Re: Wanted: Unmolested 1956 Patrician or Four Hundred

Posted by Leeedy On 2023/5/1 9:11:31

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Hello...

Thanks. "Unmolested" in my parlance generally refers to unchanged from original.

The Patrician in this case, while a nice-looking example has indeed been modified and does indeed have several things changed. So considering the price as well...

• the interior has been re-done somewhere along the way. The front seat does not appear to be original. The dash top is certainly not original with a very different vinyl cover in linoleum pattern. The factory A/C vents have had all of the paint removed from them and are shown in bare bakelite (they were never this way from the factory).

* the anti-short tray for the pushbuttons appears to be mounted differently and re-painted body color (they never were).

• The engine sides of the fender splash wells have been re-painted black for some reason (they were always body color from the factory).

• The vehicle exterior has been re-painted and body color was also sprayed over the door lock srtrikers in the door jambs.

• Decals in the engine compartment have been changed to wrong type and the factory air conditioning decal appears to be missing.

• Radio has been changed to modern AM/FM.

And there are other things I notice. Certainly most of the modifications can be returned to original.... but then this is another set of restorations. So. I just don't want to get into a car where I have to figure out somebody's modifications and then how to un-do them... and then comes the work and time of putting things back to original.

I've owned plenty of old cars in my life, and I realize all old cars wiil always need some kind of work. But I'm just not looking for un-customizing a modified car just to get it back to where it was in the first place...

Thanks anyway.