Re: [Chrysler300] 1964 Chrysler 300 Kwestions

[Mwl1967 <mwl1967@xxxxxxx>]

I agree, it's a ram car. The empty hole in the left lower dash trim is where the choke cable used to be. In the photo the top switch is in the lower dash frame, on the standard engine convertibles that top switch is in the stainless
trim in the dash, not in the lower dash frame. 

Rich now tell us, did you check the vin and already know?

Mike Laiserin





-----Original Message-----
From: C Bilter <cbilter@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Rich Barber' <c300@xxxxxxx>; mwl1967 <mwl1967@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 12:49 pm
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 1964 Chrysler 300 Kwestions



Rich,
 
Well, I don’t know about the cables in the trunk floor, but I will tell you this.
 
I took another look at the picture of the driver’s side inner fender well.  Then I went out to the garage to look at my J.  I’ll swear that’s a remote power brake booster.  It looks the same as my J.  No one in their right mind would install that – unless it is a ram car!  There was no room for the booster on the ram car so they located it under the driver’s side front fender.  
 
The only other shot that will help us is the interior picture.  Look to the left of the steering wheel.  To the right of the brake release cable (which is pulled out in the picture) is a hole in the plate.  This is where the manual choke knob would be on a ram car.  Non rams had something else there.  As all we have is an empty hole, who knows?
 
Perhaps the console has been changed out at some point or at least the tach for the non –ram “performance gauge”.  The shift lever is incorrect; so this area has been messed with.  To see a correct shift lever, look at the current ebay listing for the royal turquoise K convertible in Lakeland, FL.  
 
So it is possible this is a ram car!
 
What a find!  Let us know when you get the car.  This is exciting!
 
Carl


From: Rich Barber [mailto:c300@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:07 PM
To: 'C Bilter'; mwl1967@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 1964 Chrysler 300 Kwestions

 
The under-hood pic is of the Newport parts car to show the a/c.  One of the pix shows the cables on the trunk floor.   My ’86 T&C convertibles also have those cables.  I don’t think it is a ram car, but…  I got in late on the bidding when it appeared there wasn’t much action and there were a helluvalotta things I did not have time to query.  At $4,350 for a good body, low mileage, red, letter car convertible, I figgered I had a lot of room to complete someone else’s dream with a document restoration.  I believe the car to be Roman Red Poly, but can’t quite read the trim tag.  It looks to have several layers of paint on it and is fuzzy.  The under trunk shot appears to be a brighter red than the rather dusty/muddy/grimy doors and fenders. I hope the “new” paint buffs out OK.  Even if it was originally a different car, red it will stay.
 
I really appreciate your input.  The server rats have been kind and I’m coming up with needed parts and a lot of guidance quickly.  Jim Krausmann indicated he had a K with the tilt wheel and hated it as actuating the wheel caused the turn signals to malfunction.  I once owned a ’63 Newport with the “square” steering wheel and loved it.  I may need the space created by the tilt wheel now due to the growth of my “German chest” as I’ve heard it described.
 
Thanks for your valued input.  This feels a little like a new parent would feel with all sorts of good advice and curiosity over the new baby.  A really great feeling, believe me.
 
 
Rich Barber
Director and Membership Manager
Chrysler 300 Club, Inc.
1801 Redwine Terrace
Brentwood, CA 94513-6000
Home: (925) 513-6583
Fax:  (925) 513-6573
Cell:  (925) 783-4893
e-mail:  c300@xxxxxxx
 
 
 

From: C Bilter [mailto:cbilter@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 7:23 AM
To: mwl1967@xxxxxxx; c300@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 1964 Chrysler 300 Kwestions

 
Rich, Mike-
 
I think that the pic of the engine shown on the ebay site is actually of the 64 Newport parts car not the K hence the silenced air cleaner.  It didn’t see a pic of the K engine compartment.
 
I may be mistaken but the one shot of the drivers front wheel well – looks like a remote brake booster under the fender???  Could this be a ram car???!! I think, however, the ram K would have a tach in the console and in the pic it looks like a vacuum gauge which was used on the non-ram.   
 
Will be interesting, Rich, when you get the car or the microfilm from Gil on what the car actually has (had) from the factory.
 
Carl Bilter


From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mwl1967@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:54 PM
To: c300@xxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 1964 Chrysler 300 Kwestions

 
  


Rich,

My 300K has a '63 roof assembly on it. It's been about 20 years (ugh, 
really) since I got the car and put it back together and robbed the roof 
from a '63 parts car. I guess the quarter glass is the same since I never 
changed it out and everything fits.

The one difference I noticied immediately is that the '64 had a cable 
with an eyelet running on each side from the siderail about above the front 
door, through the top material and attached somewhere in the rear 
mechanism with a tension spring. The was to keep the top tightand fitting snugly as 
it came down and wrapped over the side of the roof. The '63 assy doensn't 
have this provision and the top seems to have shrunk a little perhaps 
because of it. Maybe someone can email a photo if my description is lacking. 

Cureous about the color on your recent acquisition, was it roman red? 
What about the engine compartment? Was the car front ended at some point 
and had the nose replaced and someone didn't bother to paint the inner 
fenders? Also, is it a 413? Air cleaner with single snorkel seems Newport/New 
Yorker variety... K should have unsilenced w/out snorkel no?

Mike Laiserin

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