My Dad's G, ex Bud Faubel's, has both latch and striker painted body color, and I am not aware that he ever had any paint work done on the jambs. Randy -----Original Message----- From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Osborne Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:42 PM To: Bob Jasinski; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Specs for a 300G Maybe there is something to the early production for the G? My coupe was built in August. When I bought it, it was mostly original and the latches were not painted. The convertible was built in November and they are painted. Off to Mexico, lucky me. Richard Osborne >>> "Bob Jasinski" <rpjasin@pacbell. <mailto:rpjasin%40pacbell.net> net> 05/08/07 8:49 pm >>> John & all, I don't doubt that the original cars mentioned had painted latches and came that way from the factory. Having said that, I have an early production 300G convertible here that is in need of a restoration. This car seems to be very original and is an early production G, with a scheduled build date of 9- 30- 60. The latches in the doors are definitely NOT painted. The only reason I can see that these are not painted are that they either came from the factory that way, or someone replaced both latches which seems unlikely to me. Couldn't it be that painting the latches was a just a production change? I know this won't explain why the 300F cited had painted latches, but I'm not convinced the early 300Gs had painted latches. Are there any other early G owners out there that have unpainted latches and have a fair certainty that they never were? Bob J _____ <http://geo.yahoo. <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=3732744/grpspId=1706713852/m sgId> com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=3732744/grpspId=1706713852/msgId =18877/stime=1178636728/nc1=4430620/nc2=3848645/nc3=4507179> [Non- text portions of this message have been removed] [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/