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Thank you to those who’ve replied. On the linked photos, I have those and they may work as a general reference but probably not good enough to use for a reproduction.

Howard, to your point, there were five different indicators. The non-Gear Start juniors were white from 1951-1954 and the seniors were silver from 1953-1954. The Gear Start were the same two colors. There was a fifth for 1951-1952 senior that I would like to see too if I can locate one and it might be the gold you’d thinking of. Does anyone have a spare?

Don,
Do the blueprints exist for what your trying to reproduce?

I wrote about them a week ago but so far have gotten no reply so I don’t know yet if they exist or not. A sample, though, would work better for reproducing them than a drawing although I’ll try to get it if it exists.

Have just found a 54 Patty with GS. The car is very rough and I will be parting it. The GS is spoken for.

This a very interesting car in that it came through with a full leather interior in dark blue and pale grey--sadly that is all shredded almost past recognition.

The serial of the LAST 54 Patrician would be 4760.

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Ross, thank you! That’s the clearest photo so far! Do you think that the new owner would loan it to me if I offer them a new one with it’s return?

And if borrowing the plate is not possible maybe place it on a scanner along with a couple of small rulers or machinist scales for reference. Making a scan then printing an actual size color print of the scan might help.

Yes, that’s true and would help a lot but for duplicating it exactly, having the physical one is best. No rulers needed for a copy as I know what size it should be and can print it to whatever scale is needed to get it exact.

I just came across this old Art Shot photo of the wheel of the Patrician while being driven many years ago. Presumably a passenger took the photo! As a vintage Polaroid collector, nearly all the old photos I have were taken on one or another of them and this particular one was a Polacolor type 108 film.

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Will probably be a week or so before I get the car.

Pardon?