Mike-
I have restored several cars. It is not always a straightforward process given that not all cars are the same, in the same shape, not all parts are correct and not all shops have workers who are up to the task.
Its true that our Forward Look cars are not as easy to take apart and put together as a Chevrolet. Fewer were built, fewer are restored, experience among shops is thinner and reams of catalogs offering reproduced parts do not exist for 55-64 Chrysler cars.
Having said all that you can get the car finished and I encourage you to do so. Provided the car is a rust free and solid example it should be finished and not abandoned. You lose if you walk away.
Fitting trim and mouldings is a task for the gentle and patient. Once a car has had body work and paint trim may not fit as well and need tweaking, especially if it is not the trim that was on the car to begin with. After 62 years our cars are no longer all the same.
Faced with what you face I would sit down and do some research. I would narrow a search down to two or three highly regarded restoration shops reasonably close to you. Interview them. Show them photos. Ask them if they are up to the task of finishing a restoration. Ask about their hourly rate. Ask about cars they have done, any early 60's cars?
The shop capable of making you happy is under your nose. Find it.
Car restoration is hard work whether you do it yourself or pay someone. It's an imperfect science and frustration is an inextricable component of bringing back old cars. Its unfortunately made to look easy by the inanely produced and scripted TV shows. Now as you know, it's not so easy.
I remember once a squirrel who came down the chimney into a seldom used condominium clubhouse. He commenced to chew half way through a window frame but unhappy with his progress he abandoned his work and moved to the adjacent window. He left that one half way through and began on the third. We found him expired on the floor along with three half-eaten window frames.
Don't be that squirrel.
Danny Plotkin
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