So this guy was a 3rd party jobber so to speak and did many cars for this shop and was owed a couple grand for his services as well as for a "loan" he had made to the owner of the shop. (This was the early 90s so a well worn Michigan T/A was not worth what it is today). I spoke to the guy I bought the T/A from who got me the name of this guy who had received it as payment for out standing $$$$. After some online searching and leaving a few voicemails I located that guy. We spoke for about 45 minutes last year and I got him to take me through the story 2 or 3 times hoping it might trigger another tidbit of info to go on. He said the shop owner was a "badass" and the last he heard the shop owner had been incarcerated. I will check my notes tonight but he knew him only by a nickname (probably knew the guys real name but wouldn't divulge it). He said this shop was well know in the Detroit area in the late 80s and into the 90s till the owner was arrested for his association with "certain" individuals. With the Mr. Norms paperwork I was able to locate the son of the original owner before I imported the car to Canada. The original owner's son came to meet me in Port Huron, MI and got a pic with the car. (He has also given me pics of the car at the track back in the day and there is 8mm video coming too). He drove to Mr. Norm's with his Dad to pick up the car in October, 1970. His Dad had the car till around 1972 or so. Then there is that gap till the early 90s. I am unsure if I can do a historical registration check in Michigan. My understanding is, from talking to the guy who got it as payment, is that when the Shop owner was arrested his wife came to collect the Shop owner's cars (those that were registered to him) to sell off to pay bills. My T/A was supposedly still in the original owner's name and did not change until this guy changed it after he got it out of the Shop. Because this one was not in the Shop owner's name he was able to get it as payback for some of the money owed to him. I know, sounds like a bit of a tall tale but that is what I got.