Rare car,how long has he owned that.
The car has an oddball history all centering Dippy.org. I had met the previous owner of the car, Tom through the board about 16 years ago. Turns out he lived 20 minutes from me here in Michigan. We had hung out a couple times and floated the idea of selling me the car, but I was a broke college student at the time. He ended up moving to Seattle for work and took the car with him.
Few years later Dad wants to get a car after seeing the fun I was having with my 5A. We looked locally at a couple Miradas and Aspen coupes, but they were all rot boxes. Then Dad gets shipped out to Washington for work. I looked up Tom and sent him a message. Turns out he was still interested in selling the car, so I flew out to Washington and Dad and I drove the three hours north to meet him. Dad bought the car and shipped it back to Michigan.
The motor it has now is a roller 360 block I drove to Maryland to get from another forum member by the name of Reggie a few years before. Dad built a 408 out of it when I decided to go big block instead.
A few years someone at the Woodward cruise recognized the car and started up a fairly long conversation. It's been a fun project.
So yeah, long winded answer to a short question: Dad bought the car in 2010ish.