Re: [Chrysler300] Re: Pentastar

[Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My recollection is that it stood for the five different models - 
Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, Chrysler, and Imperial.  But maybe that was 
just an explanation made up at the time to satiate the inquisitive.

Keith Boonstra

lettercars@xxxxxxx wrote:
>  
>
> All:
> According to the Hi Performance Mopar article referenced a couple days 
> ago
> ( _http://www.moparts.org/Tech/tech/pentastar.html_
> (http://www.moparts.org/Tech/tech/pentastar.html) ) interview with the 
> pentastar originator,
> Robert Stanley, quotes him "....absolutely no rationale for the five 
> points".
> After that design was selected, they just called it a "pentastar" because
> Chrysler wanted some kind of a name for it. Pentastars were put only on
> the right front because they would be seen by more people 
> there----including
> sidewalk traffic.
> Quite an interesting article, although a bit on the long side.
> At any rate, the pentastar signifies nothing except the Chrysler
> Corporation.
> 300ly, Gil Cunningham
>
>
> In a message dated 7/17/2010 2:51:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> brtcpapfs@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:brtcpapfs%40comcast.net> writes:
>
> Your posts on the pentastar (representing Chrysler's 5 year warranty) is
> timely. I recall getting the newsletter / magazine from the other Chrysler
> 300 club this week. It had an interesting article about when the
> pentastar
> was first used and where to mount it on various Chrysler products in case
> customers who bought cars before the initial installation date (early
> 1963's
> for example) could get a free add on from the factory if the dealer placed
> just one bulk order for all the extra pentastars they expected to need.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bradley R Teets
> Post Office Box 510610
> Punta Gorda, FL 33951
>
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