I came across the sister car (SB1724 ) and they gave me the address for Mr. Watson. I forwarded my info to him right away and he was able to confirm the authenticity of my car SB1725. It was a relief after reading about the car on e-bay #2116.

The engine block has the tag with the #'s 8G19 RS 23343 riveted in. It appears that it is the original engine the car was sent out with. I found the car in North Florida in a chicken coupe in sad sad shape. It was outside and the alum skin and steel tubes had corroded each other to a very poor state.