by cigaron » Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:48 am
Hi there. Cigaron from SW Florida. Sold a 1986 600 conv in 2008 and missed it dearly. Just landed a 1983 Mark Cross LeBaron. Car is in great shape. 2 and owner. Have original window sticker, owner's manual and dealer sales broucher. The only issues I have at the moment are cosmetic and audio. I want the car exactly as factory delivered. I need to replace the convertible top. The top is a tan co!or at this time. There is no color code on the window sticker for the top. The sales broucher indicates available colors as black, white, buckskin or brown. Buckskin is darker in color than existing top and clashes with the metallic gold body color. The body side molding is color keyed to paint. The pinstripe is brown. It seems logical that the top may have been brown however, I have only seen online photos of replica vehicles with the present tan colored top. The Mark Cross interior is steeped in dark brown with buckskin leather accents. Does anyone have knowledge of the original color combo. Brown will look good but, I want it factory. I was going to change the wheels to wire covers but, the window sticker shows optional alloys. Not my style preference but, original, so they stay. I'm also interested in a radio. The radio is a electronic tuned am-fm stereo w/cassette deck. The stereo works, but the cassette deck door is missing and it appears someone pried out a cassette and bent the carrier. I hope someone can help me through this forum. Hopefully my devotion to originality won't hurt my efforts to make my daily driver a 1983 time machine. Thanks for being here.