NOT MINE Glendale Mecum Auction

[Moseman]

Just an FYI

1957 Chrysler 300C

1957 Chrysler 300C | F46 | Glendale 2021 | Mecum Auctions

 

[azblackhemi]

10 miles from my house. Just might have to attend.

 

[saforwardlook]

It seems to be a half-hearted restoration effort. It deserved better.............................

I was taught "whatever you do, do with all your might - things done by halves are never done right"

 

[69PHOENIX]

SOLOMON THE WISE: Ecclesiastes 9 v 10
Truer Words were Never Spoken.
Tony.M

 

[Nick C]

It seems to be a half-hearted restoration effort. It deserved better.............................

I was taught "whatever you do, do with all your might - things done by halves are never done right"

What did you notice that was left 1/2 done?

 

[saforwardlook]

What did you notice that was left 1/2 done?

Besides being a non-stock paint color and dingy white walls, take a look at the close-up photo of the speedometer cluster area and the housing for the transmission shift buttons - it is corroded and unfinished and not something I would put up with in a restoration. Also, look at the dashpad, it has stitching and doesn't look very good overall (wrinkled and sags in parts and look at the fit around the transmission buttons housing) - the original dashpads had no stitching. When you see unfinished and half-assed work like this, it signals a lot about the rest of the car, especially in the parts of it you can not see. Guaranteed.

 

[Nick C]

Besides being a non-stock paint color and dingy white walls, take a look at the close-up photo of the speedometer cluster area and the housing for the transmission shift buttons - it is corroded and unfinished and not something I would put up with in a restoration. Also, look at the dashpad, it has stitching and doesn't look very good overall (wrinkled and sags in parts and look at the fit around the transmission buttons housing) - the original dashpads had no stitching. When you see unfinished and half-assed work like this, it signals a lot about the rest of the car, especially in the parts of it you can not see. Guaranteed.

Thanks for taking the time to point those out. Sound like you have a good eye for looking at photos.

 

[saforwardlook]

Thanks for taking the time to point those out. Sound like you have a good eye for looking at photos.

I have a fair amount of knowledge of these cars since I restored one some 45 years ago and that helps in seeing the faults:

Nothing was spared that neeeded attention.

 

[LocuMob]

I have a fair amount of knowledge about these cars since I restored one some 45 years ago and that helps in seeing the faults:

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Nothing was spared that neeeded attention.

Man that car is hot!

 

[69PHOENIX]

Had a Friend like that....
Send him a Photo of a Car you were Interested in & he had a Photographers Eye for Detail.
Could Rip a Car to Shreds just from a Photo.
Not saying that's a Bad Thing, he pointed out a Lot of Thing's I Missed. LOL
Tony.M