Re: [Chrysler300] On the subject of C-300s place in history

[lettercars@xxxxxxx]

Very nice piece of history to go with your C300, Narve.   Thanks for the 
letting us know.   300ly, Gil C.
 
 
In a message dated 9/27/2008 6:54:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
narve.n@xxxxxxx writes:

Having  read the entertaining discussion on the true values of the original
300 on  this forum, I would like to add my share from a recent happening.
Last  week-end was the yearly Goodwood Revival in Sussex, UK with attendance
of  100.000 through the week-end and classic racing involving everything  from
Austin A30s to Ferrari GTOs. Offs were frequent in good British  tradition,
but all that stuff you can probably soon read about in various  magazines. 



My personal highlight was finding a vendor selling  the archive photos of a
defunct British Magazine including a lot of old  Chrysler press photos. On
the back of the regular C-300 Proving Ground  picture it was glued a genuine
press release from Chrysler ("for release on  or after Sunday, January 16,
1955"), and on the back of that again (into  the glue) was the British
journalist's own scribbles about the car. The  vendor was slightly amused by
my enthusiasm for this item, but anyhow it is  now securely in my possession
without having to fight anyone else for  it.



This is what I managed to get out of the on-the-spot  scribbles:



Chrysler 300 - nicest American car out this year  

"import" (European) shocks, power brakes + fast steering make it  manageable
+ 300 hp engine (dual carbs + racing camshaft make it fly like a  bird when
you want it to. Cleaned up Chrysler stock body shows amazingly  nice lines
without junk chrome- car is big but fun - Is very successful -no  dealer has
been able to stock them. Chrysler planned limited production but  is happy
with public response.



The bottom line is that in  1955, the C-300 was truly apprised also by
British journalists, who  otherwise then (as now) seldom had anything
positive to say about cars made  across the pond. That should be a very good
starting point when I am today  trying to express the virtues of the  original
300.





Narve  Nordanger

UK/Norway

C-300 stored for the  winter



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