I recently visited the Classic Car Museum in Kearney, NE. They have a 280C that is in showroom condition.
I don't know that they would let you get that close to it to take photos for reference work, but you could always ask. I got the impression that the place is run by a bunch of gear heads that understand a person's desire to get things right.
This car is one that has the vent mounted mirrors (which is guess is what you would call them) but beyond that I doubt that much would be different from the one your have. Except for maybe the bumpers.
One thing that struck me was how all of the chrome had been redone. And I mean all of it. We are used to seeing the windshield trim being a flat aluminum color. These were bright chrome. I am still not sure that's how it came from the factory. Anyone know for sure?
I remember shopping for one of these when they were new but I can't recall what was hard chromed and what was not as far as window treatment trim was concerned.
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