The Electronic Newsletter of the Chrysler 300 Club International
This Newsletter is published for the members of the Chrysler 300 Club International.
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Chrysler 300 Club International
PO Box 40
Benson, MD, 21018
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From 2011
Lake George, NY
Some pictures from
the early 1970s
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The years have been good to me.
The weekends caused the damage.
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You might think our main picture is an old photo of the Granatelli F he ran at Bonneville.
You would be wrong. You might think Granatelli's car has been found. You would be wrong.
If I said this car could be at the Buffalo meet in August, I would be right.
The meet report for our spring meet in Lafayette, Louisiana is ready.
You can find it here.
Everything you want to know about our fall meet in Buffalo, NY is here.
We have information on the events, the host hotel, the registration form,
the whole schebang.
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Fall 2025: August 13 - 17, Buffalo, NY
hosted by Jamie Hyde, Ron Klinczar, and Bob Merritt. The host hotel is
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Williamsville Buffalo Airport, 8005 Sheridan Dr, Williamsville, NY 14221.
Phone: (716) 810-7829, group block "Chrysler 300 Club". Details here.
Spring 2026: May 27 - 31,
Asheville, NC hosted by Heath Towson.
Fall 2026: Sept 30 - Oct 4, Bartlesville, OK
hosted by Rob Kern.
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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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This is the original paste up of the Club logo. It is from 1973. The CHRYSLER,
the crossed flags, and CLUB are separate pieces cut and glued together.
Note the odd shape of the letter L in CLUB.
The club logo was selected by a contest. The winning design was by Bob Kloster
of Minnesota. It was officially adopted at the Hershey, PA meet in October 10, 1971.
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Nick Taylor writes:
I used the tip from the tech forum on replacing the hood springs. The new ram K I got had them off. I used the winch on my car trailer to do the stretching. Used old bank cards for spacers. Worked well but have to use a screwdriver at the top of the hinge to get some extra stretch to get the cards out even though the hinges were all the way down. Don't have the hood installed.
I am installing a new carpet in the J. I've done it before but this one has bumps and wrinkles where the other one didn't. I asked some people in the car upholstery business. Their advice is to remove the jute that comes with the new carpet. It is often in the wrong place. They also said you can order your new carpet without jute and be better off.
You might recall a recent discussion in ENews 76 about a 300D station wagon. Imagine my surprise
when I found this ad in a 1974 edition of the western club's newsletter. The station wagon ad is the last item in the 1958 section.
Marjory Earle writes:
I am the daughter of Bill Deibel and now own his E.
Today we gave him a ride to Easter brunch in his chariot!!! He was thrilled.
Bob Kelley writes:
Besides being a 300 letter fan I am also an Oldsmobile guy. This week in my Wisconsin Oldsmobile Club Newsletter is an article on Carl Kiekhaefer.
By the way, while I have your ear, after I obtained our 300F I was on the hunt for spare A/C components, starter, and generator. A complete 413 1960's engine which was frozen provided my needs except I had to take the complete engine. During the pick-up I was asked if I was interested in any early Hemi engines and of course I wanted to see what they had. There were about five small block hemi engines broken down into major components heaped in a pile. Seller said they had them for years and the prior owner of these engines also had them for a long time and was located about 10 miles from Fond Du Lac, WI. I left there wondering if these engines came out of the racing program at Mercury Marine.
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I came across these photos of 1958 fuel injection and was confused
by the differences. The photo on the top
has the distributor in the rear. The photo on the bottom has the distributor
at the front, among other changes.
Jim Bartuska had the
answer: The electrojector system was on both the 392 Hemi and the 383 "B" block
engine. The 392 has the distributor in the back. The 383 has the distributor in the front.
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Ken Mack writes:
If you have a cracked steering wheel on your 1957 Chrysler 300C, consider getting the rubber steering wheel
from one of the lower line Chryslers. Rubber won't crack like plastic. Paint the rubber wheel to match
the C and you will save yourself a lot of time and effort.
Kenny Stowe writes:
My E goes to the dentist.
Dave Schwandt writes:
I delivered some parts today to a fellow MoPar guy that flew in to pick them up!!
Figured some might enjoy the pictures.
The plane is a 1946 model.
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Write us with whatever might
be on your mind.
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Restoration Spotlight
by Jamie Hyde
I received the new repop 1960-1962 dash mirror kit from Van's. The pieces are nice. The finish on the chrome pieces
and on the mirror are very good. I haven't installed it yet but I did compare the new mirror to an original. If you wanted to just replace your old mirror,
you can unscrew the old and screw in the new; the threads are the same.
Pictures here.
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The Grady Parts Store
Today we take a look at John Grady's C-D-E hood safety latch kit. The hoods on these cars was used only on the Letter series and replacements are near impossible to find. The original hood catch has been known to fail. John's safety kit provides a secure latch and is easy to install. See this video. John Grady has many other parts available at his Forward LookParts site. Take a minute and tour his site.
A Tip from Dave Mihalko of Quirey
When installing something like a trunk gasket, use 3M 08001 yellow super adhesive. Wipe the new rubber gasket with acetone to remove mold release. Apply adhesive to 2 surfaces. Do it in small sections.
From J Hyde: The seam in the trunk gasket does not align with the latch. The factory had the seam offset to one side.
Also, 3M adhesive in yellow is 8001, if you prefer black it is 8011.
300J Interior from Legendary
This is a new 300J interior. It is available from Legendary Auto Interiors. You can buy the
entire kit or individual pieces.
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In this edition of the Old & Slow Corner,
Bill Elder talks about car people.
Here is his story.
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I came across this photo.
It looked familiar.
Click here to read about it.
You probably have seen this photo before.
Have you seen the correspondence that goes with it?
Click here.
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120 MPH Speedometer 300Cs
You may have heard that some Cs were built with 120 MPH speedometers.
I came across a bulletin dated March 27, 1957 which says "Effective with car
3N57-1703 the speedometer assembly was changed from 120 MPH dial to one with
a 150 MPH dial. On any 300C which is equipped with a 120 MPH speedometer and a
specific request is made, we will replace these with the 150 MPH."
3N57-1703 was the 703rd C built. 703 cars is
31% of C production yet it is rare to find a C with the 120. Apparently most were replaced with the 150.
And while we are talking about Cs, Ken Mack
sent some information about the original mufflers.
Click here.
I know the suspense is killing you. Our lead picture is the Granatelli 300F recreation by Joe Jordan. This is a dual supercharged long ram 300F built for high speed runs
at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Our meet in Buffalo will be the debut for the car. Joe will be there
to talk about this monumental project.
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