I called a friend looking for a carb, and told him the story about how I found this car. He said he heard a similar story years back and mentioned that another friend had found a similar car, and it was most likely the same car. Well, I got a call yesterday and sure enough, his friend had owned the car and was the second owner of the car. He found it in 1996 near Wausau WI and was all original and complete down to the tires.
It was on blocks in a building and after putting some oil in the cylinders and adding air to the tires and some fresh gas, she fired right up.
He owned the car for 4 years and sold it in 2000. Around 2 months later he got a call from a police department wondering if he was o.k., he said yes, why do you ask? They mentioned that the car had been involved in a bicycle accident (no there wasn't actually anyone on the bike, so I was told) and the car had run off the road and hit this bike while a kid was jumping off a bridge. It was a strange incident, and the car was eventually impounded. The title was still in his name as the new owners had not yet transferred it. He tried to get the car back, but failed. The car disappeared after that and 2 years ago he met someone that new where the car was, but he wasn't telling where. Well here is a picture of the car back in 1997. He had put the Craiger rims on it and the original rims ended up on the car pictured next to it. He mentioned the original owner had put the sun roof on it when the car was brand new (damn).
We are going to get together in the following weeks to re-unite.
