A 'Whole Town Effort'
The Pottstown Classics Car Club, local businesses and community volunteers on Saturday raised money to refurbish a disabled veteran's 1967 Ford Galaxie 500.
A fund to pay for the restoration of a car owned by a disabled U.S. soldier was down to its last $10 when Bill Struble donated money from his veteran's benefits to help the cause. Struble, who served in the U.S. Army in Saigon during the early 1970s, recently gave $500 of his disability income -- due to his exposure to Agent Orange -- to the Herron Project. The venture, led by the Pottstown Classics Car Club, aims to restore a 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 owned by Brad Herron, a local disabled U.S. Army veteran who served for six years in Iraq, Afghanistan and areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. "I wanted to help ... on behalf of all the veterans," said Struble of Collegeville. "Plus, I'm a Ford fan." Struble owned a 1968 Galaxie. He also had to …
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