1972 Chrysler Town & Country

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/4312584149.html

 

Well gee, the left side sure looks good so I guess the rest shouldn't matter. Anyway, a few years ago I bought a '72 Colony Park out of San Diego. Being a CA car all it's life I had pretty high expectations on the condition of the body. Once the car arrived in Delaware I was really surprised by the amount of pitting on the pot metal, how oxidized the aluminum parts were and than the quarter sized rust hole in the lower fender. Clearly the car was close to the coast and I learned an expensive lesson in the process.

Chris

 

I would really like to see the rest of this one. This would be a good buy if it's as nice as it appears.

 

I suspect there has been a good amount of body work done under that fairly recent paint. I notice that none of the side trim was reinstalled, either. Wonder if it comes with the car, or if you have to source it yourself. Right now, it is as plain on the outside as a Fury 1 wagon.

 

Possibly a woodie before the repaint? Woodgrain was standard on the T&C. The trim will be hard to find.

 

Most probably had very weathered Di-Noc (you've seen them before). Would have been fairly simple (and probably less expensive) to just replace the Di-Noc, but maybe the paint was bad as well?

And it would have been nice to see a couple of pics of that 'new' interior.

 

It was a shame to strip the woodgrain from this wagon (or order it as wood delete). The way it was applied to the '72 and '73 T&C was especially attractive and accentuated the length and sleekness of the car. For Chrysler at the time this was a virtue.

That said, $2500 is a bargain basement price for one of these in decent shape, even without the woodgrain.