Re: {Chrysler 300} G ragtop giveaway 62 years ago on ‘The Price is Right

Here's one of the ads from 1/13/63 in The Boston Globe. Dealer was Clark & White at 1083 Commonwealth Ave, Boston. Don't have access to The Herald. There are other papers in the archive for Massachusetts, but no listings for 300Gs that I could find.

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On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 8:40 PM Keith Langendorfer <keith_a_lang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The Boston Globe and the Herald were the only two papers in those days in eastern Massachusetts and someone in Agawam would have used one of those to advertise their car, imho

On Nov 21, 2023, at 11:32 PM, Nick Taylor <nicksgaragesd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Only found one in Boston from 1963 at a Lincoln/Mercury dealer, kind of far from Agawam. Both cars had sure grip, air conditioning, power seat and power antenna. Narrows it down more.

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 8:20 PM Nick Taylor <nicksgaragesd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here's an ad from 2/9/61 for a 300G convertible at Reedman's in Langhorne, PA, which is only about 6 miles from Levittown. Reedman's was a huge 85 acre used car dealer.

They sold a lot of letter cars. This same listing ran for a long time with the price dropping as it went. At one point, they also had a 300F convertible for $1000 less.

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On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 7:25 PM Keith Langendorfer <keith_a_lang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Arlene was a perennial participant in many of these old shows and she definitely did have a quick wit

Keith

On Nov 21, 2023, at 10:08 PM, Nick Taylor <nicksgaragesd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Oh, the show was in New York at that time. I love Arlene Francis, been watching lots of old What's My Line on YouTube.

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 6:34 PM Carl <cbilter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here is the other episode – Jan. 25, 1961. Skip to 29:00 in the program to see the car: The Price is Right (January 25, 1961 | #61_0016) - YouTube
Obviously a black G.

Carl

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From: Carl
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 4:29 PM
To: Ron Waters; 'Nick Taylor'
Cc: 'Noel Hastalis'; 'Chrysler300'
Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} G ragtop giveaway 62 years ago on ‘The Price is Right’

The only known survivor (as of 2017) of the three red VINs that Bob listed is the first VIN = 124694, and that would be an earlier build. Gloria would have more current info.

I thought I saw another FB posting of a different G, same TV series – maybe we can track that one down?
Good stuff here.

Carl B.

From: Ron Waters
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 4:04 PM
To: 'Nick Taylor'
Cc: 'Noel Hastalis'; 'Chrysler300'
Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} G ragtop giveaway 62 years ago on ‘The Price is Right’

Nick –

The date is Aug 9, 1961. So I would bet that it’s one of the last ones produced. So my money is on 201871. Now we should bounce this over to Gloria, who can check the latest info in the 300G registry to determine if someone in the club has this car.

Ron
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From: Nick Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 4:57 PM
To: Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Noel Hastalis <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Chrysler300 <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} G ragtop giveaway 62 years ago on ‘The Price is Right’

If you know the show date, and postulate that the car would have been sourced out of Los Angeles, even from Max Barish, you might be able to narrow it down.

What are the three dealers for the three cars that Bob gave the VINs for.

That would be a cool nugget of history for the current owner if the car is still around.

Nick

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 1:51 PM Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hmmm…I think we may have our answer, courtesy Closed Captioning:

Here’s the link to the entire show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXmxOfWw1o

Ron

From: chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Noel Hastalis
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 4:01 PM
To: Chrysler300 <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: {Chrysler 300} G ragtop giveaway 62 years ago on ‘The Price is Right’

This Facebook posting and [attached] photo appeared yesterday -

1961 Chrysler 300G convertible...equipped with air conditioning and heater, tinted glass, radio, power antenna, 6-way power seat, limited slip differential, and remote control mirror
Price $6,711.80 (won by the man on the left, who became champion)

Does anyone recall seeing this tv episode? Wondering of this G’s vin, color and if it still exists? Looks like it's probably red (most likely) or cinnamon since it's too light to be black and too dark for white? With the color, convertible factor, AC and other options, the 300 club could likely figure out which serial number this is!

Bob Merritt adds this -
If you think the color is cinnamon, there are 2 cars it could be -

If you think the color is red, there are 3 cars -

Noel
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