well? what is a #1 . my old c300 , worn out at 51 years young. with 12,000 miles orignal miles, only re painted, it might be only a# 3 give me abreak c300 ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Holmgren" <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 6:47 PM Subject: [Chrysler300] Car judging ( Dave's car is a number 2 or 1? ) > Some years ago I went to my first Auburn auction. > There was a real nice 300-E ragtop that went thru the day I was up there. > I had already owned my 300 20+ years at that time so I was not a > stranger to the 300's > This car was NICE, clean, great looking, ran nice, no smoke, top was > wringle free. > It didnt make the reserve at something like $35,000 so it was shuffled > off to the tents and thats where I had the chance to look it over closer. > Once I got home and had a chance to look over the listings on line, > the Auburn folks had judged it to be a number 3 condition car. > > So, hitting number one is also in the eyes of those who think thier > opinions count. > I gathered from additional research that any car that achieves #1 status > is probably done to the standards that no modern car manufacturer ever > achieved on a production line produced automobile. > It has been said more then once that any car that rolled off the line at > the Big 3 might measure up to #2 condition the FIRST day, and it might > not take much to knock it to #3 if someone on the line was having a bad > day when any car rolled thru the line. > > -- > Paul Holmgren > 2 57 300-C's in Indy > Hoosier Corps L#6 > > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For list server instructions, go to > http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/