The Electronic Newsletter of the Chrysler 300 Club International
This Newsletter is published for the members of the Chrysler 300 Club International.
All rights reserved. Publication will be at irregular intervals. Not responsible for errors or omissions.
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Chrysler 300 Club International
PO Box 40
Benson, MD., 21018
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Green lights and blue skies
to Monte Gillespie.
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It was a dry summer here in the northeast -- perfect for drives in the convertible. As autumn nears,
thoughts turn to next year with hopes that we can resume our normal schedule of meets and events. While
we can't guarantee this virus problem will be solved, we will proceed on the assumption that it will be.
Check our newsletters and web page for updates.
Here is something old that is new -- Bill Elder dug out his photo album from spring and fall meets going as far back
as 1987. He scanned the photos, typed up the meet host dialog and made event reports for the web.
We will put several of these in each of the Blast From the Past sections of the ENews issues.
If you have photos from any of these meets that you would like to add, send them in.
This newsletter is for you -- let us know what you'd like to see.
Click
here for the feedback form.
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Future Meets:
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Spring 2021 : April 21 - 25, 2021 in Greenville, South Carolina.
Hosted by Tom Cox and Jim Benson, our hotel will be the Greenville Marriott, One Parkway East,
Greenville, SC 29645. You can call central reservations at 1-800-228-9290 or the hotel at 864-297-0300.
Request the Chrysler 300 Meet group rate of $135/night (plus taxes).
You can also make reservations at
this link.
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Fall 2021: September 15-21 (tentative) 2021
in Auburn Hills, Michigan, hosted by John Begian. The host hotel will be the Auburn Hills Marriott, 3600 Centerpoint
Parkway, Pontiac, MI 48341. The Chrysler 300 Club group room rates are $109 for a
guest room and $130 for a guest room with M Club Access.
Reservations can be made by calling the hotel at 248-253-9800 and specifying Chrysler 300 Club.
Check our newsletters for more information.
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For more information, contact Ray
Jones at 1970hurst@gmail.com
or
Carlton Schroeder at schroe99@newnorth.net
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We are looking for new technical articles.
Please send whatever you think is helpful to
bob@simplexco.com
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In our last issue we asked who made this 300.
If you answered Packard, you were right.
Manufactured in 1951 and 1952, Packard had the 300
before Chrysler did.
A new question: Did someone before Packard make a 300?
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Jeff Miklas writes:
I am sending some pages from a 1965 Dealer Parts pamphlet.
I bet you didn't know dual quads were available as a dealer installation on a 300L.
Here are the part #s. You could buy a dual-4 barrel intake and two carbs for a total of $178.75 list price.
Also available: Chrome Valve Covers, STEEL "scattershield" bellhousing and 3.55, 3.73, 3.91, 4.30, 4.56, and 4.89 gears.
THOSE were the days! |
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I got some press for the 300s....
Two of my 300Cs were winners in the MOPAR COLLECTORS GUIDE
2020 VIRTUAL CAR SHOW.
It was a GREAT SHOW - It didn't cost anything to enter, didn't cost anything to get there and back
AND I didn't break down !
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 John Grady writes:
I had my 300F steering wheel restored by Dennis Crooks.
It looks good. He is in San Diego, CA at Quality Restorations, Inc. Tel: 858-271-7374.
Rich Barber writes:
From the information in the July 2020 edition of the Newsflite,
I made a paint code distribution table for the 300C. No surprise,
the cloud white color is most popular at over 50%. White out-numbers the next popular color (black) almost 3 to 1.
Ron Kurtz writes:
The restoration of E #292 continues with work on the sheet metal, stripping 4 coats of paint down to clear metal. The car was repainted in 1964 by the original owner to add more red to the finish. what resulted was a sloppy job. It is interesting to note 99 percent of the sheet metal is clear as the car was garaged in 1967.
All interior surfaces (door jambs, undersides of panels, etc.) where coated with an etch primer then an acrylic primer. Exterior surfaces were primed with a "cheap" primer to ward off any surface rust until the final etch and top primers are applied before the finish coat is applied later on.
Work on the frame has begun. Next the suspension and wheels will be installed so the car can be skated to the other bay for frame-off work.
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If you like picture puzzles, here are new ones from our 1994 meet in Coldwater, Michigan.
Take your pick of
"That Will Buff Out", "Good Times", or "One Clean G Engine."
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90% of all carburetor problems
are electrical.
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Nope. No idea what that is.
Maybe we better put it back before they notice.
If we welded on a 1/4-20 I bet it wouldn't fall off.
Let's tell Bob it's the latch off a J convertible roof.
If you hold it in the air you can get the Lone Ranger broadcast.
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It was way back in 1998. A single headlight C for sale in California.
I was in New York and just as
the seller and I came near to an agreement,
a guy local to the seller bought it. The new owner gave
the car a
thorough restoration so in the grand scheme, all is well.
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Next Issue:
Event reports for our 1989 meets in Iowa and Pennsylvania
and an installment of the Lefty Lobstah Forum
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