Chrysler 300 Club International
I noticed that not all 300Ks had smooth aluminum on the console.
Here is the "herringbone" texture:
Here is the smooth texture console:
I asked others for their console texture and here
is a summary table ranked by build date:
Build date |
Console Style |
|
|
10/19/63 |
Smooth |
|
? |
Smooth |
|
09/30/63 |
Smooth |
|
10/24/63 |
Herringbone |
|
11/18/63 |
Herringbone |
|
? |
Smooth |
|
11/29/63 |
Smooth |
|
12/26/63 |
Smooth |
|
12/21/63 |
Smooth |
|
? |
Smooth |
|
01/20/64 |
Smooth |
|
01/27/64 |
Herringbone |
|
? |
Smooth |
|
? |
Smooth |
|
12/24/63 |
Herringbone |
|
02/20/64 |
Smooth |
|
? |
Smooth |
|
02/26/64 |
Smooth |
|
2/24/64 |
Smooth |
|
03/03/64 |
Smooth |
|
? |
Smooth |
|
03/26/64 |
Smooth |
|
|
Smooth |
|
05/20/64 |
Smooth |
Of the 24
cars in this survey, only 4 had the
“herringbone” texture and there is
no logic to it.
Perhaps if we expanded the idea to include the
1964 300 Sport we might see a pattern.
For a comparison of the J and K consoles, click here.