[rotorwrench]

Back in the day, things were notated on paper or card stock and filed away at you local DMV. Eventually, records were shifted to the state where they could be kept for search by law enforcement agencies. The advent of computerization helped speed the process up and store more files than ever possible before but it was an add as you go type system. Old files were never added to the system so they likely no longer exist.

Every state and country is different so it's hard to say how much information a person could find but first a person has to know where to look. With several generations of people already past, it would be hard to track by the method of personal interview of previous owners unless you know who one or two of them were.

As used cars, these old model As could be purchased pretty cheaply . Who knows how many people bought and sold some of them before they started to become collector vehicles. Most folks couldn't wait to get a newer car back in the day. Look at the Fords of the 30s & 40s and a person can tell what folks were looking at in the used car lots and it wasn't the old Ts & As.