Greg P. - 2016-05-24 9:17 AM

Awesome car. A 300F has always been my dream car, especially in black.

I looked at one for sale back in 1979 in the Pittsburgh area. The seller wanted $900 which I didn't have at the time and it was really badly rusted anyways. How times have changed.

One of these days I'll own one.

NicksGarage - 2016-05-26 4:04 AM

This is the building where my 300F was sold new from. Roy Burnett Motors, Inc. at 220 N.W. Broadway, Portland, Oregon. Burnett was a Desoto/Plymouth dealer in Portland for decades and got Chrysler and Imperial in late 1959 just in time for the 1960 model year. The building is still there and is now the headquarters for the Pendelton Woolen Mills company. Next time I'm in Portland I'll have to go there.

NicksGarage - 2016-06-08 1:22 AM

I've probably walked by that building on one of my trips to Portland and not paid it much attention. A block down the street at 716 NW Davis Street is the DeSoto Building. There is a DeSoto logo above the doors on Davis Street and the cornice at the top of the building on the corner of Broadway and Davis has an automotive logo for the Overland Automobile as this was originally the Overland building. On the back of the building when viewed from Couch Street you can see a DeSoto and Plymouth sign as well as a large Hernando DeSoto head graphic. There is an Overland logo on the top of the elevator tower that can be seen from the corner of NW Davis and NW 8th. The logo is a restoration as it had been overpainted with a "Used Cars" sign at one point. Interestingly I've not been able to find any actual connection to this building to DeSoto or Plymouth. I have noticed this building before in my travels because of the DeSoto logo.

This area of the city was where the automotive firms started out in Portland.