Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions

["Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dittos with Gil on that also. I just checked my  '60 Newport parts car and 
nothing like that on it either. My F has the drain tubes also with a build 
date of March 1960.

Dave Schwandt in Iowa
with 5" of new snow and no degrees!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lettercars@xxxxxxx>
To: <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions


> Noel and All:
> I have never seen anything like what I am imagining you are describing 
> (not
> that the "F" and "G" couldn't use some effective standing water removal
> method).  For a period of time 300Fs came with drain tubes near the lower 
> corners
> of the deck opening.  Mine has those, but still had rust through on  the
> gutter.  What I believe happens to these cars is water gets under the 
> weatherstrip
> because of inadequate w/strip adhesion.  Since the underside  is porous, 
> it
> is a great place for the water is stay indefinitely and rust the  gutter 
> area
> away at its heart's content.
> Despite what your restorer thinks, I don't believe the "notches" are a
> Chrysler factory modification.  For one thing, a change requiring  a 
> significant
> die modification would be seen in other cars, and  secondly, I think 
> styling
> would have a coronary over something like that and  would veto it! 
> Perhaps some
> dealer would do something for a good  customer---who knows?
> I join Noel in asking if anyone else has ever seen such an  arrangement.
> 300ly, Gil Cunningham
>
>
> In a message dated 12/15/2008 2:29:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> My  cousin's F Coupe is in the body shop getting a minor makeover in time 
> for
> Spring.  He crunched the right front (passenger) fender last summer, so
> that's being repaired, along with a couple other small rust areas. His 
> comment
> was that the car, originally from CA, is remarkably solid and rust free, 
> even
> though it's been here in Chicago for a number of years.
>
> This car has 2  small (~3/8"?) v-shaped notches at the top of the rear 
> body
> panel from where  the panel is visible when the trunk lid is closed. It 
> looks
> like they're to  provide for the water to drain from around the trunk, as 
> well
> as the  trunk-wheel drain tube, and not just sit on the flat area just 
> outside
> the  weatherstripping.  These notches are located about 12"-15" or so
> outboard  from center. I don't recall seeing these notches on any other 
> '60s - 300s,
> NYers, etc., and yet our restorer says that these notches look to be 
> molded
> into the metal as it was formed.  Have any of you seen this? Did Chrysler
> manufacture two iterations of this?
>
> Second question is that we're  having trouble locating a new chrome 
> headlight
> bezel trim piece that goes  around the headlights. If anyone has one that
> they'd like to sell, please  contact me directly.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Noel  Hastalis
>
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