Had a chance today to find the few papers that I took out during the disassembly.
The Auto Owner’s Maintenance Folio was from the Fort Lauderdale Lincoln-Mercury on 12 East Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304. There was no reference to the car SN or date, just the number “2754” and the owner’s name of “Mr. J. J. W.”
In chronological order, next was a Florida insurance card dated 6/78, sears receipt for a battery on 10/78, and a Florida vehicle inspection on 11/78 in the name of “Mr. C. D. F” of Tallahassee Fl.
12/78 repair orders were found for Pirelli’s ($480), Koni’s ($400), brake shoes ($90), master cylinder ($100) with $100 labor performed in Columbia SC. The name was now “J. T. K.” (Of Raleigh, NC) and the miles recorded as 25486. The temporary NC registration card was in the name of “Mrs. H. W. K.” on 1/79.
5/26/81, a cashier’s check receipt from “J. F. B.” (Me) for a 73 Pantera with 37K miles
Little Interesting event I did a little googling for the previous owners. Mr. C. D. F. has a business webpage. While I was browsing, I got a pop up for live chat. So I figured I would give a try to get a message to Mr. C. D. F. the live operator responded to my initiation of chat, even had the delays with the “wait, typing”, but it didn’t take long to realize it was a program that would search my replies and use key words to fill in a business form response. I left my contact info so maybe the message will get to him. I wanted to ask him if he had the Crane engine rebuild with turbocharger or did the first owner.
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