Help needed locating a previous owner

Hi there in Florida!
Last evening I found a note I thought I had lost. I got it from the gentleman who sold me this car and has the address of the last US-owner, an elderly lady living in Miami who sold this car on eBay in June 2003.
If she had been living in Norway, I would have found her in less then 2 minutes, but I can´t figure out how to search for addresses in the US.

If someone would be willing to assist me a little, it would be greatly appreciated. Basically I need to verify the address so I have the chance to send her a letter. Not sure if the name or address is spelled correctly, but this is what I have:

HORTENSIA JACKSON
OKLEANS ST
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33023

This is the car in question: http://ww.w.early911sregistry.org/fo...o-quot-project

Many thanks, Radmund

You're missing a street number. And the city does not match the ZIP. Try this:


HORTENSIA JACKSON
7774 ORLEANS ST
MIRAMAR, FLORIDA 33023

DING DING DING! John wins :)

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Originally Posted by jos.hall

DING DING DING! John wins :)

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Isn´t Early-S great? :) Owe you a beer John!

Happy to help. Good luck on your search.

Gotta love technology...

https://www.google.com/maps/place/77...!6m1!1e1?hl=en

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Originally Posted by 72targa

Gotta love technology...

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Excellent Peter, I can see 7774 on the wall! All we need now is someone who can photoshop the car back into the Florida driveway. :cool:
Will start writing.

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Sorry as I am just seeing this thread. I live about 20 minutes from here, and my office was about half a mile from this address. I don't suppose I can help, but happy to assist if you need anything from here.

Scott

Hi Scott, thanks for chiming in!
It would be of great help to have a man or two on the ground. I think the appropriate thing to do is to write a letter introducing myself, but I doubt she is very interested in writing letters to a guy in Norway. In case she is not using email, it would make things much easier if someone could drop by and simply talk to her about what she remembers and to see if she still has some old pictures etc.

Will PM you :)

Thanks, Radmund

Radmund,

I met Ms. Jackson today, and spoke to her for about 30 minutes about the car. Nice lady. I will send a PM with details.

Scott

Fantastic!!
Looking forward to hearing what you talked about! :)
Did you btw get my email sent 5 days ago? Check your spam filter if not.

Will update the project thread. Would be great if you would post about your visit there.

Thank you!

Radmund

Update:
A couple months ago I sent a letter to Mrs. Jackson. Yesterday I received an email from Florida!
This is great news and will probably help answer many questions. She says she should also be able to help with the name of the person her brother bought the car from.

So thanks a lot guys for the assistance!

Mrs. Jacksons car was serviced by Butch Stokes in the years she had it. In case the shop still has records from that time, I would like to check if the engine was swapped in Florida or happened earlier. Problem is I can only find a telephone number to Butch Stokes Automotive. I´m not on FB, so in case someone has an email address, that would be of great help.

The adventure continues! :)

Radmund,

I found the address as:

Butch Stokes Automotive
2530 SW 30th Ave
Hallandale, FL
33009-3082

From what I've heard, Butch is retired, but I think someone in his family maybe took over the shop. Ms. Jackson said he did most of the work on her car. I quickly did a search, and saw a post that Butch was still in the shop, despite being retired.

Good luck with the continued search. Glad you connected with Ms. Jackson.

Scott