Looking for my dad's old 1970 Boss 302
07-22-2013, 10:21 AM
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Looking for my dad's old 1970 Boss 302
Hello everyone, I'm not quite sure if this is the right place to be posting this, so I apologize in advance if it isn't!
Quick back-story: My father owned a 1970 Boss 302, originally Grabber Orange that he painted candy apple red. The car was amazing, with an immaculate white leather interior, and a BEAUTIFUL engine. Unfortunately he had to sell it around 1999 (putting me at 11 at the time), and I just recently started searching for it.
I had read in the Vintage Mustang Forum in a post from 2002 that it was in Washington, so I headed over to the Boss302 exchange, put up a post, and was informed that in the 2011 registry it was located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta Canada.
Just curious if I could get any further in my search here, and if anyone has any information or ideas, I'd love to hear!
Quick back-story: My father owned a 1970 Boss 302, originally Grabber Orange that he painted candy apple red. The car was amazing, with an immaculate white leather interior, and a BEAUTIFUL engine. Unfortunately he had to sell it around 1999 (putting me at 11 at the time), and I just recently started searching for it.
I had read in the Vintage Mustang Forum in a post from 2002 that it was in Washington, so I headed over to the Boss302 exchange, put up a post, and was informed that in the 2011 registry it was located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta Canada.
Just curious if I could get any further in my search here, and if anyone has any information or ideas, I'd love to hear!
07-22-2013, 10:29 AM
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Try contacting these groups, they have members in Red Deer and may be able to assist you in your search.
Alberta Mustang Owners Association - Home
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http://www.abmustang.com/
Alberta Mustang Owners Association - Home
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http://www.abmustang.com/
07-23-2013, 04:04 AM
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If you had the VIN, couldn't you just run a search and find the current owner ? I realize you're in Cali, but here in Ontario, if you run the VIN at the Ministry of Transportation office, you can get a used vehicle information package that's supposed to track the history of all the owners of a car. If the vehicle is legally registered and plated to be on the road in Alberta, I would hope the Ministry of Transportation in Alberta would have that info. Clubs are only useful if the owner joins, but it's a good place to start because someone who is in the club might recognize it. Any pictures to help in the search ?
07-23-2013, 02:15 PM
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If you had the VIN, couldn't you just run a search and find the current owner ? I realize you're in Cali, but here in Ontario, if you run the VIN at the Ministry of Transportation office, you can get a used vehicle information package that's supposed to track the history of all the owners of a car. If the vehicle is legally registered and plated to be on the road in Alberta, I would hope the Ministry of Transportation in Alberta would have that info. Clubs are only useful if the owner joins, but it's a good place to start because someone who is in the club might recognize it. Any pictures to help in the search ?
The VIN number of the car is 0F02G123065, I can't believe I forgot to put that in my original post!
I did look into ordering a VIR (Vehicle Information Report) from the A-Plus Registry, but I was saving that as a last resort. I also don't think it tells the names of the previous owners.
And here are the few pictures I have available of the old girl!
07-24-2013, 04:01 AM
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I was thinking a car that nice would be registered, plated and insured. Who wants to leave something that sweet just sitting around ? Parts car ? I'd agree with you for sure, might not be registered, but unless it's sitting on blocks, stripped into in pieces somewhere, I would hope whoever bought it is driving it.
