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

That’s all true, ------

But our beloved letter cars are not as far as we might like to think sometimes, from production Chryslers;--and can be improved / made safer, looking from 2014.. They were mostly interior trim options and HD bin parts from Imperials, or export/ marine/Industrial /truck / station wagon use , just like D-500’s or Desoto Adventurers . We do not ( I do not think?) want to get like Chevy guys looking to match casting numbers for a given day on one of 100,000 57 chevies, or brag about original battery acid. . Don’t get me wrong, we just have to avoid having large hats and no cattle; good luck to anybody fixing up a vintage mopar,--we need them all. I have a 60 NY based hearse that I toy with making a 300F hearse; I like the comment about this pseudo H being made of 300 parts left over after brake failure; I got a whole perfect F interior 30 years ago , hung in a barn, from one F wrapped around a tree in Ct. due to brake failure at high speed in a curve. It appeared to have been a 4 spd F from the console.

And I was there newly driving when 57 Mopar torsion bars snapped left and right due to a stress corrosion line at the rear torsion mount entrance; in fact I was inside a 57 Plymouth that did that going around a rotary, causing loss of control.

Hydro boost on my J scared me; so many failures, “sort of fixed” by multiple rebuilds ; probably OK when new, but once dim bulbs have been inside them, all bets are off. I got rid of the car, after thoughts of installing no power brakes with a later cop dual master. . Cannot go 140 with fingers crossed about brakes...if you are sane.

I love these cars, #1, but they are not , say, Aston Martins. They are the best Chryslers ever, with the best automotive engines ever designed in some of them, and the most beautiful cars ever made, to my eye.. But I would not spurn a 60 NY er convert! Or 57 Imperial convert...or 62 300. And have a 57 D 500 Convert.

John

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kmaniak@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:41 PM
To: spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Possible 300H in Craigslist ad?

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