Information From Original Production Order (B)
Scheduled Completion: 7-1-55
Times Square Motors, Inc.
25 East 12th Street
Erie, Pennsylvania
Customer: None Named


1956-1975 No History Found
1976-79 John Krystowski, OH (L)
1981-84 Gerald Mitchell, OH (L)
1985-2005 Unknown
2006-2014 Bob Jursinski, Vermillion OH (L)(1)
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION:
(1) 3/17/14 Contributed by Forum Historian Pat Marshall: 1001 1st Regular Production Mark II - As I travel around I try to visit Mark IIs and their owners and their cars. This week Carla and I went to Cleveland and stopped by nearby Vermilion to see Bob Jursinski's #1001, the first regular production Mark II. Fortunately, 1001 is in good hands and is undergoing restoration.

I've quoted the above from Pat's recent entry on 1001. My question: am I missing something? Can anyone explain why the very first production car was sent to a dealership in Erie, PA? If it had been New York City or LA or Dallas or Chicago, etc., or even Philadelphia, I wouldn't have been surprised, but Erie? Given that the earliest history is incomplete, was there someone of prominence in Erie that requested the car? Was the Erie dealership somehow a standout in the Lincoln world? Just curious...