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1968 Plymouth Barracuda By Rev. Dr. Jerold A. “Jerry” Garber

 

1968 Plymouth Barracuda By Rev. Dr. Jerold A. “Jerry” Garber

 
  A LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA……was the original owner of this 1968 Plymouth Barracuda. Her name was Elizabeth Gerard and she honored the present owner with the gift of this car in 1999. At that time I was finishing up a Master of Divinity degree and serving the church Elizabeth belonged to as an intern. One day she announced she was giving me the car she had once told me about and that had not been out of her garage in over 2 years. My senior pastor assured me there was nothing wrong with the ethics of the situation – Elizabeth had no living relatives – and after asking her to think it over for a week I told her I’d give it a good home. When she gave me the signed title I noticed she had taken delivery of the car on my birthday in 1968! Quite a coincidence! When I backed, pushed actually, the car from her garage it was scratched, dented, and dirty. But after I put in a new battery I’d thought to bring along, it started the second time I turned the key. The odometer showed 62,300 miles accumulated over 31 years. It still had original bias ply whitewall ties which were so badly cracked they were replaced days later. It still has the original spare. Restoration work on the car continues as I have the time and resources. The car came with the vinyl top option that is on it today. It has dealer-installed air conditioning and the AM only radio still works.
 
  I added the Cragar S/S wheels, which were just becoming popular at the time the car was built. Bodywork and paint took a couple of months. I removed all the aluminum and had it straightened and polished in North Hollywood, California. When I took the restored aluminum back to the body shop, the folks there asked where I’d found brand new parts! The rear bumper was straightened and re-chromed. I converted the exhaust to duals with Flowmaster mufflers and repainted the valve covers and air cleaner. Otherwise everything under the hood is as it came to me. The engine is a 318 V-8. We lost Elizabeth in June 2000. Her memorial service was the first funeral or memorial I had ever done and I drove her car to the service. She did live long enough to get a ride in the car once after the paint and bodywork was done. She remarked when she saw it that it certainly didn’t look like it did when she gave it to me. And when I started it she grinned and said, “Doesn’t sound the same either!” The plates, transferred to my name, are the original plates issued for the car in 1968. The dealer license frame is from Pasadena Chrysler Plymouth and has been on the car since 1968. 
 
Present Owner:
Rev. Dr. Jerold A. “Jerry” Garber, Pastor, Zion United Church of Christ, Peru, Illinois
 

1968 Plymouth Barracuda By Rev. Dr. Jerold A. “Jerry” Garber

 
 

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