Re: [Chrysler300] 8403110398

[Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For some strange reason I recall clearly the Chrysler TV ads of 1959 
touting the advantage of the new "alternator" which would replace the 
generator for 1960 in their product.  The ads pointed out that it could 
even charge your battery at idling engine speeds, and I remember being 
impressed by that advancement.  They also pointed out  that  this was a 
Chrysler Corp. exclusive.  My recollection says it was across the entire 
product line of the Chrysler Corp. - including Dodge and DeSoto - but I 
could be wrong on that particular detail.

In 1964 my wife and I were married, and we  decided we had to get 
sensible and let our 300C dating (and hell-raising) car go in favor of 
something more economical.  I still remember how it broke my heart to 
watch the new owner pull out of our driveway with it - same feeling as 
when the time comes you have to put the dog down.

What we replaced it with was a 1960 Valiant, and it wasn't all that bad 
for a gas miser.  That little slant six and three-on-the floor took a 
lickin' and kept on tickin' - you could really drive the snot out of 
those, and they held up.  I remember well, too, that I thought it was 
cool it had one of those new-fangled alternators.

Fortunately the rest of the story includes finding our old C  350 miles 
from home 19 years later, and we bought it for the second time in 1983.  
This time it stays home where it belongs.

So, yep, seems that alternator ought to be correct on the F.

Keith Boonstra
Holland, Michigan

mgoodknight@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> In numerous places I've read that all '60 Chrysler Corp. Valiants (not labeled as Plymouth 'til '61) and some Chrysler 300F's were equipped with alternators instead of generators.  The entire product line was treated to the upgrade for '61.
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: John Kuegel <jwkco@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andy Mikonis <r41hp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 8403110398
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:51:44 -0800 (PST)
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>   
> -I've looked at the photos on the auction house website...does anyone know why there is an alternator and chromed air cleaners, valve covers, etc.??...(and what look like stainless hose clamps?)...was it like that in Daytona Beach in 1960??
>
> -just curious...
>
> John Kuegel
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> --- On Thu, 11/5/09, Andy Mikonis <r41hp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Andy Mikonis <r41hp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 8403110398
> To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 12:32 AM
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> Â 
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> Comments? I've seen it and driven it. Its preserved original condition is at least as amazing as its racing history.
>
> Andy Mikonis
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> --- On Wed, 11/4/09, mwl1967@aol. com <mwl1967@aol. com> wrote:
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> From: mwl1967@aol. com <mwl1967@aol. com>
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> Subject: [Chrysler300] 8403110398
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> To: Chrysler300@ yahoogroups. com
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> Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 7:32 PM
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> Anyone have any comments on the 300F special coming up for sale this 
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> January at Russo & Steele in Scottsdale, AZ ?
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> Will definitely be one to watch! Talk about a once in a lifetime 
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> opportunity to own a car like this
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> Mike Laiserin
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