53 300?

[ChiPieAlandPaula@xxxxxxx]

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