempting to fix it when he returned home. Disgusted but not giving in he started collecting pieces to rebuild it.
As it always happens, life gets in the way. And he never got to really start to fix it back up again. He never gave up on it and spent nearly 40 years collecting up parts so that he could restore it when he retired. Even after retirement and relocating to Alabama from Virgina he still had a tuff time trying to get things in line to start the restoration. Then his health started to decline and he knew he would never be able to get it done.
Last year my Wife was talking to him and he said he had decided to sell the Barracuda and all the parts he still had stored I. His house in Virgina. So we talked to him about us getting it to keep it in the family and preserve his dream for it. In April of 2024 my son and I removed it from the old shed he had stored it in since 1990 after towing it from Tennessee where it had been stored since 1985. He are the first pictures of it on the day we pulled it out.
My father in law Lynn bought this 1966 Barracuda in The early 80s and it was his pride and joy. At the time when he purchased it he was still in the Navy and my wife and her sisters were young, and had a ton of memories riding around in their Dads barracuda. Unfortunately back in 1985 while he was out on a ship while in the Navy his brother decided to take it for a ride while. It had a newly built 340 and 727 in it with just enough miles on it to start to break it in. Probably less than 100 miles. Well as you guessed it, his brother blew the new motor and he found it half taken apart with his brother attempting to fix it when he returned home. Disgusted but not giving in he started collecting pieces to rebuild it.
As it always happens, life gets in the way. And he never got to really start to fix it back up again. He never gave up on it and spent nearly 40 years collecting up parts so that he could restore it when he retired. Even after retirement and relocating to Alabama from Virgina he still had a tuff time trying to get things in line to start the restoration. Then his health started to decline and he knew he would never be able to get it done.
Last year my Wife was talking to him and he said he had decided to sell the Barracuda and all the parts he still had stored I. His house in Virgina. So we talked to him about us getting it to keep it in the family and preserve his dream for it. In April of 2024 my son and I removed it from the old shed he had stored it in since 1990 after towing it from Tennessee where it had been stored since 1985. He are the first pictures of it on the day we pulled it out.