Back in 1954, the PURE oil company organized a raffle for their Toledo/Ohio gas stations. During the month of September, this raffle was heavily advertised in the "Toledo Blade", the local newspaper. Beside many other prizes, the second prize was a 17" (!) TV set, the grand prize was a Kaiser Darrin sports car. Anyone purchasing a full tank of gas would receive a free raffle ticket, or tickets could be bought as well. The car that is introduced here, is exactly the car that has been the grand prize from this raffle.

The documents that I got with the car are telling this story: A lady from Toledo won the car. Unfortunately, she and her husband ended up in a divorce and the Court ordered the car to be sold. A gentlemen, also from Toledo, bought the car and kept it until 1956, when he sold it again. The third owner bought the car in 1956 and confirmed in writing "the car has never been in the rain since I have owned it, with the exception of about a month in 1962 (his other car was involved in an accident). Since that time, the car has been in storage for the most part.