53 300?

["Don Nonnweiler" <dnonnwei@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure but didn't the concept car which the 300 was based on come out
in 53 or was it 52?
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Watson" <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: IML: 53 300?


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> No, there was no such thing as a 300 in 1953.  1955 was the first year.
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> However, the Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels were available in 1953.
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ChiPieAlandPaula@xxxxxxx
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 12:00 AM
> Subject: IML: 53 300?
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>
> Hi Everyone,
> Just a quick note to ask the membership about a message on the list of
> 12/17? It was about Kelsey Hayes wire wheels for a 55 Imperial. In this
> message --  a reference was made to a 1953 300. I realize that this is a
bit
> off topic -- but was there ever a 1953 production 300? It is my
> understanding that Bob Rogers (the father of the 300 letter series) first
> proposed the idea of a Chrysler super car  in 1954. The first production
> 300 - referred to a  C - 300 - debuted as a 1955 model. Was this member
> suffering from late nite "fat fingers" - or what? Any ideas?
>
>
> Allan From Billings, Montana
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