Today I decided to remove the carpets and rear seat of the 300d for some deep cleaning, and found garbage from the past that linked all 3 previous owners.
I've divided them into 3 sections. The original owners were from Houston, the next traveled from Texas to Louisiana, finally winding up in Colorado where it spent a brief time with the third owner.
Texas links: Note the Conrad Masterson business card. Conrad and his wife Elaine are the ORIGINAL OWNERS! I also found a name tag with Elaine's name on it.
Conrad has quite a profile, obviously an important and successful individual. Here's a link:
http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=56167037
I couldn't find who was Robert Hornberger was on the plane ticket.
The Louisiana Link: The second owner was a relative of the Mastersons. Perhaps he was younger entrepreneur trying to start a business?
The Colorado Connection:
And the Random Photos: Note the slip of paper in German and the Arthur Anderson business card.
From Wikipedia:
Arthur Andersen LLP, based in
Chicago, was once one of the
"Big Five" accounting firms among
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu,
Ernst & Young and
KPMG, providing
auditing,
tax, and
consulting services to large
corporations. In 2002, the firm voluntarily surrendered its licenses to practice as
Certified Public Accountants in the
United States after being found guilty of criminal charges relating to the firm's handling of the
auditing of
Enron, the energy corporation, resulting in the loss of 85,000 jobs. Although the verdict was subsequently overturned by the
Supreme Court of the United States, it has not returned as a viable business.
One of the few revenue-generating assets that the Andersen firm still has is The Q Center, a conference and training facility outside of Chicago.
Anybody speak German or can tell me what this is?