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

["Charlie Valentine" <cross.ram@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree. While I never seen  the 300C Handbook I am sure is it a very valuable tool for someone restoring a 300C.
I often thought that a few members ( experts for each letter car, owners, restorers, concours judges ) should sit around or walk around a letter car and ,starting from the front,  talk about everything little detail about the car.  Get this all on video and from there a book can also be written. Also get lots of pictures. Instead of saying " That's not right " have pictures comparing what is correct and what's not correct.
Perhaps this can be done at the Spring and Fall meets and at the Chryslers at Carlisle weekends.

In time all of these experts  for each letter car, owners, restorers, concours judges will be leaving us and all that knowledge will be gone. Our letter cars will then be restored in whatever manner they think it should look like  and no one will know what is right and wrong.

Lion Charlie Valentine
300G, 1962 300 Sport Convertible


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: barjam300@xxxxxxx 
  To: chesnutt@xxxxxxxxxxxx ; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:28 PM
  Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Chrysler300] Re: Wayne Graefen Handbook and F's & G's


  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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