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?

Steve

 

Beautiful car. Is it a 69?

 

I'm not a Mopar guy but 69 probably close. It is one long car, and yes, not for me, but pretty cool, especially all original.

 

There is a link below for a 70 Hurst Chrysler, looks the same, could be the same 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.

 

It is a 400

 

It's a 1971 Chrysler 300.

From the 1971 Chrysler Brochure.

 

I would trade my 68 Cutlass for it.

 

I can't remember the last time I saw one of them, it is pretty cool!

 

Badass automobile. Big, fast and sexy. All 67-71 Three Hundreds had 440s.

It's a bucket list car. I figure Starfire, a mid-60s Thunderbird and one of these would make a perfect high-performance personal luxury trifecta.

 

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 would trade my 75 H/O for it .

 

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.

 

That is a nice car. The front grill reminds me of the mid sixties Dodge Chargers. The 440 Magnum was a very good engine too.

 

Years ago there was the Hurst version in Richardson Texas. This was after 1971 so it was either a 69 or 70. Huge monster of a car.

 

The Hursts were only in 70. Not real popular at the time but they go for big bucks these days.

 

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.

 

It's nice, but I'd rather a letter car 300 of a decade earlier.

 

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.

Yup. Badass automobile.

 

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.

 

When I saw the trunk I thought "you could turn this into a pickup just by removing the trunk lid.

 

Did you get to speak with the owner?

 

No, he was in a movie theater. I would have loved to have had the chance.

Steve