[Gary Karr]

Interesting to read this thread after so many years. I spent quit a bit of time around and under A189. It is the real deal although the restoration done in Sweden was an amateur job. There are definitely a lot of rare early parts still there and it definitely would be worth someone's time to do a correct restoration on it.
To answer questions on who bought it and where it went, it was purchased at the R&M Hershey auction by Virginia collector Mark Smith. He had a wonderful collection of original, unrestored Model A's and T's, including a 29 Town Car. He passed away a few years ago and many of the cars in his collection were sold at auction. A189 was not in that auction. Most of his Model A's and T's, including A189 went to the fabulous 3 Dog Garage collection of A. Ross Myers in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. If you ever have a chance to see that collection, do it.