WARREN – A one-of-a-kind replica vehicle is going to stay parked in the National Packard Museum’s garage permanently.

Gordon Logan, founder and CEO of Sports Clips hair salons and an avid Packard enthusiast, donated his replica of the boattail speedster that Packard Motor Car Company engineer Jesse Vincent built in 1929 to test his latest engine designs and modifications.

It has been on display since late May as part of the exhibition “Jesse Vincent: Packard’s Master Motor Builder” for what was supposed to be a one-year loan.

National Packard Museum Executive Director Mary Ann Porinchak said Logan came to visit the museum shortly before Thanksgiving.

“He was walking around the museum and said, ‘Do you like this car? Do you want to keep it?’ How long? (Porinchak replied). ‘Permanently.’ You’re kidding,” Porinchak said.

She was cautiously optimistic at first.

“I’ve had those conversations with owners before, and sometimes nothing happens,” Porinchak said. “I didn’t really get overly excited about it. This might be a year down the road or more.”

But Logan followed up after the holiday, and Porinchak received the signed and notarized gift of deed on Thursday.

“It’s officially ours,” she said.

The vehicle was appraised before the transfer was completed, but Porinchak would not reveal the value of the donation.

The replica speedster was built by Jerry Miscevich, who grew up in Warren and Mecca and now lives in Temecula, California. The project was a labor of love inspired by receiving the book “Packard, A History of the Motor Car and the Company” as a gift in the late ’70s.

He didn’t start the project until the late ’90s, working on the vehicle around his career as a visual effects model maker for movies (his credits include “Independence Day,” “Batman & Robin,” “Godzilla” and “G.I. Joe”). It wasn’t completed until 2016.

“I could not think of a better place for it to be,” Miscevich said. “Holy mackerel. I’m still trying to process what this means to the museum and Warren. It wouldn’t have been possible without Gordon’s devotion to the legacy of Packard and the museum in particular.”

Miscevich, who sold the vehicle to Logan, said he didn’t find out about his plans to donate it until right before Christmas.

He shared part of the email Logan sent him: “I was up at the museum a few weeks ago. Very impressed with the impression the speedster makes when walking in. It’s the star of the show,” Miscevich read. “Then he concludes with, ‘That’s where it belongs.'”

Porinchak said, “Its original title was in Warren, Ohio, and now it’s coming back. It’s a very cool piece.”

The vehicle will remain part of the “Jesse Vincent: Packard’s Master Motor Builder” exhibition.

“We had talked about keeping the Jesse Vincent exhibit permanent, because it’s so critical to the story (of the Packard Motor Car Company),” Porinchak said. “Now we can keep it permanent and with that car.

“This is a win for Warren, Ohio, to have that caliber of a car gifted to this museum. There’s only one of those, and it’s impeccably done. Even Jay Leno gave it his stamp of approval.”