[Chrysler300] Riveting Fun in VINland

[Rich Barber <c300@xxxxxxx>]

One more time, without HTML.  That stuff is sneaky.

Rich


Gil & gang:

Are we talking about the VIN tag on the A pillar/door frame or the tag 
on the firewall/cowl/radiator support? The only picture I noted for the 
300-D had two big Phillips-head metal screws in it.  And what is the 
proper nomenclature for each of these two metal plates?  I don't think 
the body numbers were called VIN's until a few years after 1955.

If on the firewall, is the VIN tag weld fastening you describe 
applicable for all years?  My specific interest is the cowl-mounted VIN 
tag on my 1955.  It came off when I was trying to read it, but it seemed 
to have been riveted to the cowl with wimpy rivets.  I put a couple of 
metal screws into it until some permanent and proper fix can be made.  
Is it properly painted body color?    Mine was sprayed the incorrect 
white at its restoration.  Would there be decent primer and/or paint 
under the tag?

My door frame mounted VEHICLE NO.  tag seems to be stainless steel and 
appears to be spot welded at two dimples--but the dimples are a little 
rusty and could be rivets.  Or perhaps the spot welding process changed 
the metallurgy of the SS plate.  It was masked off when the door frame 
pillar was painted at restoration time, but a little of the proper 
Platinum color shows around the edge where it was masked off.   It does 
look like that SS plate was affixed after the body was painted originally.

I note that the 300D did not attract a bid with a minimum of $25K 
specified.  And the white C-300 with the odd bumpers did not meet 
reserve after 18 bids to $35,377.  Doesn't tell us much about market 
values other than expectations appear to exceed market demand in the 
e-bay venue.  In going through the Barrett-Jackson Sneak Peek catalog, I 
discovered a few interesting inconsistencies.  One featured car is the 
beautiful 1954 Chrysler d'Elegance--with a 354 hemi.  One would think 
that it would have had a 331 like other Chryslers of that year, but 
perhaps it's engine was replaced--oops-demerits-Or was Chrysler 
experimenting with larger displacement HEMI's in  1954?  ?  A pretty red 
300C convertible lot #1264 is described as being the "First year for the 
HEMI Letter car".  First year for the convertible, anyway.  Also a nice 
looking red 300G convertible-lot#1299, "Completely restored to AACA 
National 1st Place specifications".  If either of these are member's 
cars, I wish you the best of luck in raising the bar.  A rising tide 
lifts all boats.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 C-300 (VEHICLE NO. 3N551198)




> 
>In a message dated 12/8/2005 12:09:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
>george @ mckovich .com writes:
>
>Group.....
>On my flat panel screen it looks like the lower hole in  the vin plate has a
>rivet in it. I cannot tell for sure about the upper  hole. Did they start
>putting rivets in vin plates in  1958??
>
>George
>
>
>
>George and All:
>The VIN plates were NEVER pop rivited nor screwed on.  They were  spotwelded 
>only.     300ly, Gil
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