Re: [Chrysler300] Price and value.

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As I recall, they couldn't be sold in Maryland when new as they had no 
front bumper. State wouldn't tag them. Later, in '71, they were 
convinced that there was a bumper behind the glass nose and allowed 
them to be tagged.
ray
On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Jim Pristelski wrote:

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> From: James Pristelski <jpristelski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Dec 20, 2006 10:44 AM
> Subject: FW: [Chrysler300] Price and value.
> To: "Jim Pristelski (new)" <ajp002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>  Andy's comment, below, on winged cars that are nearly unsellable at 
> certain
> times in their lives brought back some memories
>
>
>
>
> My dad was a Chrysler Plymouth dealer, in partnership with my uncle, 
> from
> 1960 to 1980 in northern Wisconsin.   In 1970, they had a Plymouth 
> Superbird
> on the showroom floor.  It was Tor Red with a 440 and 4 speed tranny.  
>  Neat
> car, but at the end of the model year, it was still on the showroom 
> floor.
> My dad and uncle took a small loss on it to sell it well into the 1971 
> model
> year.