Paul and all: I thought you might be interested in Dr. Broxterman's response. I love this kind of history and information exchange! C-300'ly, Rich Barber Brentwood, CA 1955 Chrysler C-300 (Originally delivered to Roswell, NM--near Area 51. Previously owned by an Omaha operator of several lounges--may have been some history made by him, also.) -----Original Message----- From: David and Evelyn Broxterman [mailto:broxtop@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:03 PM To: Rich Barber Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] WPC News Hello Rich, Please inform Paul that this is the same car he saw at the Winter Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. We moved to Lakeland, FL in January 2006. The 55 Chrysler 300 was issued to the New York Yankees and dubbed an "MVP Car". Although, it was not awarded to an offically designated MVP. Casey Stengel (Mgr of the Yanks at the time) gave the car to Enos Slaughter as part of a "deal" so he would go the newly formed Kansas City Athletics for a year. Enos owned and drove the car from 1955 to 1963. The car has 94,xxx miles now, all original. Still runs great and I have all the memorabilia discovered with the car semi-categorized and placed in albums for display. My wife, Evelyn, and I show the car periodically here in Florida and always get plenty of photos, questions, memories and stories about Enos Slaughter and 55 300's in general from the spectators. All the Best, Dr. David Broxterman, USA (Ret) --- Rich Barber <c300@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul: > > Sounds like it probably is the same car. I'm > forwarding your question to > Dr. Broxterman for his response. > > C-300'ly, > Rich Barber > Brentwood, CA > 1955 Chrysler C-300 > > First: Congrats Rich, > Several years ago, at the winter Chrysler Classic in > Ohio I believe, there > was a 55 on display, the display also included > showing it's ties to a > baseball > player. > It was supposed to have been awarded to an MVP, I > can not recall if it > was a team award or a League award. I wish I could > recall the player, > but I do recall thinking I did have his 1953 ball > card. Might it have > been the afore mentioned 55?? > > -- > Paul Holmgren > 2 57 300-C's in Indy > Hoosier Corps #L6 > A generation which ignores history has no past -- > and no future. > - Robert A. Heinlein > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:25 PM > To: Rich Barber; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Ian Smale (WPC Club Web Master); Richard Bowman > (WPC Club) > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] WPC News > > > -------------- Original message from "Rich Barber" > <c300@xxxxxxx>: > -------------- > > snip > > > Congratulations to member Henry Banach of Munster, > IN for the photo and > > write-up of his slick black '62H coupe with dual > factory air and to member > > Dr. David Broxterman of Lakeland, FL for the > write-up and picture of his > > Platinum C-300, first owned by Baseball Hall-of > Famer Enos "Country" > > Slaughter. (His WSW's are wider than mine) And, > I feel very excited > about > > having a photo of our white 1955 C-300 and my > write-up included among the > > three 300's featured. As I pulled the magazine > out of the envelope, I > > quickly spotted the picture I submitted on the > back cover. Recognition is > > great! > > snip > > > C-300'ly, > > Rich Barber > > > First: Congrats Rich, > Several years ago, at the winter Chrysler Classic in > Ohio I believe, there > was a 55 on display, the display also included > showing it's ties to a > baseball > player. > It was supposed to have been awarded to an MVP, I > can not recall if it > was a team award or a League award. I wish I could > recall the player, > but I do recall thinking I did have his 1953 ball > card. Might it have > been the afore mentioned 55?? > > -- > Paul Holmgren > 2 57 300-C's in Indy > Hoosier Corps #L6 > A generation which ignores historyhas no past -- and > no future. > - RobertA. Heinlein > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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 For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/