RE: [Chrysler300] 300 A?

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

Ruthanne had an expert come up to her at a car show and tell her that our
1955 C-300 was not a letter car since it did not have the "A".  She
corrected the poor uninformed guy.

Having given it some thought, it seems it would have been a huge and
courageous step for Chrysler to call their 1955 stroke of engineering and
marketing genius an "A", assuming that it would be a successful series.
Even calling the 1956 a "B" and suggesting there would be an ongoing series
was pretty courageous, and aren't we glad they did?

If Chrysler had started with an A in 1955 and continued to 2007 without
"I's" and "O's" to reduce confusion, we would now have 2007-EEE's.  No
wonder Chrysler returned to the C, as EEE sounds more like a shoe size or
the noise the brakes make when they lose their lining.  And eventually they
would have the 300-XXX!  The 300-X and 300-Z's sound pretty sexy, though,
and Nissan already used the 300-Z.  Mercedes Benz and others have also used
the number 300 in conjunction with letters.

While the new Chrysler SRT-8's could qualify as Chrysler 400's, it just
doesn't have that ring.  There is ample reason for drawing a circle around
our real letter cars and focusing on their unique characteristics and
history.

I see F**D is changing the name of their 500 series back to Taurus.  What a
bunch of bull.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 Chrysler C-300 (LETTERCAR, BG!)

YEAR	LETTER
1955	A
1956	B
1957	C
1958	D
1959	E
1960	F
1961	G
1962	H
1963	J
1964	K
1965	L
1966	M
1967	N
1968	P
1969	Q
1970	R
1971	S
1972	T
1973	U
1974	V
1975	W
1976	X
1977	Y
1978	Z
1979	AA
1980	BB
1981	CC
1982	DD
1983	EE
1984	FF
1985	GG
1986	HH
1987	JJ
1988	KK
1989	LL
1990	MM
1991	NN
1992	PP
1993	QQ
1994	RR
1995	SS
1996	TT
1997	UU
1998	VV
1999	WW
2000	XX
2001	YY
2002	ZZ
2003	AAA
2004	BBB
2005	CCC
2006	DDD
2007	EEE

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Matt Allyn
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:33 AM
To: Chrysler300
Subject: [Chrysler300] 300 A?

This morning Jennifer was driving our '62 NY Wagon. A guy started to talk to
her and told her that he had a 300A and said it was a dealer built car with
a 331 Hemi. 
Sound familiar?

Matt Allyn
Exec. in Charge of Prod.
Granada America
323-785-2129 office
323-785-2151 fax
562-533-2551 cell
  


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