Art & Inspiration History lessons-learning where your car used to live

My O/T was born at the South Gate California factory on March 16, 1967 and delivered to it’s first owner March 23, 1967. Dealer was in Longmont Colorado, Vondemkamp Pontiac, original owner lived in Pueblo Colorado and at least by March 15 1968 it was still in Colorado and serviced at that dealership.

For the next two years and two months it’s unknown if it was still owned by the original owner or where it was at. May 1970 it was sold as a used car at Valley Ford Sales in Belen N.M., purchased by a vet returning from Vietnam.

He owned and wore it out, pushed it out to the side at the family farm near Belen where it sat from 1976 until I bought it in 1986. So at best I’m the third owner.

 

I bought my '41 Ford coupe from the second owner's son. The second owner bought the car in '60 or '61, and parked it in '67. Still on the key chain was the "return to" tag from the original owner.