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One correction to my previous post about the Gandy cars. The “300 H” interior looked like it had gone through a blender. The 61 NY’er 2 door interior was merely totally trashed and rained on. It did not qualify as being put through a blender. It did have what looked to be its exterior trim laying in the interior. From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Grady 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 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----- 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. 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 __._,_.___ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select the "Leave Group" button For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang
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