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History of SRG34095
1978 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II
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15 August 1977 New car order from Williams Ford Sales, Inc. (authorized Rolls Royce dealer) Cincinnati, Ohio. The car was for Martha Page Crosley Kess. Mrs. Kess (1912 – 1994) was the daughter of Powel Crosley, Jr. (1886 – 1961) Powel Crosley, Jr. was a Cincinnati industrialist. His accomplishments included a car company, the first fax machine, a broadcasting company and economical radios and televisions as well as numerous other inventions.
22 April 1978 Rolls Royce Motors, Lausanne, Switzerland. The car is “ to be collected by Seatrain 40' container at 12:00 Hrs. on Saturday 22 April 1978 for shipment to Paramus, New Jersey.... sailing on the 25 April 1978 and arriving 02 May 1978.”
19 May 1978 Car arrives at Rolls Royce Motors in Paramus, New Jersey with 112 miles on odometer.
25 May 1978 Car arrives at Williams Ford with 796 miles.
31 July 1978 Car delivered to Mrs. Kess, almost 1 year from initial order
April 1993 Mrs. Kess owned car for 15 years ad trades for a new Silver Spur II at Albers Rolls Royce of Zionsville, Indiana.
October 1993 Purchased by John Sullivan (Carmel, Indiana) of Best Limo. Mileage = 73,500. Albers services car during Sullivan's nine-year ownership.
June 2002 Purchased by Bob Lundberg (Franklin, North Carolina) Mileage = 88,000. This was a gift to his wife.
October 2003 Purchased by Mike Pusateri (Avondale Estates, Georgia) Mileage = 89,115