The usage of "be to + infinitive" for future in past

[Shamsiyan]

Look at the following sentence which is about the usage of “Future in Past”:

Jack was to find out years later that the car he had bought was stolen.

I want to know whether Jack knows that the car is stolen when the speaker says this sentence? (I think that Jack does not know.)

What is your opinion?

[5jj]

Look at the following sentence which is about the usage of “Future in Past”: Jack was to find out years later that the car he had bought was stolen. I want to know whether Jack knows that the car is stolen when the speaker says this sentence? (I think that Jack does not know.) What is your opinion?

When he first bought the car, Jack did not know that it was stolen. At the time your sentence was uttered, Jack had found out.

[Barb_D]

There is no "opinion" here - the sentence clearly says that he didn't find out until years later, so he did NOT know when he bought it.

[Shamsiyan]

Thank you for your help.