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I was out yesterday and saw this Chrysler 300, I haven't seen one in many years. All original, unfortunately the vinyl top created rust along the trim lines. Very cool center armrest. A red/black combo was fairly common back then. Hidden headlights, they just don't make them like they used to. Any idea what year?
I want to say it is a 69. Could be a 70. Good chance that is a 440 car. Red was a signature color for 300's. Usually meant that that car had the hi performance motor. One of my brothers had a blue 70 300. My grandpa had a red 62 300.
License tag appears to be vintage and has 71 on it at the top. Cool car. This reminds me of one of the first cars I drove which was my Dad' s1973 Dodge Polara 4 door. It had those fender mounted turn signal indicators on it as well that I thought were so neat! But it had a 400 2 bbl that was only rated at 185 hp, and was a big car, so was not fast. But it could fit 10 of your closest friends!
I grew up in Chrysler's. So many Mopars. My oldest brother had a 70 New Yorker. Gold and black. Loaded with everything. 440. That was a cool fun car. Same time my other brother bought my Grandpa's 70 300. Being the youngest of seven had a couple benefits. I got to see and drive so many cars.
Last edited by no1oldsfan; July 16th, 2021 at 04:43 PM.
Hurst's Oldsmobile collaborations were far and away the best known and most popular, but they had a pile of them and all desirable today.
69 Hurst SC/Rambler, 70-72 Grand Prix SSJ and the 1970 300/Hurst could all have a place at my house. In mid 90s I actually had the chance to buy the 300/Hurst Richard Petty had owned but I was waist deep in the Toronado and couldn't swing it. Often wonder where it ended up.
Letter cars are nice but finicky and expensive. A 63-66 300 Sport or 67-71 Three Hundred have the style and while not as brutish as a 413 crossram, plenty of performance with 383 and especially a 440.
I remember my brother renting one of these for a business trip one summer between college years. One of the few cars that rivaled the length of grandpa's '67 Coupe DeVille. I swear that the trunks on those cars could swallow a spinet piano.