Ron/List - I misread it. It didn’t
say where John Lyons was from. I guess I assumed he was from NY but that’s
where he found the car. But it did say that he did sell the 2nd
car and still has one 300G. As far as being more valuable – usually when
there is only a few of anything and they don’t make ‘em anymore, someone
out there is willing to pay big bucks for it, imho. On a related note –
take a celebrity car – more often than not, just because a famous
actor/actress/athlete, etc. owned and drove a certain car, that car usually
goes for double what it would otherwise when sold. I guess when you enter
such a car in car shows you can put on window sign, “previously owned by ……….”
or “factory 3 speed manual – 1 of 5 known to exist”. That
sort of thing really draws interest. I think people are willing to spend
a few extra bucks for cars like these and put extra effort into restoring them.
Not me though, I’m happy with my plain jane Sport Fury of which is 1 of
17,867 and as far as I know no famous person ever owned it. The name on the
plaque on glove box door is “Little Doc Clark” and nobody’s
heard of him/her.
Fins59 - John Z
Mosinee, Wisconsin
1959 Plymouth
Sport Fury
1959 Plymouth
Fury
"If It's New PLYMOUTH's Got It"
From: Forward Look
Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Waters
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006
10:00 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 3 speed
manual trans question
Sounds like OCW got a few facts confused. John Lyons lives here in CT
and sold the second (NY) stick 300G car, while continuing on the resto of
the first one. While the manual tranny is a *rare* option, does anyone think
that it necessarily make the car significantly more *valuable* ?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January
08, 2006 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 3
speed manual trans question
Talking about Chrysler manual trannys - In
the latest Old Cars Weekly paper dated Jan 12, 2006, there is an article about
the ’61 Chrysler 300-G with the 3-speed manual transmission. According to
article only 40 were built with this tranny and only 4 were known to exist
until a fellow named John Lyons from upstate NY found a fifth one.
He now owns/owned 2 of them. Article goes on to say that he recently sold
the car to another 300 club member and restoration of this rare car is well
underway. Article shows a picture of shift handle being floor-mounted.
Car was found in Stanfordville,
NY where it was parked for more
than 30 years.
Fins59 - John Z
Mosinee, Wisconsin
1959 Plymouth
Sport Fury
1959 Plymouth
Fury
"If It's New PLYMOUTH's Got It"
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