> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 0:16:44 -0500 > From: smopar@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: G & E Riehl <longrams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Cal. Car owners QUestion > Cc: Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I received two emails, one from Cliff Holt who recently bought a really nice original 300F from Calif that was about a mile from me that I never knew about! Hadn't been driven in years - lucky "barn find". In any case, he tells me his F does have PCV. In addition, I received a similar note from George, below, saying much the same thing about his car. I also received a note from Sherwood Kahlenberg who indicated California did have a retrofit program many years ago requiring installation of PCV, that might have been triggered by a change of owership. So it looks like at least in 1960 a 300F might have had PCV, maybe from the factory. All I can say is my F was ordered new by Roland Funk from Glendale Motor Car Company in Glendale, CA, and the car was ordered with factory air. I have the original Monrony. It has a draft tube, and I can find no signs that it ever had PCV. There is a fitting on one of the rams, but it is for the brake booster/reservoir and has take offs for other vacuum doors in the interior for the a/c system. But that is all. So I guess another mystery! > Steve Albu > ---- G & E Riehl <longrams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Steve; > > The first year was 1960 on A/C cars and all Calif ordered cars. Part of > > their "Clean Air" package. My F is a Calif bought car and has A/C with PCV. > > Some cars ordered other than Calif could have the PCV. , but not all. > > Something of a hit-miss. Maybe the manufacturers saw the writing on the > > wall. Not all early "eastern" cars for 1961 had PCV, A/C or not. From about > > early mid year, they did have from then on. They then followed Calif. > > emissions. > > George Riehl > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <smopar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Cal. Car owners QUestion > > > > > > > Chrysler didn't install any factory PCV systems until the 1961 model year, > > and those were open systems, not closed. That installation is a retrofit > > closed system. It avoids the crankcase fumes that tend to leave an odor > > that can be smelled under idling conditions or with the heater on. I don't > > think California ever required a PCV retrofit on a 1957 vehicle, at least my > > 1957 300C doesn't have one and I have had it for what must be close to 20 > > years! Those unrepentant smog bureaucrats will never get their hands on my > > collector cars! > > > Steve Albu > > > > > > ---- Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > any California Car owners have anything like the PCV installation seen > > in > > > > the pics for this car car listed on e-bay?? > > > > > > > > item number 4611616422 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Paul Holmgren > > > > 2 57 300-C's in Indy > > > > Hoosier Corps L#6 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > > > > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > For list server instructions, go to > > http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > > > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > For list server instructions, go to > > http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/