Re: [Chrysler300] What is it?

[Paul Martin <Paul_Martin78@xxxx>]

Sometime ago i looked at Barratt Jacksons site and thay show 4 Terra Cotta
convertables having been sold through their site over the last few years.
All have different serial numbers.
Paul
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:13:45 -0500, Jim Pristelski wrote:

> Hi Louis,
> 
> There was some discussion of this car on this 300 list several months
ago.
> This 300F went through the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ in
> January 1999. I was there and personally talked with the owner (Someone
> else on the list says that the owner is in the East Bay area of San
> Francisco) just prior to the auction. The owner described the car as one
of
> only four Terra Cotta 300F convertibles made; and more than likely, the
only
> survivor! Several members of this list disputed that claim by pointing
out
> themselves or someone else who currently owns a Terra Cotta 300F
> convertible.
> 
> I have a 300F Terra Cotta hardtop (so I know what the Terra Cotta color
> looks like), and this 300F convertible is not close to the Terra Cotta
> color. The color is accurately shown on the Automaniacs site as a mauve
> like color with a definite purpleish tint. The color is actually quite
> close to the 1961 Chrysler Dubonnet color, which I believe was not
available
> in 1960.
> 
> I did not see this 300F convertible go through the auction, but someone
else
> said that the auctioneer described it as a "made car", which I interpret
to
> be a hardtop that was modified into a convertible. Nevertheless, this
300F
> was bid up to somewhere around $55,000 to $60,000. It did not sell;
> apparently because of a higher reserve price. I saw this car listed a
few
> months ago for around the $56,000-$58,000 range. I think that it was on
the
> www.traderonline.com site. Thus, it may be available for considerably
less
> than the upper $70,000 figure as advertised on the Automaniacs site. 
Best
> regards, Jim
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis M. Barrie" <lmbarrie@xxxx>
> To: "Chrysler 300 CLub List Server" <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:52 PM
> Subject: [Chrysler300] What is it?
> 
> 
> > I have seen an ad over the last few months in Hemmings and others for a
> 300F
> > Convertible (it looks like it's hot pink) from Automaniacs in TX. Upon
> > inquiring about this car, it was revealed
> > that the numbers indicate an 842 (hardtop) versus an 845 (convertible).
Is
> > anyone aware of this car and what has been done to it, and how this
might
> > have been done? Just curious.....
> >
> > Louis M. Barrie
> >
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