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

[michaelvanderveen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi there again, 
both the F and Windsor were built in Detroit.
Best Regards,
Mike.
Australia.
>-- Original Message --
>From: "Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <michaelvanderveen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions
>Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:17:15 -0600
>
>
>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 AM
>Subject: 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@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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