Re: [Chrysler300] Possible 300H in Craigslist ad?

[John Lazenby <french_fryguy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Both "70 Years of Chrysler" and "Standard Catalog of Chrysler 1924-1990 state the production run on '61 NYer sedans was 9984.

 

John Lazenby

On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:19 AM, Mark Souders <MRS954@xxxxxxx> wrote:

 

Who knows what could have been done to this car over 50-plus years. Other things I noticed are the absence of rear bumper guards, and why does it have Newport fenders? And where's the second carb? Can't tell if the steering wheel is clear like the NY & the H. I suppose only the VIN will tell the story if that hasn't been tampered with.

The ad also states that the 61 New Yorker sedan only had production of 593 cars. I find that hard to believe. And the 61 New Yorker 2-door hardtop, well it looks like it's missing its quarter panel gills and front fender trim. Oh, well, not my problem.

But maybe there's some gold nuggets hidden in these cars judging by the prices. Good luck, Bob, whoever you are.

 

Happy Moparing,

Mark

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Moore <mmoore8425@xxxxxxx>
To: kmaniak <kmaniak@xxxxxxx>
Cc: spiers <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 300 <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Jan 28, 2014 11:35 am
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Possible 300H in Craigslist ad?

I agree Chris, I see no evidence to indicate it was an H. 

One clue wojuld be if it had a 300 emblem on the glove box. 

Ian Smale in BC owns (or owned?)  a 62 300 which has most of the 300H features as I recall except for the bucket seats.

 I think he told me that he discovered 

you could option up a 300 to almost if not all the H level. 

Perhaps an expert here could clarify that.  If you had three kids for instance,

an H wouldn't work for you, but an H with 300 seats would.  

Could it have been a 300H with dealer delete bucket seats? 

At one time, in our local car show,which was 300 oriented, we had some corporate Chrysler people attend with some fairly unusual personal cars. One once told me that 

if it could be done, with connections, there woujd usually be a way to order a car with different than normal stock options.

But here.s better theory: Somebody had a 300H  and due to the brakes rear ended another car, and being written off. Somewhere else, a 300 got rear ended and needed a trunklid.

Mike Moofre

300H    

  

 

On Jan 27, 2014, at 8:40 PM, kmaniak@xxxxxxx wrote:

 

After careful examination of the pictures, the 1962 Chrysler 300 wearing the H emblem on the trunk lid clearly has a "sport" front seat with center arm rest and a window crank for the passenger quarter window.  The only thing H about that car is the trunk lid trim.  "Show's over, move along..."

 

Chris the K MANIAC

-----Original Message-----
From: John <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Chrysler300 <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Jan 27, 2014 7:22 pm
Subject: [Chrysler300] Possible 300H in Craigslist ad?

 

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/4306280780.html

Hi group,

I saw a Craigslist ad that contained multiple cars, link above.

One of the pics show a pretty rough 1962 300, and an "H" is apparent in the rear shot of the car. I couldn't conclusively identify it as a Letter Car from the pic.

Excerpt from the ad:

1962 CHRYSLER 300 2 D00R HARD TOP. $1,500.
CALL BOB @ (818) 517-0596

As you can see from the Craigslist address, it is near or in Los Angeles.

It's not my car, and I have no interest in it.

Happy hunting!

 

John Spiers

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