Contacting Car's Original Owner

[Woj]

Originally Posted by njsteve

The original owner of my SD455 was ecstatic. I call him. No one was home so I left a message saying who I was and that I had a 73 Firebird that I think he bought new.

Within ten minutes he called back, all out of breath repeating the same phrase: "YOU FOUND HER! YOU FOUND HER!!!!!"

and the rest is history. :-)

When I attempted to contact the original owner of my COPO Chevelle, I got a recording and left a brief message stating that I owned an Orange 69 Chevelle with a 427 and the original owner's name matched the owner of the number I called.

He called back shortly thereafter and was thrilled that the car was still around and couldn't wait to come see it (it had been 45 years). We have been friends ever since (3 years now) and exchange emails on a regular basis. He's still a car guy.