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I’ve always thought it interesting too to know the history of one’s car although I have had only a few that I really wanted to know about but never did find out.

One was a blue 1951 Henney-Packard combination coach and I knew the name of the Sacramento funeral home that owned it originally but what interested me is which PAC member owned it in the past as it had a sticker from the club inside the windshield and, as I bought it sometime in the ‘70s, it had to have been a relatively early member. I was in PAC (even as national secretary and Vice President for a while) later from the early ‘80s but never found out.

Another was a 1951 300 parts car with a 1954 roof that had been a race car at some point. Apparently it had rolled in one of its races so the roof was replaced. The car itself is long gone but I still have its original engine with Ultramatic which seemed an odd combination for racing!

The third was not a Packard but rather a 1964 Imperial Crown Limousine by Ghia, one of ten built, that I understood was owned by collector Tom Mix (not the actor) before I bought it but I don’t know who owned it originally.

On my pink 55 400 I know the history, as the same guy owned it since like 1966 and 20k miles (now 76k), with 2 previous owners. What I am curious about is my 55 Clipper which I know was bought by a dentist in 1990 presumably as a classic ride. I know that as the car has been title jumped since then (2 people between him and me). What's curious as the car has always been in PA, since 1955 (though the title for whatever reason records the previous title state as TX; perhaps a dealer transfer?). So it's curious that, as far as I know, there's no history beyond that. Though it was already on the PAC roster before I bought it, but the roster keeper didn't know since when or who added it.

That's right Bob, I mean it is my time to waste so......Especially because at this point it seems to have done two trips to Canada! Love a mystery!

Exactly! It appears mine has been to Canada twice! Chasing a mystery is fun!

Rum runner!

LMBO That would be hilarious!!LOL

Sorry on the late reply BigKev, I have contacted the Roster Keeper and is checking into it for me. At this time, no luck so far.