Chrysler 300 Club International
PO Box 40
Benson, MD, 21018
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From 1997
Frankenmuth, MI
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Green lights and blue skies to
Al Vannice
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A policeman arrested a duck.
He was selling quack.
I took a lie detector test.
No I didn't.
Who invented the H pattern for transmission shift levers?
James Packard, 1902.
If the shoe fits,
get another one just like it.
If you have a 50-50 chance
of getting something right,
there's a 90% probability
you'll get it wrong.
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The fall meet in Nebraska is over. We will have the meet report shortly. I hear
Kurt and Sally Brueske knocked this one out of the park. Our spring and fall events for 2025
are coming together nicely. We hope to see you there.
This newsletter is for you. Let us know what you'd like to see.
Click
here for the feedback form.
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Spring 2025:
Mark Artall & Kelly LeBlanc are hosting April 30 - May 4 in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The host hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn, 2350 West Congress St., Lafayette, Louisiana 70506.
The Hilton is ready for us and reservations can be made using this link or by phone to 337-291-1977. The group code is CLUB. If anyone has any questions, they can reach out to Kelly at kelly12leblanc@gmail.com or 337-581-9995.
Click here for details.
Fall 2025: August 13 - 17, Buffalo, NY
hosted by Jamie Hyde, Ron Klinczar, and Bob Merritt. Details shortly.
Spring 2026:
Asheville, NC.
Fall 2026: Bartlesville, OK
hosted by Rob Kern.
Spring 2027: Canandaigua, NY
hosted by Jamie & Dawn Hyde.
Fall 2027: Available.
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For more information, contact Rob Kern at robkern@sbcglobal.net
or
Carlton Schroeder at schroe99@newnorth.net
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Jim Krausmann writes:
I came across an article I wrote some years ago about working on 300C power windows. It might be of
some use if you venture down that path. It is on the Tech page index or you can find it here.
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Bill Elder writes:
I came up with an alternate idea for grounding the horn switch on our Letter Cars. It saves pulling apart the steering column to get at and repair the copper ground strap at the steering box. You can read about it on the Tech page index or you can find it here.
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AMA Specs for 1965
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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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What the heck?
Read here to find out
how
this strange car has our AstraDome.
Do you know who this is?
He was a significant influence
at Chrysler in the 1960's.
Stumped?
The answer is below.
No, not here.
Lower.
Lower.
Keep going.
Lower.
Lower.
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Dave Mason writes:
Interesting video on YouTube that shows the early type fuel gauge for 1960. (Something else that says it is an early 1960 production is the turn signal lever. Notice how thin it is. This style was easily bent or broken. Chrysler soon changed to a wider lever.)
John Grady writes:
Never hold a spark plug wire in your hand to check spark or run the engine with a coil wire off of the distributor or pulled plug wire etc. If you do that, the unloaded plug voltage in the coil can exceed 60,000V. This can form a carbon track inside the coil, especially on an old one. Correct coil output voltage is limited to 20,000 or under by the design of the spark plug electrode gap.
I came across this spark plug tester last week which is perfect. It was about $10 on Amazon. It has an adjustable screw gap which you can easily set to test spark. Great tool, I never knew about it before.
Once you hurt your coil you get occasional poor running or one day won’t start right. And the problem can be intermittent as all get out. Get yourself a tester like this one and make your life easier.
Gloria Moon writes:
I opened the mail this morning with a letter from Hershel McGriff. He wrote that at 96, he is "not into cars any more". He sold his Hurst, which he bought new and was at the Albuquerque meeting 2014. He also wrote (in his own hand) "Thanks for the memories". We should all be so fortunate.
April Maxwell writes:
Hi all. I hope you are all well. Just wanted to send through a picture of Mick’s beloved F whose name is Frankie and our Fury of course named Christine. We were at the Chrysler Expo run by our club in Australia named the Chrysler Owners Club of QLD. Our eldest daughter Kaitlyn drove the F and did Mick proud and presented his memorial trophy.
Really hoping we get over for a meet very soon.
John Grady writes:
I came across this battery monitor. It is a great thing to see what is going on with battery, generator, voltage regulator, etc.
$12 on Amazon.
John Lazenby writes:
I got up at 04:30 so I could take a car to this event. Usually I only go a couple of times a year but for some reason this time I just wanted to get out and take a car I'd never shown there before. As it turns out the attendance was light due to the fact there is another MAJOR event called Crusin' for a Cure which is to raise funds for prostate cancer.
After arriving home around 08:30 I was on my laptop and got a note from a VW friend who lives out of the state. He watched a video shot today and about the last seven minutes are of our C300 and me with my latest cancer surgery. Thought I'd share it with you if you have interest. Watch the entire thing or if you want to start with the C300 go to 20 minutes in.
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Write us with whatever might
be on your mind.
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If you like picture puzzles, here are new ones.
Take your pick of
"A K in Omaha", "Lots of 300 fans", or "A C at Speed."
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In this edition of the Old & Slow Corner,
Bill Elder remembers Bill & Bev Spear.
Here is his story.
Fuels in 1940. Note the Octane increase from the addition of lead.
50 Octane? My aftershave has more Octane than that.
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Percentage
Of Letter Series Production
Have you
ever wondered what percentage of production your Letter 300 was out
of total Chrysler production for that year? Out of all the Windsors,
Saratogas, Newports, New Yorkers and/or Sport 300s, how many earned
their letters?
Click here for a rundown.
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