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Do you sill own that car? My unrestored 1955 Patrician painted Topaz and White Jade came from Oregon. A young man up there owned it for a while then it went through a chain of owners after him. It eventually ended up in Henderson, Nevada, where I bought it in 2022 with 65,000 miles.


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I had a headlight problem on it. If I left the high beams on for more than a few minutes they would go out completely for a minute or two then come back on. I've had this happen on other cars, so I knew how to fix it. It's caused by dirty, loose, or corroded connections at the headlight switch that create heat and trip the circuit breaker. I pulled the headlight switch, cleaned up everything, and it's been right as rain ever since.

Craig is no longer with us. He's gone to the great car show in the sky.

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That's too bad. God rest his soul.

I found a thread here proving that my car was not once his, anyway. They are two different cars that just happen to both be Topaz/White Jade 1955 Patricians that started out in Oregon and found their way down to Southern Nevada.

Also, Craig's car had several inside modifications that would be fairly easy to spot.

He had switched over to a different brake setup that moved the location of the brake pedal. It had a custom stereo setup, so speakers in the kick panels, and subwoofer in the trunk. Also had disk brakes on all four corners.