Passing of Dick Clark

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The passing of Dick Clark reminds me that he was at one time a fellow Mark II owner.

About two or three years ago, a fellow on E-Bay had a 1956 Mark II that was once owned by Dick Clark. In the ad, he had a 1961 Pennsylvania registration card in Clark's name. The address was one of the fancier apartment houses in Philadelphia, the kind of place Dick Clark probably would have lived in in 1961.

Does anybody else recall seeing this ad? I wish I had written down the VIN number, but I hadn't yet discovered this forum.

Alan Harris
C56D2744

[Pat Marshall]

VIN: C56C2579
SPEC: 01-1F6M-???-?
PROD ORDER NO: 1643
ENG#: ???? BODY TAG NO: ????
DSO NO: NONE
DSO DETAILS: NONE
NAMEPLATE: ????
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OWNERSHIP HISTORY:
1956-Samuel A. Blank,
Continental Auto Sales
Philadelphia PA
??-?? Dick Clark PA (1)
1968-2006 (or later) Unknown Owner Medford OR (1)
11/8/06 For Sale on EBAY (1)
Dick Clark, American Bandstand * No Record Found After 2006 EBAY Listing
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION:
(1) 11/15/2006 EBAY #320047122782 $150,000 (no sale information). This auction is for one black Continental Mark II that was once owned by "(Richard) Dick clark of Amercian Bandstand fame (FORUM NOTE-Was hosted by Dick Clark 1956-89). The current owner has a copy of Dick's car registration from Pennsylvania. The car has been fully restored by the current owner and has been stored for 31 years. The current owner bought the car in 1968 and was told that the 17,000 miles on the odometer were original...The engine was rebuilt and has less than 200 miles on it."

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Time does fly!

My memory was that he wanted crazy money for it, but I forgot how crazy.

Thanks.

Alan Harris
C56D2744