Owner #8 was a retired man who wanted to restore it, but again it didnt happen. She told me she didn't recall the car.her feeling was it was probably stored with many others, awaiting restoration that would never come. These new owners (#7) had over 125 cars on their farm, according to the widow. The owners who owned it the longest (16 years) were neighbors of the 'parkers' just mentioned. In fact, that particular woman married her mechanic, sold the car, then bought the car back, ( for more fun?)! The car spent most of its life around Fort Dodge. Two owners reported electrical problems, melting wire insulation, and a horn that would sound by itself upon left turns.Īnother owner admitted the car was used primarily for 'parking"' if you know what I mean. One owner took it to Yellowstone where the head gasket blew. Most of them were not even 20 years old at the time. Let me just say that this was a 'fair weather car' to most of its owners! Each owner (except #8) owned the car for two years or less. I gotta say survivors, because, remember, this Plymouth was new 45 YEARS AGO! I probably should not admit that the marker they used did not sufficiently hide all information, so with the help of, Reverse White Pages, and some other Internet services, I tracked down and contacted eight of the nine previous owners, or their survivors. However, the list arrived with the prior owners' addresses blanked out, due to new privacy laws! Since the car spent its entire life in the central Iowa region, it was easy enough to write to the Iowa DMV and request a list of prior owners. He had purchased the car from an Iowa carpenter, had hauled it home, and advertised it in Hemming's Motor News, where I spied the ad. Roger says, I bought my Belvedere convertible, sight unseen, from Exner-era Mopar vendor Dave Donley, who resides in MN. Matthew Keij's convertible was acquired in 2010 from Roger Howard, a former member of this Forum.