Re: [Chrysler300] Nifty, nifty, look whose fifty (four)

["rob kern" <robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich,
    Happy Birthday to your C300 and very well done and enjoyable read! ROB KERN
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rich Barber 
  To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 7:53 PM
  Subject: [Chrysler300] Nifty, nifty, look whose fifty (four)


  Just to lighten things up a bit. Cards, only--no gifts--no flaming.

  Happy Birthday tomorrow to Mr. Chrysler Trescientos, currently of Brentwood,
  CA
  Conceived/built: 3/12/55
  Born/shipped: 3/17/55 (St. Patrick's Day--Thursday's child has far to go)
  Delivered at: Lowrey Chrysler Dealership in Roswell, New Mexico
  Race: You bet-bring it on! A proven winner.
  Weight: 4,005-4,340 lbs (depends on wet or dry)
  Cost: About $1/lb.
  Length: 218.6"
  Position in Family: #198 of 1,725 children that year of mixed colors
  (white, black and red--just like us), over 260 surviving--strung out
  throughout the world.
  Godfathers and early supporters: Bob Rodger, Virgil Exner, Carl Kiekhaefer,
  Tim and Fonty Flock, Warren Koechling, Brewster Shaw, Lee Petty
  Original Equipment: 
  C300 Natural Beige Leather Interior
  Heater
  Electro touch tuner radio, antenna & rear shelf speaker-no foot control
  Four way electric front seat adjuster
  Solex Glass-all windows
  Powerflite auto transmission with power steering.
  Extended Family: Numerous children and grandchildren, continuing to current
  year's crop--some doubt as to future additions.
  Father and mother deceased. Adopted parents are proud of Chrysler's
  performance and image over the years.
  Accomplishments: First American child with 300 HP from the factory, fastest
  child in USA in year of birth, NASCAR champ in first year of birth. An icon
  since 1955.
  Chrysler is in semi-retirement, but does dress up for shows and still has an
  attitude and enjoys blowing the doors off of lesser marques.

  Future plans: Mr. Trescientos plans to live forever in fact, in the annals
  of history and in the hearts and minds of future admirers. He hopes the
  government of his current state does not chase him down and melt him down
  for being an anachronism, an environmental threat and a heavy drinker.
  While he does drink a lot when he gets on a toot, he often rides on the
  wagon and sometimes stays dormant for weeks on end. He is often seen on
  weekends, basking in the adoring eyes of those that recall him in his
  heyday--and in those that have never heard of him but admire his stylin' and
  want to learn more about his rich heritage.

  Chrysler wishes to give thanks Mr. Gil Cunningham for maintaining and
  sharing his heritage, genealogy and birth records; to his long-time parents
  Robert and Dorothy Keithley, to his restorers-Tony & Minna Greco of Omaha,
  to his present landlords Rich & Ruthanne Barber of Brentwood, CA, and to all
  the members of the two clubs that promote and support his legacy, as well as
  his current and future condition.

  Earliest parental records are lost, but Chrysler's current good health and
  looks are testimony to early loving care. Chrysler advises he does not need
  Viagra to get up and go! The Keithleys did make Chrysler work for them
  during the 30 years they had custody of him and actually attached a hitch to
  him and forced him to pull a trailer around their home in Colorado Springs,
  CO.

  Unfortunately, Chrysler will spend his birthday in Ward's Auto Hospital in
  Oakley, CA where he is undergoing repairs on his middle section to eliminate
  an aggravating post-tranny drip of vital red fluid. He expects to survive
  that surgery and looks forward to seeing his many friends on the show
  circuit this year.

  Chrysler is proud that he has retained most of his original parts, with the
  exception of a transplanted F**d starter relay that will soon be replaced
  with a donor relay from a deceased brother or cousin. He is especially
  proud of that famous big, toothy grin and he does have new wire laced shoes
  from another departed ancestor. He wishes all his kith and kin throughout
  the world best wishes for having a loving caregiver and a dry, warm place to
  sleep between races, shows and tours. He has real concerns over his many
  progeny that must sleep outside and asks a moment of silence for the many
  that have gone to that great racetrack and salvage and restoration center in
  the sky.

  Pictures are available from his landlord at c300@xxxxxxx



  

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