67-69 Fully rotisserie restored Barracuda Fastback
1969 Barracuda 340 Formula S (Named after the original owner).
This is the information that I have been able to put together on this car based on the dealer documentation and with talking to Larry Austin who is the son of the original owner and was the second registered owner of the car.
In early 1969 a young man from Statesville North Carolina walked into Matlock Motor Company in Taylorsville North Carolina and ordered this 340 Formula S Barracuda. It was delivered to the dealership in early March but by that time the young man had been drafted into the Army and the car sat at the dealership until it was sold later that year.
In early September, Larry Austin and his dad went to the dealership and picked out new car for Mary which she didn’t care for. She opted instead to buy the red 340 Formula S Barracuda that she found in the showroom.
It turns out that she had other plans for the Barracuda. You see she was in love with her son Larry’s 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury, which he had purchased new and she had hoped that Larry would trade cars with her. That did not happen single Larry also loved his car and still owns that Sport Fury to this day.
Mary worked for the county as a librarian and didn’t drive the car all that often when in 1985 she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She stopped driving the car entirely ultimately signing the car over to Larry in 1986.
Once I purchasing the car in late 2007 I replaced the brakes, rubber bushings, rear springs, exhaust system, recovered the front seat, replaced the heater core, replaced the hoses, shocks, re-cored the radiator replaced the water pump, replaced the tires with period correct red line Firestone wide oval tires and re-chromed the rear bumper, taillights and backup bezels.
The car is a Survivor with no paint work and is numbers matching with the exception of the addition of a suregrip differential and the original differential is available with the sale of the car.
$24,000. Around 57,000 miles, one family owned before I bought it and I am the 3rd owner. I have the original window sticker, build sheet. The car car has manual fast ratio steering and manual brakes. Attached is the history of the car and the fender tag breakdown. I can add more pictures if you’re interested.
1969 Barracuda 340 Formula S (Named after the original owner).
This is the information that I have been able to put together on this car based on the dealer documentation and with talking to Larry Austin who is the son of the original owner and was the second registered owner of the car.
In early 1969 a young man from Statesville North Carolina walked into Matlock Motor Company in Taylorsville North Carolina and ordered this 340 Formula S Barracuda. It was delivered to the dealership in early March but by that time the young man had been drafted into the Army and the car sat at the dealership until it was sold later that year.
In early September, Larry Austin and his dad went to the dealership and picked out new car for Mary which she didn’t care for. She opted instead to buy the red 340 Formula S Barracuda that she found in the showroom.
It turns out that she had other plans for the Barracuda. You see she was in love with her son Larry’s 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury, which he had purchased new and she had hoped that Larry would trade cars with her. That did not happen single Larry also loved his car and still owns that Sport Fury to this day.
Mary worked for the county as a librarian and didn’t drive the car all that often when in 1985 she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She stopped driving the car entirely ultimately signing the car over to Larry in 1986.
Once I purchasing the car in late 2007 I replaced the brakes, rubber bushings, rear springs, exhaust system, recovered the front seat, replaced the heater core, replaced the hoses, shocks, re-cored the radiator replaced the water pump, replaced the tires with period correct red line Firestone wide oval tires and re-chromed the rear bumper, taillights and backup bezels.
The car is a Survivor with no paint work and is numbers matching with the exception of the addition of a suregrip differential and the original differential is available with the sale of the car.