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Car Identification (rubbings of the Body Number Tag and Motor Number): Photos of the car from 2005: Photos of the car from 1991: Photos of the car from 1973 when Tom Akins purchased it: A letter from Tom Akins to Dave Cole (historian of the 1940 Continentals) at the time of Tom’s purchase of the

Car Identification photo – Body Number Tag: Sale listing and result of the June 28, 2025 Kraft Auction Services auction at Valparaiso, IN: Photos accompanying the sale listing of the June 28, 2025 Kraft Auction Services auction at Valparaiso, IN: Sale listing from the April 2025 Worldwide Auctioneers auction at Auburn IN: Auction result April

Car identification photo – Body Number Tag: From The LA Times January 28, 1940: Another photo of Jackie Cooper and his car from 1940:

The car was destroyed in a garage fire at Auldbrass Plantation, a Frank Lloyd Wright designed property in SC in October 2024. Beginning in early 2025, the car is undergoing a complete restoration by Rob Ida at Ida Automotive in Morganville, NJ. Additional photos after the fire: Photos before the fire: An article about the fire: A

Another view: From the January 9, 1940 edition of the Norfolk Ledger identifying H.B. Goodridge as the owner of the car on display at Seaboard Motor Company, the local Lincoln-Zephyr dealer. Only one car had been shipped through the Norfolk, VA Ford Sales Branch by this date, Body Number 06H-56-017. H.B. Goodridge’s death notice on