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Thanks for your encouragement.
If the "in an envelope" rumor ever had any basis in fact, it would have had to involve just a paper title. I say this with certainty because the vin tag has definitely been attached to this vehicle throughout the period (long before & to my knowledge was never off) the rumor started. Let's face it, nefarious people can get a title for any car (and make up a car to go with it). They could do it with any of our cars. That's why concrete histories of sellers and buyers are soooo important. When (and if) the states comply with the mandate to tie together computer records, it will be more dificult. It's a shame to sully the reputation of any of these great cars when these rumors are repeated, but I have myself to blame for adding support to the rumor by indicating that the vin tag had been removed in the past. Once again, it's my embarrassing error.
I'm not getting discouraged. However, I only restore/keep cars that I have 100% of the history on. I'm not there yet with 616414, but I'm getting a lot closer. I've done this histoical search routine a lot of times, but never on a car with THIS many owners! Once again - if anyone has a memory of a RG Yenko running around the streets in eastern PA - email me your lead(s) and I will follow them up!