Hello out there to all letter car enthusiasts. Like most of you guys, I am keen to do a little research on our new car, a very interesting 300B that we purchased Down Under recently. It was sold on E-bay around January last year to another Australian who we acquired it from. So, we are the proud owners of a very interesting 300B, and with some help to date, have determined that it was owned previously for more that 25 years by Mr Ken Perry. Who lived in Oakland then moved to Grass Valley California, where he had resided for a great many years. Sadly, Ken passed away at the great age of 82 in July 05. Ken was a long time Chrysler letter car and Studebaker enthusiast and owned a very large collection of cars and memorabilia, amongst them quite a number of letter cars covering most models. I understand that Ken was active in the 300 clubs. And I am hoping that anybody who knew Ken or was associated with his collection in some way, perhaps even now owning one of his cars, might like to contact me with a little history on him or this interesting car I am trying to research. Who knows, the ultimate would be to recover any original literature or documentation or accessories that may have resided with Ken's Estate. >From what I have discovered, Ken seemed to have good judgment in some of the rarer cars he had owned over the years, this 300B is no exception. It was a standard White car, with Standard interior, but carries the Special Option code on the tag "SO" C322, This was a special build for some reason, and this is not common on the Tag of other 300B's. If anyone has any clues I would love to hear from you. A number of club experts have considered what the SO might represent, however to date nothing firm can be determined. Despite this I am grateful for their efforts. I am sure Mr Perry knew what it was he owned, and it is sad sometimes when a little History is lost with the passing of our fellow enthusiasts. It is just my hope that perhaps I can piece some history together again and document it with the car, for the benefit of my own historical interest and that of future collectors. Look forward to any help in keeping the history alive. I have provided my e-mail address below if you wish to contact me off list. Best Regards Sean Morgan in Australia Also owner or 300D LC4 1414 E-mail: Marianne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IMPORTANT: This email is intended only for the person(s) to which it is addressed and may contain confidential or legally privileged material. Any dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon the content of this email by person(s) other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. Opinions and other information in this email that do not relate to the business of my employer are not given nor endorsed by it. Unencrypted email is not secure and may not be authentic. If you have any doubts as to the contents please telephone to confirm. Spray Nozzle Engineering / Reel - Tech and its related entities accept no responsibility for changes made to this email or its attachments after transmission from Spray Nozzle Engineering / Reel - Tech and its related entities and do not guarantee that this email or attachments are virus or error free. If you do not wish to receive further emails from us, please forward this email to sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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 For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/