After 30+ years of searching for a 1958 Plymouth Plaza 4s in this exact color, I found this example in Parker, Az. Under the seats and in the glove box I found the usual "old car debris". This stuff can often be very helpful in learning the life history of the car, and this time it turned up a familiar name. So, could this possibly be related ?

It is an envelope with a printed return address of the El Rancho Parker Motel, Parker Arizona, addressed to one

B.H. McLaughlin Room #21

Now, here is the backgroove:

This car was sold new at Converse Motor Company, 423 4th Street NW, ABQ, NM, Tel. 7-1586

I show it registered to one Barbara L. Parrish, 1507 Alpha Ln., Anaheim, Ca. in 1964. The car never drove again.

Also in the car were papers for one Joe Backus, with an ambiguous address in Parker, Az.

Is it possible this B.H. McLaughlin is related to some other McLaughlins of glassmaking fame in the L.A. area ?

Also looking for one Michael Converse, son of the selling dealer in ABQ. I have him located at 2248 F Street, La Verne, Ca., 91750, but all phone numbers have proven no good.