Finding the history on your vehicle, what did you do?

[Coelacanth]

I don't know the history of my '70 Charger's previous owner(s). The Charger originally belonged to the son of the father, who was the seller. I got the vibe either that the son abandoned the car or there was some kind of falling out between them. I didn't care to ask or know the background. It's cool because I'm likely only the second owner of my Charger.

 

[68BabyBlue]

History I've accumulated on my current GTX has been like winning the lottery. The original owner's son and I get together on a regular basis. He's managed to fill in many of the quirks in the car's history I'd wondered about, and also gave me all the original documents retained by the dealership, paperwork most customers never get to see. The car stayed on the floor plan for three years before the bank made the dealership title it. It was titled with the company as owner of record, and the car continued to run on dealer tags for the next 12 years. I'd wondered why the documents showed date of original title in 1972.

As I said in earlier posts, no substitute for face to face meetings for learning details of a car's early years. My ownership history has always passed on with my prior GTXs, and I've found it interesting that with seven cars, only one subsequent owner made the effort to contact me. Google brings up my professional data, it would be an easy search. The VIN for my first GTX has been on the internet for decades, and no one has attempted to contact me, a shame, since I still have original documents showing the history of all prior owners.

 

[PlymCrazy]

History I've accumulated on my current GTX has been like winning the lottery. The original owner's son and I get together on a regular basis. He's managed to fill in many of the quirks in the car's history I'd wondered about, and also gave me all the original documents retained by the dealership, paperwork most customers never get to see. The car stayed on the floor plan for three years before the bank made the dealership title it. It was titled with the company as owner of record, and the car continued to run on dealer tags for the next 12 years. I'd wondered why the documents showed date of original title in 1972.

As I said in earlier posts, no substitute for face to face meetings for learning details of a car's early years. My ownership history has always passed on with my prior GTXs, and I've found it interesting that with seven cars, only one subsequent owner made the effort to contact me. Google brings up my professional data, it would be an easy search. The VIN for my first GTX has been on the internet for decades, and no one has attempted to contact me, a shame, since I still have original documents showing the history of all prior owners.

Ownership-history-dream-experience you've had Adam IMO

 

[Budnicks]

Back in 2006, after I bought the car in Dec. 2005, from another person
2nd family ownership
I had contact with the daughter of the guy who
originally owned my current 68 RR (my 13th 68-70 RR)
I wondered if the milage was real & was a bit curious about the person
being a carpenter
I found all kinds of stuff on the sides of the rear quarters, in the trunk
I had found old leather pouches & nails, a couple of chisels, pencils etc.,
tools fell down there, when knocking out a dent & trying to find the source of a rattle...

I did a search for the name online, on the org. address & name on the
pink in the glove box
I found it by where I used to live, some 20-30 or so miles away...
I was in living in Rancho Murieta eastern Sacramento Co.
& She was in outskirts of rural Rio Linda, both US close to Sacramento

I sent the address, on the org. pink/copy a certified letter
asking if I could talk to someone about the car,
any information would be appreciated...
She contacted me by mail 1st, we exchanged phone #'s & E-mail
she was really nice, really willing to help...
Her husband was very informative too, he knew the car very well...

She was more than willing to share info about 'her dad's old car'
she drove it even for a while after it was parked under a lean to,
for years, after her dad died, she inherited the house & car
her husband had got it running for her, when she was still in college...

the 67k mileage was real too (not 167k or something),
I got some cool information, some cool history by a couple people
that had an personal relationship with the car & it's org. owner
I still own it some 'a month or so away from 20 years now'

Just be respectful of the people's privacy...

 

[Fran Blacker]

I contacted original owner of my Satellite in 1979 to see if he had the gas cap bought it and something else??.In 2015 drove up to his house to see him and chat. He showed me his photo album. My daughter took pictures of the album. He said let me look for the paper work he pulled order form, finance info, owners manual and work he had done before delivery. Only thing he didn't have is the cert a card lost in a kitchen fire. I offered to buy the papper work he excepted.

 

[Hey-O]

My cars history is one of the reasons I bought it, one reason. Born in California, raised in Hawaii, and was brought to a builder in the mid 2000's to be a test mule for 5.7 conversion kits. Mopar Action magazine April 2009 tells the story.

 

[hemi*guy]

I was there when my dad bought it off the original owner in 1971. The guy owned a gas station and was getting a divorce. My dad got it for a third of original cost because the guy didn’t want his future ex wife to have it . Been in my dad’s driveway or my garage since.