[Chrysler300] what to do with Dealer ac ?!

["christopher beilby" <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

WARNING TOTALLY STRONG OPINION AHEAD - and a totally personal opinion from 
afar - If the 300 Club detracts points when judging a 300 with genuine 
Dealer installed A/C, the perhaps the 300 Club maybe needs to look at itself 
!??

In saying, or asking this, I understand two points:
(1) if Dealer installed items are allowed, it opens a (300 Club) can of 
worms re proving/knowing they were in fact Dealer installed?
(2) the 300 Club is likely dedicated to preserving 300s are (best?) 
preserved (correctly?) as factory made them !? - which is a good correct 
policy.

However is a KEY POINT BEING MISSED if one is encouraged to remove Dealer 
installed A/C - namely that then 300 IS NEVER AGAIN GOING TO BE THE 300 that 
the original (and subsequent?!!!!) 300 owner purchased, owned, enjoyed, etcc 
!!!!!
And surely this then makes a mockery of WHAT ALSO OWNING A 300 SHOULD BE 
ABOUT - namely preserving the 300 that physically stands before someone/all 
!!  Surely it was never the intention of the 300 Club that the 300 Club 
erase all history of every 300 FROM THE DAY IT LEFT say 3 feet from the end 
of the Factory assembly line !??


Please do not take this as criticism of the 300 Club/Policy, however as a 
now near 40 year involveee with 'old cars, collector cars', (currently still 
own around 15, not one of them so common/normal - talk about a slow learner 
!!!) which as a young boy were just a cheap first car you bought so you had 
a car, it annoys the hell out of me when people buy a rarer car (which most 
early 300s are !??), and then immediately tries, succeeds, in destroying all 
the history of that car's existance prior to 'their' (likely in the scheme 
of things, unless someone pushes 'the big button' sooner than I/we expect, 
in which case nothing matters!!) short ownership !!!?

The sooner people realise we (surely/actually?) are only custodians of 
whatever we own, cannot take them with us, then perhaps more will be mindful 
of realising all items have a 'history', we are likely not first, nor final, 
owners, and should maybe realise that more ?!

Enough enough - as you may guess by now - I say if it was truly a Dealer 
installed A/C as a new car - LEAVE IT THERE, as just as you cannot erase the 
first owner's ownership, nor subsequent ones, so if the car is as he had it 
delivered, is that so wrong!!?
And soon you may have the only early 300 with such an option left on the 
planet - and if so, that might be a (telling the full 300 story) loss!!?   
Your car is what it is - certainly remove totally wrong additions, but 
surely a Dealer installed item is no major sin/crime??  History in future 
may harshely judge those who insist all subsequent history/ownership after 
leaving the factory aseembly line must as a concours policy be 100% erased 
forever?!

Everyone have your nickel/dollar/two cents worth - and taking a devil's 
advocate position a few seconds more - would the Club insist, or support, 
removing say an early mobile phone or other rare gizmos fitted by such 
names/types as Howard Hughes, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, to cars they 
owned?  Or even fill in the bullet holes in Bonnie and Cylde' shot up 1934 
Ford V8?!!

ps I'll totally leave out the one about should one restore a 1957 Plymouuth 
Coupe buried for 50 years in a time capsule !? - I predict no local 
Council/Mayorship, will ever get a man on the moon - what a tragedy for a 
great initial thought/inspiration - so sad an outcome for all the great 
initial idea - and sadly they sure correctly picked a great 'correct 1957 
car' to bury - thank heaven in now hindsight it not a new 300C convert !?)

Christopher in Australia where it still too showery to get 300Cs out, maybe 
that why I so touchy re this issue - hope it a nice sunny 300 driver weekend 
wherever you all are.


>From: cotejohnr@xxxxxxx
>To: dennis57300@xxxxxxx, chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] what to do with ac
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:39:40 -0400
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>Depends upon what your intent is for restoration and use beyond
>completion.  To get more points at 300 Club concours, then trash the
>dealer A/C. If you want to enjoy the restored car by driving and being
>comfortable, then keep it and enjoy the cool ride.  A truly Chrysler
>dealer added A/C will not detract from the value as long as it is
>functional.
>John Cote
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: dennis57300@xxxxxxx
>To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 7:03 pm
>Subject: [Chrysler300] what to do with ac
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>I have a/c dealer installed in my 300C. should i keep it or trash it
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