Alan,
You've had some major modifications done to your Parker that I've never seen before. The forend latch assembly looks like it has been modified. The single trigger design is something I have never seen before. Possibly a Timney?? This trigger setup may have something to do with the gun not cocking properly or because the safety is no longer there. The gun cocks the hammers when the triggers have been pulled, the top lever moved to the right and the barrels pulled down. The hook you see on the lug of the barrels hooks on to what is called a bell crank located in the well of the receiver. When the barrels are pivoted, the bell crank, through linkage cocks the hammers located internally within the receiver.
With so many modifications done, who knows what's wrong. I'd recommend putting those photo's in the album section of this site so that other members may comment. The modifications unfortunately really hurt the value of the gun. I'd now estimate 1.5k but who knows?
You may want to take the gun to a local gunsmith just to get some idea what you are facing.
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