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

["Gary Runkel" <moparfan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My 60 New Yorker, built in Detroit, 1/8/60, flitesweep decklid but no drain tubes.

Gary Runkel

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:05:21 -0600, Dave Schwandt wrote
> The 4th digit in the VIN will tell the story
> in the case of Chrysler:
> 
> #3 is Jefferson Ave, Detroit
> #5 is LA, CA
> #6 is Newark, NJ
> #7 is St Louis, MO
> 
> #s 1,2, and 4 all Detroit, Plymouth, Dodge and Imperial respectivly.
> 
> Acording to my 1960 Parts book Windsors were produced in both Detroit and LA 
> as were Saratogas and New Yorkers except Suburbans which also came from 
> Detroit.
> 
> Dave Schwandt
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Chrysler 300" 
> <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <michaelvanderveen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:46 AM
> Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions
> 
> >
> > I could be wrong on the early Windsors but it seems to make sense these 
> > cars would have been built in the Windsor, Ontario Canada plant like some 
> > of the later Windsors which were the Newports Canadian equivalents.Ryan 
> > Hill
> >
> > To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; michaelvanderveen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 
> > finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:17:15 -0600Subject: Re: 
> > [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions
> >
> >
> >
> > F's built in Detroit...Windsor built somewhere else, CA maybe??----- 
> > Original Message ----- From: <michaelvanderveen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: 
> > <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:25 
> > AMSubject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions> Hi there 
> > all,> my 300F has drain tubes with a build date of early march 60, but my 
> > > windsor> sedan has none with a build date of mid may 60 who knows?> Mike 
> > in Australia.>>-- Original Message -->>To: <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx>, 
> > <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,>> <lettercars@xxxxxxx>>>From: "Dave 
> > Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 
> > 09:49:37 -0600>>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple 
> > questions>>>>>>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@!
> > aol.com>>>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 wou!
> > ld be seen in other cars, and secondly, I think>>> styling>>> !
> > would ha
> > ve 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 
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