I believe the red spring you see is really the windshield washer bag as thats the way it is on my 1955 St Regis Don 59 Crown 65Crown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: Re: IML: georgeous 55 on ebay > This car keeps showing up from this dealer - about once a year they run it - > it never gets close to the reserve, which as I recall was way up there. I > think they're hoping for a miracle. There are a few other cars in their > "collection" which seem to follow the same pattern - they run on various > sites alternately, once in a while coming back to eBay. I have a feeling > these folks are a consignment house, probably just parroting what the owner > of the car tells them to say in the ad. This is opinion on my part, based > on previous cars they have run, mostly Packards. > > It's nice and shiny, but I urge anyone who is really interested in the car > to go see it before bidding. I haven't seen it myself, and I don't know > much about 55s, but even I can see some goofy things about it in the > pictures. Check out that front seat upholstery, for instance. > > Dick Benjamin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <mopar48291@xxxxxxx> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 4:26 PM > Subject: IML: georgeous 55 on ebay > > > > Unrestored original?????? All the early hemis were painted silver, not > > battleship grey. Also, under the hood, inner fenders and underside of the > > decklid were painted a battleship grey. The '56's were painted body color > in > > those places, so a very late production '55 may be as well. However the > hood > > hinges and hood latch plate were silver cadmium plated with the hinge > springs > > painted red. The original brake booster would still show some of its gold > > cadmium plating--this one has been changed along with the master cylinder. > So, > > what's unrestoredon this car? > > Peace, > > Roger > > > >