Locating the car was a long series of efforts over an extended 12 year period . . .
Lots of research, lots of looking, lots of dead ends, a bit of fact here and there, help from friends, help from strangers . . .
Research via MO DMV, research via county tax records, research via Obits, research via google, research via googlemaps, research via Bing and from time to time a prayer.
In the end, I'm convinced the prayer made the difference, brought it all together