Re: [Chrysler300] California Show Report

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxx>]

Yeah, but give Jay his due, He drives ALL his cars. Every single day he
picks a different one to drive to the studio, and he is often seen around
the area driving one of his "Perfect Cars". Or so I'm told. He might have
the deep pockets, but the cars he buys aren't buried in some warehouse,
never to move again.
Ray Jones

> From: Gary Nelson <Gary@xxxx>
> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 20:46:04 -0700
> To: RAKFAR@xxxx, Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] California Show Report
> 
> Jay Leno. That rings a bell when you say he was looking over a GTX. I was
> at the Mopar Spring Fling at Woodly Park in So. cal a few years ago. My
> brother entered his fresh ground up resto on a 65 Dodge black 2 dr. post.
> Leno came up at a brisk walk and left just as quick with his brief case. I
> jokingly said to my brother that it was probably full of cash? Maybe a
> check book.
> It was obvious that he was on a hunt for the best that interested him and
> ready to pay. Isn't it ironic how most of us sweet, grunt, strain, maybe a
> little swearing to get our cars looking nice. To get a concourse car for
> Leno the only sweet he sees is when he flips the latches on his brief
> case. Oh well, I would not have it any other way.
> Oh! To keep this within the list serve rules, my C sure is moving along
> slowly. If I only had Leno's brief case.
> 
> Gary, The Parts Doc
> 
> At 03:38 PM 6/20/2002 -0400, RAKFAR@xxxx wrote:
> 
>> Father's Day (Sunday, June 16th) proved to be a good day for
>> Chrysler 300's at the Milestone Classic Car Society annual show in Thousand
>> Oaks, California. Three Chrysler 300's were present among the hundreds of
>> entries, and all three came home prize winners.Club member Dan Reitz brought
>> his beautiful and original Alaskan White 300F coupe, with its rare "888"
>> code charcoal grey interior. Though I'd heard of such things, I'd never
>> actually seen a "special order" interior before, and I was amazed to think
>> that once upon a time such special exceptions were possible, if you had the
>> money and knew the right people! Dan received a fine second place in a
>> hard-fought class.
>> 
>> Yours truly brought his Toreador Red (nee white) 300F convertible,
>> which took first place in its class, thus extending its undefeated record in
>> show competition. Also in the class was a highly unusual (well, I'd never
>> seen one before) stunning black 1960 Plymouth Fury convertible, with a 383
>> "Sonoramic Commando" option (what we 300 folks call a "crossram"). It took
>> second place in the convertible class.
>> 
>> I understand another car, a 1955 Chrysler 300, also placed in its
>> class in the show, but I apologize as I didn't get the owner's name. If the
>> owner is on this List, congratulations! Also present was Club member Ted
>> Larangeira (hope I got that last name right, Ted), who didn't bring his 300F
>> coupe, which was still recovering from its multiple cross-country adventures.
>> TV personality Jay Leno was also in attendance (he brought a Packard, I
>> think), and was seen paying close attention to a very nice 1969 Plymouth GTX
>> Hemi hardtop. All in all it was a lovely show, and a fine day for the
>> Beautiful Brutes!
>> 
>> 300F'ly,
>> 
>> Roger Karlson
>> 
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