Re: [Chrysler300] Re: Wayne Graefen Handbook and F's & G's

[barjam300@xxxxxxx]

To The Club,
 
As a founding member of this group, I too want to Thank Wayne for taking  the 
time to put the 300C Handbook together. 
 
Now that we have such a Great guideline to go by, it's high time a small  
group of you dedicated 300F & 300G owners, restorers and even our concours  
judges atttempt to match the excellent work done by Wayne and produce a guide on  
the revolutionary unibody 300's. While not the only expert on these two years, 
I  think Dave Clelland would be a good representative to head this group  up 
and give it some direction.
 
I know this is not a new idea, but I thought I would put my two cents  out 
there to see if I could get a project going that would benefit the Club for  
many years to come.
 
300'ly yours,
 
Jim Bartuska
Niles, Michigan  
 
 
In a message dated 3/14/2009 7:28:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
chesnutt@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

 
 
 
Hi Wayne and others,

I agree with Wayne Graefen, the Glo-Brite "CY3"  and "CY4" tail light lenses
are excellent quality. As many of us old timers  remember, in 1977, our 300
Club, Int'l obtained a large supply of the  Glo-Brite lenses and offered them
to members of both 300 Clubs for $6.00  each. I still have mine that are
wrapped in Chicago Tribune newspaper,  dated Feb. 2, 1977.

Our 300C still has the original Chrysler lenses  -"CHRCH".

I would like to thank Wayne Graefen for the wonderful "'57  Chrysler 300C
Handbook" he published in October, 1995(Our copy). Every 300C  owner should
have one.

John Chesnutt - 300C owner since July, 1958.  

-----Original Message-----
From: _Chrysler300@Chrysler300@Chr_ (mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)   
[mailto:_Chrysler300@Chrysler300@Chr_ (mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) ]  On
Behalf Of Wayne Graefen
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:49  AM
To: Ron Waters
Cc: Intl 300
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re: OEM vs.  Glo-Brite

Glo-Brite was not an OEM assembly line supplier. All the cars  left the
factory with "CHRCH" tail lamp lenses in them in '57 which had  been supplied
by Auto-Lite. 

A few years later (I have no idea how  many years) Mopar parts started
carrying the Glo-Brites in their packaging  as replacements. 

For judging purposes any '57 Chrysler should have  "CHRCH" lenses in it in my
opinion and I have stated so in my C Handbook  from its inception, however I
will defer to the opinion of the Head Judge,  Gil Cunningham, should he
differ.

Wayne G

----- Original  Message ----- 
From: Ron Waters 
To: Wayne Graefen 
Cc: _chrysler300@chrysler300@chr_ (mailto:chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)   
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re:  OEM vs. Glo-Brite

>They said the '57 Chrysler was the ONLY Chrysler  specific tail lens they 
>had ever made though they had made numerous  Plymouth and Dodge lenses. 
>Part of the reason they made it was that  the factory supply of OEM lenses 
>from Auto-Lite was fairly quickly  used up by Mopar service parts and they 
>were asked to supply Mopar and  they did. This is why you will find 
>Glo-Brite "CY-3" and "CY-4" lenses  in Mopar boxes with Mopar packaging.

So based on this information, it  sounds like Glo-Brite was a vendor for 
Chrysler and the CY-3/4 lenses  would/should be considered OEM correct even 
by the club's concours  standards. Any thoughts ?

Ron 

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