Barbara Ann – Part 7 of Why People Name Their Cars After Women

Barbara Ann is one of those barn find opportunities we all have heard stories about.  I will not go into details on how we two came together, except for a chance meeting of a friend of mine and the then owner’s son.  The photo above is of Mrs. Barbara Lynch on her wedding day in 1957 and there, proudly taking her away, is a 1933 1002 615 limousine, vehicle number 74.  Fast forward to 2012.  The bottom left photo is how I found her that year approximately one hour after my friend called me and told me what he had found.  It was a 55 minute drive from my house to theirs.  The bottom right photo, I am ashamed to say, is Barbara Ann as she looks today.  My goal is to have her back on the road before the snow flies in 2020.  You might be asking, why the name Barbara Ann?  Barbara is obviously from Barbara Lynch, the lady I bought her from.  When we took out the chauffeur’s seat bottom, all the registration papers back to when she was new lay there.  The original owner was a widow named Anna Hanes of Winston Salem, North Carolina.  Hence I renamed her Barbara Ann.  Kind of catchy, like the Beach Boys song.  Who is Anna Hanes?  Guys, check your underwear.  That’s her.  Once Barbara Ann is finished I will be making a display board of her family tree and write an article on the history of this car and all the people who have or might have ridden in her.  I believe she will be a fun car to enjoy.  Barbara Ann is my only movie star.  The local TV station has been videoing her restoration and showing it on the local channel.

To be continued.