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>I must disagree just a bit. I owned a 1967 Chrysler 300. It was a two
>door variant of the New Yorker, and was equipped with a 440 V-8 with a
>four barrel carb. Characterized by the concave slab sides. It was a
>boat, and it was fast.
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>Regards,
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>Chris Delling
Hi Chris:
Yes, you owned a Chrysler 300 but not a "letter car". The true Chrysler
300 was a limited edition car, the last of which was built in 1965 as the
300L as I described in my earlier posting. However, in 1962, Chrysler
cashed in on the fame of the 300 by re-naming the former Saratoga series.
They produced a look-alike version of the 300 but without the exclusive 300
features. The "plain-jane" 300 didn't have leather upholstery, the Hi Po
letter car engine or suspension. They came with a stock 383 engine or
could be ordered with a 413 and later with a 440. Chrysler lost money on
every letter 300 built before 1964 even though they cost more than an
Imperial. The "plain-jane" was a way to recoup some of that expense. The
last non-letter 300 was built in 1971, with a one-year return in 1979 using
a Cordoba as the base.
John McEwen
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