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@ | ‘@ OM 87B-18813 read an article in the 9/25/79 issue of "Old Cars Weekly” that questioned the authenticity of the 1955 Corvette due to the fact that the automobile ‘has a three-speed manual transmission and also a WonderBar station- seeking radio. According to several Corvette authorities, these options were not available in January of 1955. There is also a question as to whether or not the Turbo Fire V8 engine was available in January of 1955. The State Attorney General’s Office from Des Moines, 4 9 Cc Iowa, conducted a preliminary investigation in this matter L +o however, they were unable to prove or ; disprove e authenticity of the invoice in question. On 11/10/79 a letter was sent to ay est Chester, Pennsylvania, who at the Kruse Auction. ae: advised the Attorney enerai’s Office by let er tha had purchased the vehicle in Atlantic C New Jersey, during February of 1978, from a Mr. Neponsit, k JJ , ror @ purchase price o e cording attorney, the vehicle had been ad_s0 e represented b s formerly belonging to Elvis Presley; end ad made available the invoice document in question. . On 10/11/79 contact was made with Attorney at Law D. Beecher Smith, II, Suite 2000, Number One Commerce Square, Memphis, Tennessee, telephone number (901) 525-1322, the attorney handling the estate of Elvis Presley. Smith teld the Attorney General’s Office from Des Moines, Iowa, that his office would not be able to help in the investigation due to the fact that most of the records per any business transactions by Presley prior to 1973 were destroyed. ae -: Neponsit, Mew York, was interviewed on 5/8/81, and he indicated that he was a collector of cars and sold over 80 cars during the past 10 years through the D Kruse auctioneers. MMM ecniteed buying captioned vehicle b1 for $4,000 from a New Jersey resident; and he, himself, spent 10,000 in parts for the Corvette in order to refurbish it. advised be did not change the transmission of th automobile, nor did he install a new radio in the car. was not able to provide the name of the individual who own eee 1b 7