Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions

["Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

F's built in Detroit...
Windsor built somewhere else, CA maybe??


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <michaelvanderveen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions


> Hi there all,
> my 300F has drain tubes with a build date of early march 60, but my 
> windsor
> sedan has none with a build date of mid may 60 who knows?
> Mike in Australia.
>>-- Original Message --
>>To: <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>   <lettercars@xxxxxxx>
>>From: "Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:49:37 -0600
>>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions
>>
>>
>>Dittos with Gil on that also. I just checked my  '60 Newport parts car and
>>
>>nothing like that on it either. My F has the drain tubes also with a build
>>
>>date of March 1960.
>>
>>Dave Schwandt in Iowa
>>with 5" of new snow and no degrees!!
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: <lettercars@xxxxxxx>
>>To: <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:39 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Body - a couple questions
>>
>>
>>> Noel and All:
>>> I have never seen anything like what I am imagining you are describing
>>
>>> (not
>>> that the "F" and "G" couldn't use some effective standing water removal
>>> method).  For a period of time 300Fs came with drain tubes near the 
>>> lower
>>
>>> corners
>>> of the deck opening.  Mine has those, but still had rust through on  the
>>> gutter.  What I believe happens to these cars is water gets under the
>
>>> weatherstrip
>>> because of inadequate w/strip adhesion.  Since the underside  is porous,
>>
>>> it
>>> is a great place for the water is stay indefinitely and rust the  gutter
>>
>>> area
>>> away at its heart's content.
>>> Despite what your restorer thinks, I don't believe the "notches" are a
>>> Chrysler factory modification.  For one thing, a change requiring  a
>>> significant
>>> die modification would be seen in other cars, and  secondly, I think
>>> styling
>>> would have a coronary over something like that and  would veto it!
>>> Perhaps some
>>> dealer would do something for a good  customer---who knows?
>>> I join Noel in asking if anyone else has ever seen such an  arrangement.
>>> 300ly, Gil Cunningham
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 12/15/2008 2:29:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>>
>>> My  cousin's F Coupe is in the body shop getting a minor makeover in 
>>> time
>>
>>> for
>>> Spring.  He crunched the right front (passenger) fender last summer, so
>>> that's being repaired, along with a couple other small rust areas. His
>>
>>> comment
>>> was that the car, originally from CA, is remarkably solid and rust free,
>>
>>> even
>>> though it's been here in Chicago for a number of years.
>>>
>>> This car has 2  small (~3/8"?) v-shaped notches at the top of the rear
>>
>>> body
>>> panel from where  the panel is visible when the trunk lid is closed. It
>>
>>> looks
>>> like they're to  provide for the water to drain from around the trunk,
>>as
>>> well
>>> as the  trunk-wheel drain tube, and not just sit on the flat area just
>>
>>> outside
>>> the  weatherstripping.  These notches are located about 12"-15" or so
>>> outboard  from center. I don't recall seeing these notches on any other
>>
>>> '60s - 300s,
>>> NYers, etc., and yet our restorer says that these notches look to be
>>> molded
>>> into the metal as it was formed.  Have any of you seen this? Did 
>>> Chrysler
>>> manufacture two iterations of this?
>>>
>>> Second question is that we're  having trouble locating a new chrome
>>> headlight
>>> bezel trim piece that goes  around the headlights. If anyone has one 
>>> that
>>> they'd like to sell, please  contact me directly.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Noel  Hastalis
>>>
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