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Nine stewards, one car

Eight closed chapters are preserved here. The ninth is still being written. Routes 1–8 document previous stewards. The 9th Route is Zhenya’s live restoration chapter in California.

Route command

Provenance without exposure

The route structure is public; private identities are not. The map shows regions, evidence strength, and chapter order without publishing street-level personal details.

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Stewardship geography

The car did not just change owners. It moved through regions, shops, climates, and hands.

Twenty-seven years across Washington, Wisconsin, and California — click a pin to read the chapter, mileage, and public-safe steward notes.

Redmond Tacoma Seattle Ballard Madison Laguna Beach Healdsburg Los Gatos San Jose

Redmond

1999–2020 · Washington I-90 east 2020 · Wisconsin I-80 · I-15 2021+ · California

INFER Highway corridors show modern driving context between documented stewardship regions. They are not verified transport records.

Routes 1–2

Redmond · Washington

1999–2006 · 8k → 54k mi

Corporate owner · Rusty G. · McCann service · two head gaskets ahead

Steward profiles

Public-safe notes, chronology, archived traces, and images where they exist.

Steward exhibit · Route 1

Corporate owner

1999–2002 · 8k → 17k mi · Redmond / Bellevue, WA

The first U.S. ownership stage remains mostly administrative in the archive: registration context, early mileage, and the beginning of the American life of the car.

Public-safe traces

  • Corporate owner stage recorded in the provenance chain
  • Name not yet decoded in the public archive
  • First detailed repair records begin later

Steward exhibit · Route 2

Rusty G.

2002–2006 · 17k → 54k mi · Tacoma, WA · 576K••

This steward anchors the late McCann years in the dossier. The stage carries the final documented Tacoma-era context before the 2007 transition.

Public-safe traces

  • McCann RO 161101 context event at 54,005 mi
  • Public-safe city-level location only
  • McCann service trail closes this chapter before the 2007 transition

Steward exhibit · Route 3

Sunita N.

2007 · 2018–2020 · 54k → unknown · Seattle / Tacoma-Fife, WA · APA12••

In strict chronology, Route 3 appears before Route 4 in the documentary chain: McCann transaction context in 2007 and later Washington registration documentation.

Public-safe traces

  • First named transaction context: 15 Jan 2007
  • WA registration stage: 2018–2020
  • Public web layer stays at city / area level only
  • Route 3 overlaps the later Route 4 household-era documentation

Steward exhibit · Route 4

Mychal R.

2007–2020 · 54k → 141k mi · Seattle, WA · Ballard · 187V•• / 185V••

The deepest enthusiast chapter in the archive: SaabLink LostAbbott, Scanwest continuity, the rebuild story, Flickr traces, and Street View-era corroboration.

Public-safe traces

  • LostAbbott = Mychal R. in SaabLink registry context
  • Seattle / Ballard enthusiast era with Scanwest service continuity
  • Street View context is retained in the private dossier, not published
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Archive frame · Route 4 exterior context · 2011
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Archive frame · Route 4 exterior context · 2014
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Archive frame · Route 4 enthusiast era

Steward exhibit · Route 5

John T.

2020 · ~141k → 145k mi · Madison, WI · T637••

A brief Wisconsin chapter preserved mainly through registration evidence rather than a broad public web trace.

Public-safe traces

  • WI registration stage documented in the archive
  • Public-safe city-level location retained
  • Brief geographic bridge between Washington and California

Steward exhibit · Route 6

Oliver M.

Mar–May 2021 · ~145k → 151k mi · Laguna Beach, CA · 8RPL7••

The first California chapter after Wisconsin: smog at 151k, clutch work at J&B, and the WI→CA migration — not a full 10k personal driving chapter in three months.

Public-safe traces

  • NEWPARTS and J&B service context in 2021
  • Laguna Beach public city-level stage
  • Change-of-ownership smog recorded at 151,171 mi

Steward exhibit · Route 7

John R.

May 2021–2025 · 151k → 201k mi · Healdsburg, CA · Sonoma County · KRZLO••

The long high-mileage California survival chapter, carrying the car from roughly 151k to 201k miles before the Los Gatos handoff.

Public-safe traces

  • CARFAX / REG 262 seller trail
  • Public-safe location kept at city / county level
  • High-mileage California stage closes at roughly 201k mi

Steward exhibit · Route 8

James C.

Dec 2025 – May 2026 · 201k → 206k mi · Los Gatos, CA · BLUVI••

The pre-purchase chapter in Los Gatos: Marketplace listing, preserved folder of documents, and the direct handoff into the 9th Route.

Public-safe traces

  • Facebook Marketplace listing archive
  • Seller chapter with preserved paperwork
  • Direct-share detail set is retained in the dossier, not published
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Archive frame · Route 8 listing
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Archive frame · Route 8 detail set

Steward exhibit · 9th Route

Zhenya K.

May 2026 — · 206k+ mi · San Jose, CA · 9ZCF4••

The 9th Route: ninth steward in San Jose, author of this archive, and the live forensic restoration toward Highway 9.

Public-safe traces

  • Current steward and site author — the only live chapter in the archive
  • Restoration log, measurements, and workshop decisions on the 9th Route
  • Highway 9 (Saratoga → Santa Cruz) as the drive after restoration
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This archive preserves the history of the car, not the private lives of its previous owners. Personal information is redacted where possible.

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