[Bob Johnson]

I looked in my records and this is the car which belonged to J. Richard Alford. There was mention of it in The Restorer Vol 31 Issue 6 page 18 (March-April 1987). Here is the text of the article.

J. RICHARD ALFORD of El Centre, California only recently found his Town Car in a backyard in Tucson, Arizona. The engine had been replaced at some time with a Pinto engine and the original was nowhere to be found. There was no hood, the cowl lights were missing as were the running boards. The rear section of the body had suffered from having no roof, no upholstery, no seats and the glass in the divider section was missing. Mr. Alford has a big project ahead of him to restore this car but he is determined to do it and do it right.
An old registration found in the car shows that it was registered in Arizona on March 5, 1975 in the name of Bob Baker and gives the serial number of the car as #A 659619. When the body came off the chassis this number was confirmed as that stamped on the chassis rail. The original engine, then, was manufactured during November 1928. This agrees with a firewall date for assembly of December 10, 1928. There is no body number. No earlier history on this car is known at this time. Mr. Alford purchased this car in the fall of 1985 from Mr. Tom Fitzpatrick of Tucson, Arizona

I have not seen this car in person so I can not say for sure it was originally a Town Car. However since it was missing many of the original parts that might explain why many of the parts are not correct.

Bob