Re: [Chrysler300] Vancouver B.C. info

[Ben Meisner <meisnerinc@xxxx>]

Hi club;

I watched with interest the discussion centering around letter cars from the
50,s and 60,s in the British Columbia Canada's countryside . Unless you
were John D. Rockefeller's kid hiding out in Canada for someone unknown
reason. You would be hard pressed to come up with the kind of money that was
needed to buy a new 300 . Hence the reason when I was a kid why I bought a
used one from the T. Eaton family who qualified at the time with having
enough money ( about 800,000,000.00 ) Bear in mind you boys from Canada that
to get a US car you had in addition to the extra cost, pay an import duty ,
it varied during those days but upwards of 22% if you wanted to bring a new
( you couldn't import used ) car across the border . A Chevy Bel Air, which
seems to be the car that everyone in this country for some unknown reason
does cart wheels for , cost $ 1947.00 , Your were over 6 grand to get a
letter car , plus the duties. We all knew at the time they were hot, real
hot and US cars tended to have a far better cosmetic look then ours but you
got what you could afford . I remember chasing a guy with an (F) Michigan
plate about 50 miles so I could ask him at the time if he might let me look
inside his car . Now you can move the iron north of the 49th with ease ,
problem is all the good stuff is south of the 49th.

Meisner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxx>
To: <john_nowosacki@xxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Vancouver B.C. info


I live in the Greater Vancouver area and just looked for some local events
that you might be interested in. All I found at the end of February was an
Auction and Car Show at the Abbotsford Tradex center (about an hours drive
outside of downtown Vancouver). http://www.fvtradex.com or
http://www.abbotsfordcollectorcarshow.com will give you some idea of what to
expect.

The availability of rare Chryslers is very limited in Canada it seems and
most of the Hemi cars, Ram cars, etc. we see at shows here have come from
the U.S. in recent years. There are lots of nice Antiques, Vintage, and Hot
Rods in B.C. but many of them are seldom seen at shows in Vancouver.

Unfortunately, unless you happen to know someone here with a letter car you
will likely never see one, much less find one in a barn. I've only ever
layed eyes on two my entire life. As for wreckers, there really isn't much
in the area either. The only real 'Mopar only' wrecker is mostly full of
rusty B, E and A bodies along with a few 4 door C bodies (usually from the
70's). Not exactly Chrysler paradise though the sites are worth the trip
alone, especially if the weather is nice.

I'll see if I can find any more events or think of anything car related that
might interest you. There are at least three members here, myself included,
maybe we could get together?

Ryan Hill

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