Re: So I got the '62 300

[Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>]

Parts car - heaven forbid! That's a nice piece. Keep it whole or sell it to 
someone who will.

Akron Don Gallimore



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> From: Eric R <hoodoovoodooray@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Mon, December 26, 2011 2:49:12 PM
> Subject: So I got the '62 300
> 
> It's a 4 door. It was a little bit rougher then the desciption. It'll
> need front floors and rear quarter patches to to do it right.  And the
> usual worn out things like headliner, carpet, rust inside, outside.
> 
> The wiring is all original and never messed with, thank God.
> 
> The engine is old looking but runs great and no leaks anywhere.
> 
> Looks like a 383 2bbl  or a secret experimental racing engine that
> someone slipped out of the factory in the guise of a simple 383 2bll
> single exhaust.  Probally just the first scenario.
> 
> The story changed a few times but the final story was it was in a barn
> from 1987 until last year, then this guy bought it to redo and he got
> too busy so it sat in a field.  Mice ate the headliner but at least
> there are no pine needles shoved down the dipstick tube this time.
> 
> No brakes though. None.  New master cyclinder and booster.  He bleed
> the brakes but still got no pressure then gave up.
> 
> The only problem in the 250 mile round trip was a highway full of
> Christmas traffic and a blown tire on the right rear while towing.
> Luckilly I had a bottle jack and the original scissor jack to get the
> car up off the ground ( the tire came completely off the rim and the
> rim flattened).  I thought for sure my black truck and big giant car
> were goign to get smashed that night.  But also luckilly the guy had
> thrown a fully inflated spare in the trunk too.  After beating on the
> flat rim for 20 minutes I was back in the road.  Nothing like laying
> under a car on the the freeway at night with Christmas traffic flying
> past.
> 
> I bought it to take parts off and then sell what was left of the car,
> but now I can't do that.  I think it can be a decent runner again one
> day, once I get the '62 Newport back on the road.  Things that took me
> weeks with the Newport I could do in days now with the experiance I've
> gained, thanks 62-65 board.
> 
> Here's a link to some pics.  The 300 hubcaps are inside.
> 
> https://picasaweb.google.com/104998594489637903139/1962Chrysler300#
> 
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