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Here is an unusual 1958 Semaphore Ragtop with a locking steering ignition. This car has been sitting outside for over 25 years. I believe that this car was purchased by an armed forces person who imported the car in the early 70's. There are upgrades from that area that include, removal of semaphores ( it comes with two semaphores) larger chrome mid sixties taillights, us bumpers, mid sixties fuel gauge with a sending unit on the original fuel tank up by the collar of the tank, mph speed o and a 40 horse. Obviously the car needs all mechanical s rebuilt. The 40 horse is locked up. I had just cleaned and pressure washed out the car just prior to pics and than it started raining! I have a bunch of pics and will try and show all damage and rust. The car is moderately straight for its age. It needs the pans replaced. The heater channels have pitting rust. The drivers side door pillar to the heater channel is rusted through. The passenger side bottom of the door and lower hinge area have rust. The outside of the battery tray has rust. The bottom of the spare tire area has rust through. The hood has a small crack near the bottom. The rear fenders are on the rougher side. There was a Frankenstein weld repair on one. Personally I think it goes with the entire patina look of the car. The bumper wholes have been elongated. The rear h apron is there but has rust through where the car sat in the dirt for a long period of time. The rear deck lid has the same area rusted through. It appears that maybe the deck lid had scoops from the 70's at one time with mounting holes. . The sunroof assembly is all there along with the golde handle. I have the seats that were taken apart as you can see in pics. One seat back is missing. The front door panels are ANOTHER bad 70s mod!The car looks to be originally a gray color, than black than red? The pressure washer removed some black so with some tedious work it could be brought back even more? In my opinion, this a pretty unusual car that would make an excellent patina type preservation type car. If you could repair the pan and the rusty areas, select what you want to do with the drive train and clear coat the body and roll it. The sky is the limit, Please ask ALL questions prior to bidding. Zero percent or negative feedback bids will be vetoed! This is a major project, not a weekend put together. I can assist in shipping at YOUR expense. The car can stay where its at for a bit with prior arrangements.

On Mar-03-14 at 12:45:11 PST, seller added the following information:

Shipping to the east coast is about 1200 dollars. Thanks for your inquiry .

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