I remember almost getting killed with French - only signs , in Montreal , at time of change — confusing me totally with EST and OUEST , trying to get into tunnel out-of Town —somehow got in the wrong side of tunnel due to that . One is coming out one going in , I am going east .. They took down all the English signs for a while . Idiots . We should return the favor was my thought . While Canada is legally bilingual, a good thing , Quebec had its own ideas . Resent is a good word . Made me think of Pink Panther movies. Also I remember plane crash / emergency landing when an American jet pilot told them to put in 2000 gallons he got 2000 liters . Ran out of fuel . Did not believe his fuel gage as he asked did you put in 2000 and they said yes . Similar stuff about altitude km and feet , I think they went back to feet . Putting both scales on , is best thing I guess . Newton / meters, Kg / meters for torque , still have no feel for that . No one here does . Reminds me of the big question : “ how big is an 8” pizza” “ about this big “ ( guy makes circle with hands) ” “ How much is a liter “ “ about a quart”’ Sent from my iPhone not by choice
Ryan,
I’m older than you, born and always lived around Toronto.
I understand “metric” just fine, and do the math in my head, but
RESENT the hell out of it,
I remember our lame-ass government telling us we HAD to change
because USA was changing,
So I Guess the Laughs on us sheep-like Canadians.
Rick Haynes Dutkiewicz.
Rich, it was a long process switching to metric here in Canada, there was
and still is a lot of push back on the idea. It was about 1977 that road signs
were changed from mph to kph and cars were then required to have speedos that
complied.
I was 6 years old and remember my Dad placing these stupid
little clear decals on the face of the speedometers on our ‘65 300 Sport and a
‘60 Desoto Adventurer in order to pass annual inspections.
The 65 and later 300’s in Canada are a little different, my
65 had different interior panels, different drip rail trim, and of course a red
engine instead of turquoise. I presume earlier cars were also slightly
different. I don’t believe they built letter cars in the Canadian plant at all,
they were all imported from US.
In Vancouver, B.C. , Canada
Wondering what year Canada
switched to metric speedometers and whether Chrysler sent Detroit-built 300’s
SOUTH across the Detroit River into Ontario with metric speedometers?? I
think Canadian-built 300’s actually say Saratoga on the front fenders.
Then wondering if the Canadian Chrysler plant built any Silver Editions?
Real busy here in lockup.
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA (Getting a little
stir-crazy—or, at least, irritated)
Yeah,
really nice car!!! So that would have been in the Muscle Car section of
that CIAS at the Toronto Convention Center that year, 2014. Thanks Allan.
The
Silver edition (available only in metallic Silver on black leather interior
with black leather top) was another Chrysler mid-year addition. Since it was
included in 1964's 2-door hardtop production (13,401 vs 3,022 for 300K), we
can't tell how many of this fine variation were built.
owner
of a dormant unrestored C300
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The
1964 Chrysler 300 Silver Edition was in the 2014 CIAS Canadian Auto Show
in Toronto.
It's
absolutely beautiful to my eye and I had hoped that the owner, past or present
is know to the club. I only want to learn what the wheel sizes are as the
stance to me is perfect. Not easy to confirm, but I think the rear wheels are
larger than the fronts.
On April 19, 2020 at
4:46 AM Ronald Klinczar <rjklinczar@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Sure it's not Toronto, Ontario,
Canada?
"Canada" is often
shortened to "CA"
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Does
anyone know who the owner of this 300 may be? It was shown in Toronto, but the
picture states Ontario. CA.
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