Re: [Chrysler300] 57 C with 58 motor at RM auction

["Fern Rivard" <crc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gil and group:

    Is it not possible that the original engine was blown in that car 
and the supplied replacement would have been a 58 engine?   Fern





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From: <lettercars@xxxxxxx>
To: <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 57 C with 58 motor at RM auction


>
> Hi John:
> That IS a a typical 300D engine number.  As in previous years, it  is 
> the "3"
> that designates it a 300 engine.  For some reason in 1958 the  engine 
> numbers
> are stamped on the block in the 58 N3 XXXX  manner, even  though they 
> are
> written on the build cards (microfilm record) as 58 3N XXXX or  more 
> commonly,
> 3N58 XXXX in the style of 1957.  Finally, toward the end of  the M.Y. 
> run, they
> just quit writing the engine number down.  Guess  the guy who did the 
> writing
> must have been layed off.  Anyway, the last  four numbers are the 
> important
> ones (aside from the "3"), and as most of you  know, do not match the 
> VIN last
> four, except just by pure chance.  Hope  this is a little bit clearer 
> than mud.
> 300ly, Gil Cunningham
>
> In a message dated 2/28/2006 3:30:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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> Hi  club,
>
> I am trying to finish my research on this car.  This is what  I was 
> told the
> stamping on the motor is:
>
> 58 N3 1337
>
> Is that  consistent with the '58 model year for letter series 
> automobiles?
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