Re: [Chrysler300] 300F questions

[Paul Martin <paul_martin78ca@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to Dan,Gil,John and John (east and west coast)
for the info. Next time I am down i5 I will check the
ditches between Salem and Grants Pass. mine must have
fallen off in the early 60's. I am sure it is by the
side of the road somewhere.

Paul Martin
300F (without Plenum)
Vancouver BC
--- lettercars@xxxxxxx wrote:

>  
> Hi Paul and All:
> As far as I can determine, all 300Fs had the little
> plenum under the  
> louvers.  I know all my 300Fs do, and it looks to me
> like Steve's does as  well.  The 
> plenum was attached by a heat curing structural
> adhesive.  (Spotwelds 
> couldn't be used for appearance reasons.)  This 
> adhesive sometimes didn't bond as 
> well as was intended.  The "F"  I am currently
> working on is bonded for only 
> about 1/2 of the length it should  be.  At the rear
> it is retained by the hood 
> reinforcement, so even with the  substandard
> adhesion, it seems pretty secure.  
> I am sure others were even  less well adheared, and
> in time fell off.  If such 
> was the case, it would  likely be lost on the road
> somewhere.  A search of 
> the parts book turned up  no part number for this
> item, so I guess you will have 
> to try and find a parts  300F hood.  Hope this is of
> some  help.              
>       300ly, Gil Cunningham
>  
> In a message dated 1/30/2006 7:32:38 PM Eastern
> Standard Time,  
> paul_martin78ca@xxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> While  looking at Henry Hopkins 300F at BJ last week
> I
> noticed a plate attached to  the underside of the
> hood
> covering the louvers. My car does not have this. 
> Steve
> Albu's car does not appear to have this. I have
> looked
> at several  engine bay photos on the site and see
> this
> plate on some 300F's(Mona  Steinbergs,Dan Reitz) but
> not all.
> 
> Anybody know if this was an Early  Production,vs
> late
> production thing.
> 
> Paul  Martin
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