Re: Nice 53? on ebay....

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/11/3 8:36:13

Yes, that's an extremely lovely car. A friend of mine has been in contact with the owner.

When Ross speaks of the dash/sills being grained, I don't believe he means wood-grained, I believe they were done in body-color paints and given (at least on the upper section of the dashboard) a special treatment sometimes called "goatskin", a rather interesting mottled treatment which may have been unique to the 53/54 Patricians and Pacifics. Wish I had a good picture of same, it's a very unusual paint treatment.