Those are neat pictures of the late Mr. Lopes' car, thanks for posting them. Neat story.
Norm Miller of Davenport, Iowa was very active in the AACA and always was surrounded by antique cars. After he died a few years ago, his estate was selling a '28 Sport Coupe that Norm had owned, all original low mileage, around 26,000 as I recall. A very young Davenport school teacher had bought the car new and left it mostly in the garage, walking back and forth to school, and taking the streetcar downtown to shop. In later years she bought another car but hung onto the '28. Norm got the car many years later from her. He was then the second owner.
If I can find a picture of it I will post it here. It was an utterly amazing car
https://www.mcginnis-chambers.com/notices/Norman-Miller