The car on display at the Netherland Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati, OH. From the Cincinnati Star Times April 25, 1940.

Newspaper advertisements announcing the Ford Motorcar Salon featuring the Continental, Cincinnati, OH April 22-27, 1940. This car was sold through Ford’s Cincinnati Sales Branch:

A note and photo of the car from E.L. North owner of the car from 1972 through 1984:

A letter from Dave Cole, historian of the 1940 Continentals to E.L. North, December 9, 1972:

Mountain South Corp, a mortgage originator in Redwood City, CA owned the car from about 1984 to 1990. MSC was controlled by Van. K. Zannis. MSC and its parent company, a Savings & Loan Company, were taken over by the U.S Government in 1990, when the S&L failed. The car was sold at auction in 1990, by the Resolution Trust Company:

Two auction listing by the Resolution Trust Company, the Receiver of the car and other assets of the seized institutions. The Car sold for $75,000 at the first auction, but the prospective buyer never delivered the funds. The car sold at the second auction for $72,000:

A note dated March 24, 1997, from Packy Casalino, owner of the car from 1997 to 2022, to Dave Cole, historian of the 1940 Continentals: